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1st Barber Quarter

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Found this at an old church site. Our SCV camp was cleaning up the cemetary for a project and the man in charge of it offered to let us hunt where the old church stood. Had trouble pin pointing using the 12.5" coil just getting used to it any help with the pin pointing would be appreciated.
 
That barber sure is in nice shape!! The 12 1/2 inch coil is a bear to pinpoint with for sure. Did you de-tune to get a smaller target window? That really helps with the bigger coils.
 
Tencent, what do you mean by de-tune? Thanks....Rich
 
Thanks for the advice, do you mean lower the sensitivity by detune?
 
such a good find, nice coin that is in fabulous shape!
Must be more there, are you going back?
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When you have pinpointed the target, and as you hover over the target, you release and press pinpoint one or more times to detune. This reduces the size of the signal making it easier to center the target. You can often reduce the size of the signal to nearly the size of the target.
Bill
 
Went back last night and got two Barber dimes a 1904 and a 1912, the 1912 was in good shape. Also found a rolled penny from the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair. The front has some building on it but the back was left as a 1904 Indian Head. Really neat. The rolled penny doesn't show well in the photos.
 
Thanks for that tip, I've been having quite a struggle trying to pinpoint with the bigger coil, had the 8.5" figured out pretty well then got the 12.5 and wasn't getting even close. Thanks again
 
Hey great finds but I would use a much smaller coil and swing real slow. Good luck.
 
Actually with a little practice the 12.5 is accurate at pinpointing. Another thing, when you locate your target move the coil all the way off the target then press pinpoint and move back over the target and center it.
Also watch the cursors at the top of the display as you are centering. This is the signal strength indicator. When they line up all the way across - your target is centered. Best way to pinpoint is to scan side to side until you get the strongest signal then move the coil backwards and forwards until you have the strongest signal. They talk about Xing a target but actually the way to do it is east to west, north to south.
Bill
 
Great finds. Keep it up. <img src="/metal/html/smile.gif" border=0 width=15 height=15 alt=":)">
Bill
 
Three great coins, keep working the area, sweep slow and close and listen good, GOOD HUNTING THERE!
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can be done easily by just raising the coil off of the ground. If it's a solid hit, just lift the coil until the signal becomes weak. Really simple to center your target and to cut a smaller plug. Try it, you'll like it. therick
 
Thanks for the advice. You guys are great to help us new to the hobby out.
 
get just a little deeper where we hunt I coud pull out some good silver. Haven't gotten on to the pinpointing but I'm sure I will. My right arm will look like Popeye's by the time I figure it out. Thanks, Bill
 
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