15 minute hunt = 1919 Merc

[Ray in WA]

I have to take my mother to a doctor's appointment today, so this morning I drove to the next town over to get some coffee and on my way back decided I had a few minutes to detect a small strip of grass next to the old Masonic lodge in town. The building was erected in 1909, so I knew there had to be something still in the ground, and this morning proved that hunch.

This time, however, I learned for a certainty that the Safari's Target ID can, at times, truly lie to the operator. I got a choppy, jumpy +34 value on the screen, but my detector was humming that silver "flutey" tone that I've learned to listen for in all metal ferrous tone mode. And sure enough after digging out a 6" deep plug and scanning the bottom end, the target ID value jumped to +38...silver range!

I'm beginning to get the impression that the Safari is cleaning up after previous detectors one coin at a time, particularly in the 4-7" range.

HH,

Ray

 

[Hardtack1862]

Nice coin, ain't that a kick on them sounds. Just when you almost trusted your eyes, the sound came thru for a great find.

 

[ngrelic]

Good Job Ray!

 

[Ray in WA]

Thanks guys. Yes, I'm beginning to trust my ears more and more and think of the visual display only as a confirmation of sorts to what I am hearing after I pull the plug. Now I'm wondering about the many visual signals I have ignored in the past couple of months thinking they were not good signals!

Ray

 

[Gunnar MN]

Nice find , and in great condition 6" is very good depth

 

[RickIowa2009]

Nice coin

 

[zeekeys]

Ray good hit!
We are all going through that with the signals we passed up that could have been good. We are just gaining experience now and it just keeps on growing with time. We can't get them all and we will never get them all. We just do the best we can. And my friend you are doing great. Keep it up....Z

 

[edjcox]

I finally figured out what "flutey" sounds like.... Silver


two quarters 1947, 1941....... kinda flutey sounding with numerics 36, 37, 38


Nice dime...

 

[ngrelic]

WTG Ed!!!!

 

[The Fog]

Gotta love that sound! I've had that happen on targets before but I've found that sometimes when I hear the high flutie silver sound and the screen reads 34 I'll null the reading out on another object and swing back over the target and it will read 38.