HELP: DOES ANYONE ELSE HAVE THE PROBLEM PENNIES SHOWING 37,38. MAKING THEM APPEAR TO BE SILVER

[dmitchstevens]

I may have something wrong. My settings are: high trash, sens:18, all metal -10 to +10 discr.

 

[Dan-o]

Are you talking Zinc Pennies 1983 or newer or copper pennies 1982 or older? Wheat cents often come up 38 or even 39 at times and sound a lot like silver in conductive for me. Zincs come in lower for me, 35 or so. I also use high trash. It's just the way the Safari works, at least in my experience.

 

[bugg]

below what the cents read out at. If the numbers are high , dig it. The suspense of not knowing exactly what it is adds to the fun.

 

[psyvad]

Yep - Digging pennies at 37 and 38 is pretty annoying.

 

[Dave400]

Yea I been getting pennies at 37,38.It fooled me a few times the other day.But like Bugg said It adds to the suspence.A coins a coin.Putting all my finds twords my new car!! Heck of a way to get a car.One way to get a car with dirty money.

 

[hershey1]

The numbers will vary a little if you are hunting in ferrous vs. conductive. Most of the time that silver warble is a dead giveaway and on mine the cursor at the bottom helps. Although IH's and wheats sound awful good sometimes. Don't forget to check those holes either. HH

 

[mmaayan36]

I primarily hunt beaches at present and tend to go to spots where people are not there. I finds coins which have been in the sand for a long time. Whne they have been affected by the chemicals that naturally occur they leach the various minerals out into the surrounding sand and yield a halo affect. Depending on they angle at which they lay and the minerals around them they tend to read all over the place. Metal detecting is not yet a perfect science and the electrical effects can vary with quite a lot of factors. They will still tend to be within a given range however.

 

[norman maassey]

For the last year or so I noted than Pennies had been came as low as 48 & 49 and as high as 83 on my XLT & DFX. I am glad that other detector are doing it too.

 

[croakersmoker78]

yes i think it is the ground because it is not all the time

 

[dmitchstevens]

you may have something there. It being the groung because it son't do it all the time. I have also noticed it being worse after a rain.