Anyone dig those 12:40 readings???

[kanaka2]

I always get a nice screw off top. Either from a wine bottle or some other glass bottle. I've been ignoring 12:38 - 12-41... A deep signal may make me try to make something out of the signal but anything shallow I keep going...

Jason

 

[Dirtbag Kevin]

12:38-12:41 pulls the later wheats.. I dug wine caps all day today at a ww11 park... Dam winos get you every time. Although, I have pulled silver dimes at 12:39-12:41.. Guessing the conductive number was brought down with close iron.

 

[AngelicStorm]

12:38-12:41 pulls the later wheats.. I dug wine caps all day today at a ww11 park... Dam winos get you every time. Although, I have pulled silver dimes at 12:39-12:41.. Guessing the conductive number was brought down with close iron.

Yes, those wine AND beer caps can fool just about anyone given it is at the right depth. I have also noticed lower conductive numbers due to iron being in close proximity to said target. Watch for those mid to low range numbers amongst iron. There have been many times I have discovered good targets that give mid to low range numbers in heavily nail infested areas.

 

[GKMan]

I think Kevin and Angelic pretty much covered it. If I recall someone in the early days of this forum had done quite a bit of research on identifying a bottle caps... I can't remember his name but he had a yoda picture for his avatar....

Personally, without a doubt I dig 12 40's in the fields(thinking spanish silver), In parks you can get skunked a lot of times digging them up, but once in a while it pays off

 

[INSAYN]

I always dig those numbers.
No reason to leave it there right?

 

[GKMan]

I would say if you were just looking for more definite coin ID's you would leave it where it lies.... There are some hangouts at a park by me that are littered with these signals, and undoubtedly there are some coins mixed in there but how much time is anyone willing to spend to dig through forty years of bottle caps and not leave a mess behind.

The person that does have that patience may make out pretty well though!

 

[GKMan]

Here is the thread I was talking about... Not sure if anything there will help you, but who knows...
http://www.findmall.com/read.php?86,1725386,page=1

 

[Larry (IL)]

It depends on location. In trashy parks and the target is shallow, I might pass....... BUT...... in other locations, it could be any number of good finds.

 

[INSAYN]

Could always be a silver ring.

 

[Bell-Two]

It depends on location. In trashy parks and the target is shallow, I might pass....... BUT...... in other locations, it could be any number of good finds.

Dig them in fields in parks dig them with some discretion....in fields could be some interesting relic but even there very often just a piece of aluminum, copper etc. Gosh I am glad to know it is just not me that seems to have problems with that signal! I notice when I used the E-Trac that a junk 12-40 would almost always have a "scratchy" sound when your coil came off the edge of it...not so much with CTX. Now I have dug some good targets, mostly wheat cents that come in on those numbers but generally they jumped in between it and a better number.

 

[mcb613]

Man, this is a great topic. I find myself passing on most signals less than 41, until in the indian or gold range. Also, def pass on any less than 3-4 inches, time is the issue for me. All this is void if in a crop field or known old place. I think the Numbers were better with the Etrac!

 

[Dirtbag Kevin]

For me, the most elusive little bugger is the zinc cent.. I have had them give a perfect/solid Indian reading 12:34 but I have also had them ring up a 12:43 and just about every number in between... Maybe from running real high sensitivity. They usually ring up around 36-37 conductive right?

 

[jas415]

I hunt almost exclusively on house and business demos and I dig almost every signal in the 37-38 and up range, that I can get to repeat in at least 2 directions, is not a 'splat in' sound, and has a small target size. I have dug quite a few dimes that were mixed with iron, rust, or crudded zincs that were in the 39 range. Yes, I do dig a lot of pennies, over 4300 last year and another 1436 wheats. I have found that a zinc that has been fertilized quite a bit is really corroded and come ins all the way down to 34 but as someone said small silver rings come in there also. I hunt really really slow, go around the target several different ways, especially if I have blue in the bottom right. Also dig a lot of rusty nails mixed in with the silver coins.

 

[ML]

I dig them, especially on a beach with lots of iron. I've had silver quarters and dimes come in at 12-40 in that environment.

 

[TechBill]

So far those reading for me are zinc cents however I am still digging everything until I get to know the machine better.

Bill

 

[CT Todd]

Location, location use your head. I dig them all day at colonial sites. There's so much that hits that number range.

 

[rjfjedi]

I dig all 12-40 readings. 70% of the the time it is a silver dime. the rest is usually a wheat penny.

It is so nice to dig that reading where you know others have passed it by and it turns out to be a barber or merc.. Happens atleast 3-5 times a week.

So I tell everyone to not dig them. So I can come by later and scoop up what you lazy people wont dig. Thanks guys, more for me!!!

 

[GKMan]

Uh, ok...You have at it then...

 

[coin whisperer]

I dig them but usually end up with trash

 

[Ray-Mo.]

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