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Temperature in Missouri finally got into the 60's this Saturday so got to go out for about 4 hours.
I visited a middle school that I have been eyeing and can't decide on which name to call it. I usually knick-name these parks as to what I find. I have a penny park, first gold park, etc. <img src="/metal/html/tongue.gif" border=0 width=15 height=15 alt=":b">
This park could either be called "nickel park" or more preferably "The Land of OZ". Just when you think you have a handle on something things change. I am sure some of you may have a logical reason for the VDI readings I had that day on the 68 coins that I did find. I am very curious as to your replies.
I found 5 quarters, 21 dimes, 26 nickels and only 16 pennies and one childs ring. The kids today are richer than when I was growing up.. lol
Here is the background. Battery usage at 24.5 hours before going out. I used disc at 2-3, gain at 9-10, and threshold barely audible. These are my normal settings. I was also using the stock 950 coil since the area was relatively clean of trash. There were a few small trashy areas that I will revisit with the 4X6 DD later. All targets were found at 0 - 4 inches deep.
The school: The ground read at 62 which is quite a bit higher than normal around here. Usually my ground reads between 45 - 53. I only hunted the back side which had two ball fields with back-stops. The fields were also used for soccer when appropriate. In the middle of the school and around the middle of all fields was an electrical power plant that only caused chatter and interference when within 15 feet or so. I never noticed any erratic noises, etc. when away from the plant. I am not listing VDI readings for anything found near the electrical plant.
Here are the VDI readings from the "Land of OZ"
Nickels: some nickels read true to the 18-20 VDI that I am accustomed to. Over half gave varied readings from a mixed bag of readings for the same target. Example. One target would read; 14, 16, 24, and then sort of lock on either 18 or 20 and then go back to 14, etc. Out of confusion I dug a few of these and pulled out nickels with no other trash in the area and the hole read clean when finished? I had one nickel, that was laying on top of the ground, which gave some unusual audibles like a machine gun. I would here multiple scratchy hits for an area around 4 inches long. One would think it may be a chain laying close to the surface. What I pulled out was one nickel. After extracting it the area read clean?
Dimes: some dimes read true as 77-81 VDI. Others read erratic as the nickels jumping from 77 - 83. One hole that read a solid quarter, VDI 83 - 84, produced a dime at 2 inches? No other trash in hole.
Quarters: most read true to 83 - 85 VDI. One had erratic mixed readings between 77 - 80 but never higher. This may be easier explained since the quarter may have been laying on edge.
Targets were at times difficult to pinpoint. This bothered me since I can usually find 95% of my targets in the first hole that I dig with only minor adjustments from there. One dime reading had me dig 4 individual holes within a 12 inch circle which produced a piece of piece of aluminum about the size of a nickel.
A nice day to get out with bright sunshine and a relatively productive site. But I walked away shaking my head as to the readings. I did manage to get out on Sunday but only for 1 1/2 hours. I visted a new park about a mile from the school mentioned above and used the same settings. The ground also read 62 but I had no erratic readings. This park only produced 12 coins for me so it is probably hunted by locals.
If I had to take a wild guess I would say something was unusual with the soil from the school. I don't believe the electrical plant played a part since my machine ran quite most of the time.
I am anxiously awaiting your replies and very curious as to your explanations if any. No I am not crazy and I will not seek consoling. <img src="/metal/html/grin.gif" border=0 width=15 height=15 alt=":grin">
I visited a middle school that I have been eyeing and can't decide on which name to call it. I usually knick-name these parks as to what I find. I have a penny park, first gold park, etc. <img src="/metal/html/tongue.gif" border=0 width=15 height=15 alt=":b">
This park could either be called "nickel park" or more preferably "The Land of OZ". Just when you think you have a handle on something things change. I am sure some of you may have a logical reason for the VDI readings I had that day on the 68 coins that I did find. I am very curious as to your replies.
I found 5 quarters, 21 dimes, 26 nickels and only 16 pennies and one childs ring. The kids today are richer than when I was growing up.. lol
Here is the background. Battery usage at 24.5 hours before going out. I used disc at 2-3, gain at 9-10, and threshold barely audible. These are my normal settings. I was also using the stock 950 coil since the area was relatively clean of trash. There were a few small trashy areas that I will revisit with the 4X6 DD later. All targets were found at 0 - 4 inches deep.
The school: The ground read at 62 which is quite a bit higher than normal around here. Usually my ground reads between 45 - 53. I only hunted the back side which had two ball fields with back-stops. The fields were also used for soccer when appropriate. In the middle of the school and around the middle of all fields was an electrical power plant that only caused chatter and interference when within 15 feet or so. I never noticed any erratic noises, etc. when away from the plant. I am not listing VDI readings for anything found near the electrical plant.
Here are the VDI readings from the "Land of OZ"
Nickels: some nickels read true to the 18-20 VDI that I am accustomed to. Over half gave varied readings from a mixed bag of readings for the same target. Example. One target would read; 14, 16, 24, and then sort of lock on either 18 or 20 and then go back to 14, etc. Out of confusion I dug a few of these and pulled out nickels with no other trash in the area and the hole read clean when finished? I had one nickel, that was laying on top of the ground, which gave some unusual audibles like a machine gun. I would here multiple scratchy hits for an area around 4 inches long. One would think it may be a chain laying close to the surface. What I pulled out was one nickel. After extracting it the area read clean?
Dimes: some dimes read true as 77-81 VDI. Others read erratic as the nickels jumping from 77 - 83. One hole that read a solid quarter, VDI 83 - 84, produced a dime at 2 inches? No other trash in hole.
Quarters: most read true to 83 - 85 VDI. One had erratic mixed readings between 77 - 80 but never higher. This may be easier explained since the quarter may have been laying on edge.
Targets were at times difficult to pinpoint. This bothered me since I can usually find 95% of my targets in the first hole that I dig with only minor adjustments from there. One dime reading had me dig 4 individual holes within a 12 inch circle which produced a piece of piece of aluminum about the size of a nickel.
A nice day to get out with bright sunshine and a relatively productive site. But I walked away shaking my head as to the readings. I did manage to get out on Sunday but only for 1 1/2 hours. I visted a new park about a mile from the school mentioned above and used the same settings. The ground also read 62 but I had no erratic readings. This park only produced 12 coins for me so it is probably hunted by locals.
If I had to take a wild guess I would say something was unusual with the soil from the school. I don't believe the electrical plant played a part since my machine ran quite most of the time.
I am anxiously awaiting your replies and very curious as to your explanations if any. No I am not crazy and I will not seek consoling. <img src="/metal/html/grin.gif" border=0 width=15 height=15 alt=":grin">
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