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Dig your 40 signals

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tyrooney

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Hi guys. I recently purchased the Safari. I read Andy Sabisch book and have learned a lot.

One thing I disagree with is he says to notch out 40.

I dug this sterling and gold filled bracelet on a 40 signal today in coin and jewelry mode.
 
How deep was it? I've never dug anything but iron at 40.
 
Very nice bracelet!! Congrats on a very nice find!....I have posted before on this very subject. I keep coming back to the question....why do we have the number 40 when supposedly it denotes iron or worthless trash targets?
I have never heard of someone getting a gold target where the machine registers a '40'? True, your target is a combination of silver AND gold fill so my assumption is it detected the main metal (Sterling silver) at the normal 39.............BUT also detected the gold fill and it went into a tizzy and ratcheted up one notch up to 40 trying to identify the gold!! I know that Andy 'S' recommended that we notch out 40 but I prefer to leave it open to detect!
I for one don't have an answer on this question:stars:
 
Great recovery!
I normally leave 40 open while I am coin hunting. It is rare to find anything good at 40, but it does happen. I found a silver coin spill at 40. Sounded good, had to dig. I do notch it out while I am relic hunting in and area with lots of iron such as square nails etc.
If it a good signal, I'm gonna dig!
HH,
Bunker
 
It was about 6" deep and close to a ballfield. I have dug mainly nails on 40 until yesterday and dug some quarters at 40 as well. I wonder if the soil conditions at different sites could have something to do with it. My batteries were below half also.
 
Nice find. Now youve got me wondering as I have always notched out 40. Gonna have to rethink that, I think....

I agree that soil conditions may have something to do with it. I have noticed coins seem to flucuate 1 notch based on soil moisture in the same field sometimes. But I have never found silver at anything other than 39.....but since I always notch 40, youve got me wondering what I may have missed! DANG the Internet!
 
You are correct about soil conditions and an influence on target ID. We hunt a place using various detectors and all of them get some weird readings at this one location.
 
I vote to leave it open, of course I hunt in all-metal so I leave it all open and dig any signal that sounds worthy. That's the best way not to miss the goods.
 
Just want to let you all know I have found silver coins at 40. Today I put a silver quarter straight up in a hole and it came up 40 try putting one in the ground and test it.
 
it seems to me that its the same theory as notching out all iron and walking right over a cannon ball!
 
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