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How good are Explorers at finding Nickles?
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dewcon4414
Well-known member
Not as good as some machines thou you can tell the slight difference in tone. Also like most machines the deeper they are the more they may move around on the screen. Now on the beach.... you dig it all so im finding its a very good nickel machine.
Dew
Dew
I am the WORST on the planet when it comes to digging lower conductors
....but explorers are quite adequate at hitting nickles.
From all I have read and been told....the XS seems to do a better job on nickles than the EX2 and SE.
My buddy used to hunt with an XS and he did quite well at depths up to 8" and still got a fairly accurate smartscreen ID.
....but explorers are quite adequate at hitting nickles.From all I have read and been told....the XS seems to do a better job on nickles than the EX2 and SE.
My buddy used to hunt with an XS and he did quite well at depths up to 8" and still got a fairly accurate smartscreen ID.
I've been using the SE Pro for about three years and found the SE to be good at finding nickels. In one worked out carnival ground I found 30 plus war nickels, around 25 to 30 Buffalo/ Jefferson nickels.. Most of this was done by using the target screen and listening to the tone in pinpoint (very slow rise and drop in audio-----smooth not abrupt uptake in sound)......I was actually looking for gold jewelry and did find one gold ring doing this...........
John..............
John..............
Thanks on the info, I was wondering about that. I have noticed with my Quattro that when I get a nickle TDI, and the low tone is strong, it is a nickle. When the low tone is muffled or weaker it a beaver tail or a piece of foil. I have pulled nickles from 7 inches using this method. Most of the time when it is a beaver tail or foil it is little harder to pinpoint them. I still dig them all, I don't want to loose any rings. Have you notice this your Explorers?
John
John
dewcon4414
Well-known member
I dont use PP very often... but beaver tails normally arent as deep as the nickels im digging. Deep buffs are the hardest for me they shift on the smartscreen.... sometimes down to the lower right before crown caps.
Dew
Dew
MNCoinhunter
Active member
Being a guitar player for 27 years, I am able to hone-in on nickels mostly by their tone...(in the key of D on the bass side).. Although it does vary slightly due to their position in the ground and depth. But in that case I will check FER/CON numbers ...
Big Boys Hobbies
Well-known member
TwoRivers said:
Great info! Can you describe this method a bit more??
Big Boys Hobbies said:
Basically what I do is watch the numbers for a nickel on the digital screen or I'll hunt in the smart screen mode and watch where the cursor hits based on test for a nickel or gold jewelry. If what I see looks good I switch to pinpoint and listen carefully to the audio response...If the pinpoint sound is not abrupt meaning the uptake in sound is not very sharp with a gradual rise and a gradual drop off then I dig. The percentage of finds using this method is quite good, it takes practice to learn the slight audio difference that pull tabs give. Pull-tabs, aluminum bottle caps and other aluminum pieces generally have a quick uptake in sound with the exception of foil or small pieces of pull-tabs. I picked this technique up in Andy Sabische's book on Explorers. I hope this helps some..
John
[size=large]i haven't been at it long but found my first nickel right where someone on this forum said to look. it hit dead center and at the bottom of the screen between 22 and 0 on the iron mask screen. since then all mine have been on the bottom between the same positions. not always center. had one even seem to lock on in bottom right corner where i usually find bottle caps and the sound is deeper than pull tabs. doing my best to learn those sounds. my numbers have been 10/5 -11/6. around there.
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I have been using Explorers the last few years and have found a lot of nickles. I bought a SE Pro January this year (traded an Explorer II) and this year I have found:
3 Shield nickles (first time for finding one of these)
11 V nickles
9 Buffalo nickles
11 War nickles
also found 48 regular nickles
This is a total of 82 nickles this year alone. And yes I have dug a few pull tabs but also some gold and silver rings and jewelry.
I use the grid mode and I have learned where nickles hit most of the time. I never use numbers. (Bryce also recommends this as well)
Another note is one of the V nickels was 11 inches deep and rung in well.
Rick
3 Shield nickles (first time for finding one of these)
11 V nickles
9 Buffalo nickles
11 War nickles
also found 48 regular nickles
This is a total of 82 nickles this year alone. And yes I have dug a few pull tabs but also some gold and silver rings and jewelry.
I use the grid mode and I have learned where nickles hit most of the time. I never use numbers. (Bryce also recommends this as well)
Another note is one of the V nickels was 11 inches deep and rung in well.
Rick
Gold Nuggets
New member
I have found a lot more nickles this year than in past years. It may be that I have been listening to the lower tones more than I usually do, I don't know. So when I get the "nickle tone" that I like, I use the Minelab wiggle before I pinpoint the target and listen to the tone. If it stays at the same pitch and doesn't vary, I'm pretty sure it is a nickle. If it rises and gets higher in tone or the tone fluctuates up and down in pitch as I wiggle the coil, then about 95% of the time it is something I don't want to dig. But I have been fooled several times and the target turned out to be a nice ring. So when I get the "tone"....I spend more time carefully listening to it to decide if it will be dug or not. I'm still learning some neat things that this SE will do after about 3 years of swinging it and I know it will find the nickles. Hope this helps answer your question. GL and HH Gold Nuggets 