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F2 Digital read out meaning
- Thread starter msobeski
- Start date
The table below lists some common approximate target value equivalents. With
experience in the field, you will recognize many types of metals by their numeric
value.
0-15 Iron
25-28 Pull-Tab Tail (broken off)
28-32 Nickel
36-42 Pull-Tab (old type)
58-62 Zinc, Penny
68-72 Dime & Wheat Cent
78-83 Quarter
86-90 Half Dollar
91-95 Silver Dollar
experience in the field, you will recognize many types of metals by their numeric
value.
0-15 Iron
25-28 Pull-Tab Tail (broken off)
28-32 Nickel
36-42 Pull-Tab (old type)
58-62 Zinc, Penny
68-72 Dime & Wheat Cent
78-83 Quarter
86-90 Half Dollar
91-95 Silver Dollar
REVIER
Well-known member
These are numbers of targets I have found for the most part, a few are from other hunters on objects I have yet to recover, like some relics.
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All numbers can be slightly different on all F2's, they seem to be calibrated a bit different from the factory and soil conditions in different areas of the country can affect these numbers, too.
For instance my regular nickel signal, (and I have dug them from the high 20's to the mid 30's), is usually a 33, but for someone else this could be a 34 in most instances.
I have dug targets in Michigan, Alabama and Kansas and some numbers are slightly different in each area.
In Alabama my normal, standard zinc penny signal was a 59 or 60, here in Kansas it is now usually a 60-62.
Just take note of what your normal numbers are on all standard targets and go from there.
COINS
zinc penny..................59-62
copper penny..............70-71
clad dime.....................71-73
nickel...........................33
clad quarter..................80-82
half dollar.....................88-91
large dollar....................92
Indian head penny.........zinc...different areas
war nickel......................34-35
Gold coins can actually come in anywhere from foil on up including under dimes or quarters depending on the size.
Silver coins, add one number to each reading, minimum.
For example a silver quarter, 83 vs 82 on a regular clad quarter.
Coin spills will be a combination of numbers depending on the content and amount of coins.
multiple zinc pennies........over 62
2 dimes..............................74-76
3 dimes...............................76-78
2 quarters............................86
3 quarters.............................88
Different combinations will be a lower number than the largest coin in the group.
Example...A quarter, a dime and a zincoln could be in the 70's, there will be little bouncing unless they are spread out over a few inches, and you should get a solid tone.
RELICS
Depth will affect these numbers
2 ringer ..........59-65
3 ringer ..........55-65...I found one and it was a 61 just like a zincoln
eagle button ...51-65
flat coat button 64-67 I only found on cuff button so far, but it as a 61 zinc signal for me.
musket balls......tabs
mini balls..........foil on up
JEWELRY
Silver rings, religious medals and other silver objects should come in somewhere between the dime and the quarter areas if they are normal sized and depending on that size.
Smaller objects like small thin kids rings or small studs and earrings can come in as a zinc signal.
Gold rings and other gold objects like crosses can come in anywhere and everywhere from iron to zinc depending on the size, karat and alloys it is mixed with.
Really tiny objects like studs or small clasps on chains can come in at iron numbers and can usually only be picked up with the sniper coil.
A little bigger but still small objects and small thin rings can be at foil, a little larger at nickel, larger still at tabs and very large like class rings at the zinc level.
Purer karats will be higher than lower levels...An 18k ring will show up a little higher than the same size ring that is 10k.
Rings of any type that are split or open can come in anywhere, can be a jumpy signal and might be hard to pick up at great depth because of the way detectors work and something called eddy currents.
The same effect makes it very hard to find most chains of any type or metal so we need to be lucky and hope we scan an end with a clasp to find these.
The same thing can happen with other objects that are not chains but are still open like solid bracelets.
Chains for me have come in anywhere from iron on a tiny, thin gold clasp on an extremely thin gold chain, a 32 on a decent sized white gold bracelet, all the way up to zinc on the clasp of a very thick men's bracelet, but not one silver chain has ever come in as a dime or quarter high tone signal.
Except for that one signal on that thick bracelet which was a 61 zincoln number, every other chain has been mostly from foil on up and always a true trash signal.
I dig all solid signals that don't jump in the numbers more than 2 because in cases like this and most others you just never know till you dig it.
.
All numbers can be slightly different on all F2's, they seem to be calibrated a bit different from the factory and soil conditions in different areas of the country can affect these numbers, too.
For instance my regular nickel signal, (and I have dug them from the high 20's to the mid 30's), is usually a 33, but for someone else this could be a 34 in most instances.
I have dug targets in Michigan, Alabama and Kansas and some numbers are slightly different in each area.
In Alabama my normal, standard zinc penny signal was a 59 or 60, here in Kansas it is now usually a 60-62.
Just take note of what your normal numbers are on all standard targets and go from there.
COINS
zinc penny..................59-62
copper penny..............70-71
clad dime.....................71-73
nickel...........................33
clad quarter..................80-82
half dollar.....................88-91
large dollar....................92
Indian head penny.........zinc...different areas
war nickel......................34-35
Gold coins can actually come in anywhere from foil on up including under dimes or quarters depending on the size.
Silver coins, add one number to each reading, minimum.
For example a silver quarter, 83 vs 82 on a regular clad quarter.
Coin spills will be a combination of numbers depending on the content and amount of coins.
multiple zinc pennies........over 62
2 dimes..............................74-76
3 dimes...............................76-78
2 quarters............................86
3 quarters.............................88
Different combinations will be a lower number than the largest coin in the group.
Example...A quarter, a dime and a zincoln could be in the 70's, there will be little bouncing unless they are spread out over a few inches, and you should get a solid tone.
RELICS
Depth will affect these numbers
2 ringer ..........59-65
3 ringer ..........55-65...I found one and it was a 61 just like a zincoln
eagle button ...51-65
flat coat button 64-67 I only found on cuff button so far, but it as a 61 zinc signal for me.
musket balls......tabs
mini balls..........foil on up
JEWELRY
Silver rings, religious medals and other silver objects should come in somewhere between the dime and the quarter areas if they are normal sized and depending on that size.
Smaller objects like small thin kids rings or small studs and earrings can come in as a zinc signal.
Gold rings and other gold objects like crosses can come in anywhere and everywhere from iron to zinc depending on the size, karat and alloys it is mixed with.
Really tiny objects like studs or small clasps on chains can come in at iron numbers and can usually only be picked up with the sniper coil.
A little bigger but still small objects and small thin rings can be at foil, a little larger at nickel, larger still at tabs and very large like class rings at the zinc level.
Purer karats will be higher than lower levels...An 18k ring will show up a little higher than the same size ring that is 10k.
Rings of any type that are split or open can come in anywhere, can be a jumpy signal and might be hard to pick up at great depth because of the way detectors work and something called eddy currents.
The same effect makes it very hard to find most chains of any type or metal so we need to be lucky and hope we scan an end with a clasp to find these.
The same thing can happen with other objects that are not chains but are still open like solid bracelets.
Chains for me have come in anywhere from iron on a tiny, thin gold clasp on an extremely thin gold chain, a 32 on a decent sized white gold bracelet, all the way up to zinc on the clasp of a very thick men's bracelet, but not one silver chain has ever come in as a dime or quarter high tone signal.
Except for that one signal on that thick bracelet which was a 61 zincoln number, every other chain has been mostly from foil on up and always a true trash signal.
I dig all solid signals that don't jump in the numbers more than 2 because in cases like this and most others you just never know till you dig it.
REVIER
Well-known member
msobeski said:
Sure, we all do, and the smart ones know we should try to continue to learn no matter how much swing time we have under our belt.
You have the good fortune to learn while using the F2.
I had a blast learning this stuff hunting with mine, still do and I am still learning.