Hidden Shields

[Prep1957]

I have a park I like to hunt which has been hunted by every coin hunter since the 1960'.It was hunted by me with my Safari at least a dozen times and Etrac CTX 3030 most recently to where most times you go there now you would be very lucky to find a coin.A friend of mine wife had got a detector.He asked if I would help her get started,detector was little higher than a mid range detector.I told her to go to this park since it was close and I would help her.You would select what you wanted to hunt by enabling certain boxes no ID read out.I enabled the nickel box with others and off we go hunting she gets a clear signal at 6 inches it turns out to be V nickel her first coin and a surprise to me also.She is hooked.15 feet from that spot she gets a clear hit again digs down about 6 inches again she says she has a cool looking token I look and it is worn shield nickel.I told her next signal she gets I want to check it with my Safari.She moves 4 feet from where she got shield nickel and gets a clear 8 inch read I check with my Safari it reads -2 in conductive before I get it clear it is another shield nickel.She does this 5 more times all shield nickels safari reads were from +5 to -2.Not bad first hunt 7 Shield Nickels and a V nickel.This is a $350.00 detector.Now I have pulled a lot of V nickels and shields out of here but that is even lower than I would hunt.The only thing I can think of was iron in soil was pulling nickel signal down.

 

[mark j brelsford]

What was she using?

 

[kschae4]

Prep- good info, thanks. The only dug coin that I ever found with a negative tid ( -2) was a 1943 steel wheatie . Will keep those numbers in mind as I've never found a shield nickle.

 

[Prep1957]

Garrett 350-Got her in at 1804 Church 3 more Shields and 2 Nickel 3 cent pieces,Too dry for me to hunt went fishing instead.None of these coins look very good they turn red up here, but she is having fun.We need rain bad.

 

[tkn. tony]

Using my safari the other day-relic mode solid 9 was a buffalo nickle -usually get these at a 14---Tony...

 

[KinTN]

Am I correct to assume that while the #'s may not match what we are used to seeing that the tone was correct and not a Fe tone?

 

[Elton]

Isn't it amazing how different people do with different detectors..

 

[Prep1957]

Yes the tone would be correct.After following her around digging up all the nickels,costume jewelery,tokens I missed it dawned on me even hunting in open screen I would have not dug these in the past because most of these were coming in at 8 and 9 the same range as .22 shells which I hate to dig.I put blue non stick painters masking tape over my screen and was getting nickels and costume jewelry just going by tone.She never dug one .22 but got the nickels.I had dug several 3 cent silvers from this location over the years.One of the nickels was hiding a 3 cent silver in very good condition.