false I.d. and tones

[Illinoismic]

So I have had my safari for awhile and where I hunt I have the good possibility to find two silver half dollars in the same hole.... my issue is tho that when I air test two silver halves my safari registers it as iron.. anybody else have this issue or am I just the unlucky one? I don't know what it reads in the ground as I don't dig iron and may have missed them... my brother has found them twice with a garret ace 250...

 

[MetalMiner]

doesn't sound right, I've got several half dollars & they read 38-39. try & do a factory reset & see what happens

 

[Illinoismic]

I have done a factory reset. And by themselves the ring in high tone and a 39 tdi. But putting 2 1941 half dollars together for some reason makes it sound of as iron. Skid plate is clean of debris. I'm really confused lol

 

[KinTN]

You did check the halves with a magnet, no? Lotta fakes coming out of china anymore.
fwiw, I have never seen silver in any fashion with my Safari that wasn't a 39, or at least a predominately 39.

 

[Illinoismic]

I know they arnt fake. I'm hunting in an area that was used in the correct time period. And like I said individually the coins come in at high tone and 39 tdi. It's only when two are together that it happens. If you have two silver halves and a safari you should air test it and see what yours says

 

[Illinoismic]

Sorry if that sounded like I came off as a jerk lol I was half asleep when I responded lol. I don't ever have a problem with silver reading anything but 38 and 39... even two dimes in the same hole come up as a 39.. but for some reason halves together make it read weird. Maybe I need to send my safari in to minelab for a refurbish

 

[KinTN]

No, I didn't take it wrong at all. Hope you didn't think I was belittling you in any way either- those fakes can be pretty well done. And I've quit wondering how stuff got into the ground at the depths./relationships that they are found at.


Just tested 2 silver halves with my Safari. I used 2 walkers, 2 franklins, and 2 kennedys at a time at varying orientations and depths. What I found:


- the silver tone was there, strong, never varying in all orientations, including offsetting the coins. it did break up at maximum depth/distance.

- the tid was always a solid 39 when the coins were offset by at least 25%, but tended to get a bit jumpy at max depth, which was less as the angle of the coins increased.

-interestingly, when the coins were exactly aligned (as they would be in a coin tube) the tid varied, showing 36 or 33. Once it read 14. but the tone was the solid silver tone. again, tid was jumpy at max depth, as expected.

- at no time did the machine read or sound anything like iron. and there was no nulling.


glad you prompted me to make the test. but I really would like you to try the magnet thing on your coins. if you are sure there was no other iron nearby, I don't see how you could have gotten the results that you got.

 

[Illinoismic]

Nope they are silver. Maybe I need to send my detector in for a refurbish. Thanks for doing the test. Nobody around me has a safari ( that I know of) so it's hard to compare what I read with what another machine would

 

[Will1877]

I found two franklin halves in hole with 8 wheats few years ago with safari. initial reading was 36 but didn't sound right. pulled the wheats out all in little clump off the side of halves. re scanned hole 38 and high tone bam two halves. I will say this for whatever reason halves for me read 37 a lot but will say deep and have silver tone. When I use safari and machine hits 37 at 6" deep and has that awesome silver tone im excited!