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Can your machine past the iron test

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Lay three nails approx 1/4" apart
Place dime on top of nails, can you id the dime.
Place dime under nails, can you id it.
Try using different size coins.
 
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Hi Bugar
I posted the same question on all of the metal detecting forums. I will be hunting at old sites that have alot of iron debris, so I am trying to get input on which detector would work well in this area. This is in no way putting down any detector that does not do well with iron masking, because some areas have little iron.
 
Tom,
I like testing with an old square nail by placing it on the edge of a book that is a couple inches thick and then moving the coin around to different spots near the edge of the book and nail.
You can get some interesting results with various combinations of placement doing that. One thing it shows is that coming from the right direction makes all the difference in whether a detector will hit the coin.
One that is really tough is to make a triangle from 3 nails and put the coin inside. <img src="/metal/html/lol.gif" border=0 width=15 height=15 alt=":lol">
Tom
 
Thanks Jackpine
I will try your suggestion on target arrangement and coming in from different angles. HH TB
 
Different triangulations, what angle you come in from has cost us many a good coin. Last but not least depth and your neck of the woods relative mineralization as usually old coins ae fairly deep. Whoops seems like there are nails and there are nails from different eras which also add to the test.Aways felt Monte was the king of testers but rarely see him on this forum.Simple test as mentoned above really show us why no area although hit hard can sill produce a goodie or two. Always felt it was hard to duplicate a nail buried perhaps a hundred years but testing is good and will add to your knowledge of the hobby..
 
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