lot close to home

[BillF]

Took the 10.5" to a lot that I figured I had cleaned out with the Digger. I am having serious issues with pinpointing with this coil so I figured to go someplace I can use my shovel and figure out where the target is.
Picked up 4 nickels, 2 were silver war nickels, a wheat and various other new coins.

 

[morelic55]

I find that the center of the coil, there is a little dimple on the 10.5DD that's where the "Sweet Spot" is for pinpointing. I've tried the pull it back to the edge method, but I always am off!!!

Mark

 

[Mark in S.E. IA]

Nice find on the War nickels, you don't find them very often because the numbers tend to jump all over the place.

I do the DD wiggle, that works best for me.

 

[BillF]

The numbers were all over the place Mark. Honestly I don't know for sure what drew me to dig them. There were also nails in the hole with them.
I like the bigger coil for the coverage. I'll get the pinpoibting thing down eventually, I have to, cutting plugs is just not going to fly here.

 

[bob.oz]

Are you trying to PP with tracking on? Can you do the wiggle while pulling back till the signal quits? I'm not at all familiar with the 10.5 coil, so just my 2 cent guess
Nice find on the war nickels.....GL

 

[atomicscott]

Nice finds Bill! Good to see you can still find some great stuff close to home. I was amazed to find a 1913s wheat and some clad in a super iron trashy site with the 10.5" DD. The separation is impressive for a larger coil. I'm definitely keeping it on for the unforeseeable future. The sweet spot seems to be right under the label. I use PP mode though, except on the faint targets that get lost on PP mode. Saves me alot of recovery time. Keep up the good work! HH

 

[BillF]

Hey Scott! This coil is a little hard getting used to. The numbers are off from my other coils. I get a 36-40 and end up digging 8-9" for a piece of tin can.

Nice finds Bill! Good to see you can still find some great stuff close to home. I was amazed to find a 1913s wheat and some clad in a super iron trashy site with the 10.5" DD. The separation is impressive for a larger coil. I'm definitely keeping it on for the unforeseeable future. The sweet spot seems to be right under the label. I use PP mode though, except on the faint targets that get lost on PP mode. Saves me alot of recovery time. Keep up the good work! HH

 

[pulltaber]

Hey Bill,sounds like you are having a lot of headaches with that coil.I sill have your old 9 inch mf I will trade it back to you just say the word.

 

[BillF]

Pulltaber, I think the problem is more me than the coil. It has brought me some nice finds I didn't pick up with the Digger, might have found them with the stock coil, I just don't know.
I'll keep the offer in mind though.

 

[Old Longhair]

Honestly I don't know for sure what drew me to dig them. There were also nails in the hole with them.

IMO, what drew you to them was probably your prior experience, especially with your Tesoro's. It either sounds like a coin or it doesn't.
Having another item in the hole is likely what skewed the numbers, but the DD coil separation is what enabled you still hear the one that you wanted, which would have likely been masked to a concentric coil. You heard just enough that sounded good enough to warrant further investigation.

FWIW, I just visited a small old out of the way county park and had the same thing happen. Hit 7 wheats (oldest was 1920) @ 7"+ and most of them had nails or wire in the same hole. Numbers were screwy, but the audio told me to dig.

 

[mapper65]

With my 10.5" coils the sweet spot is right under the label. Using the 99 tone setting will also help you out with that coil because you'll get to hear more details about your target as you swipe over it.

 

[BillF]

I hunt most of the time in AM, 99 tones might just push me right over the edge.
Just kidding, I'll give it a try....again, see what it does for me.
I swear I tried pp'ing under the label and wasn't successful but I'll check it again.

 

[atomicscott]

I hunt most of the time in AM, 99 tones might just push me right over the edge.
Just kidding, I'll give it a try....again, see what it does for me.
I swear I tried pp'ing under the label and wasn't successful but I'll check it again.

Hey Bill, I dug a ton of rusty crown caps that rang in like dimes or quarters the first day out with it. I have been using the "wiggle-back" method to discern the iron trash and the higher numbers/tones will drop to the negative numbers on iron. It seems to be working, but in real trashy sites I always feel there may be a coin very adjacent to the iron trash signal. That hasn't been the case yet & I'm still digging most of the iffy high (30-40) tones to verify the accuracy of the 'wiggle-back method'. You HAVE to use the 99 tones AM for it to work though! Regardless you are still killing it man!

 

[BillF]

Scott, I've had several signals now that started good and went negative, like -6 -8, might have been in pinpoint mode, but turned out to be Indian heads.
IDK, maybe there was a small nail or something in there with it. The places I've been hunting are so loaded with junk, all the good easy stuff is gone, I'm trying to get what's been masked out. Its a lot of work but ever since I got kicked out of the park I'm a little disappointed so I go where not too many want to go anymore.
How about you, buddy? Not seeing you post any finds lately.

 

[atomicscott]

Scott, I've had several signals now that started good and went negative, like -6 -8, might have been in pinpoint mode, but turned out to be Indian heads.
IDK, maybe there was a small nail or something in there with it. The places I've been hunting are so loaded with junk, all the good easy stuff is gone, I'm trying to get what's been masked out. Its a lot of work but ever since I got kicked out of the park I'm a little disappointed so I go where not too many want to go anymore.
How about you, buddy? Not seeing you post any finds lately.

I've been going over alot of the old sites I've hit with my other coils to see if the 10.5 DD finds anything I missed. I have found things I missed but nothing great yet. Found the indian head (date not visible) about 2 months ago, and a 1913s wheaty a couple weeks ago, but nothing else to speak of. I need to get back to researching and start traveling a bit I guess! Evolution of the hobby I guess?

 

[mapper65]

99 tones might just push me right over the edge.

I've been hunting in 99 tone for a few years now but I will say that when I first started I would switch from 4 to 99 for about 10 minutes and then I'd have to go back to 4. It really took me a little while to train my brain so to speak in order to get used to 99 tone. What I eventually learned is that there is so much more detail in 99 tone and once you get used to it the efficiency and reliability of finding targets had greatly increased.

 

[atomicscott]

99 tones might just push me right over the edge.

I've been hunting in 99 tone for a few years now but I will say that when I first started I would switch from 4 to 99 for about 10 minutes and then I'd have to go back to 4. It really took me a little while to train my brain so to speak in order to get used to 99 tone. What I eventually learned is that there is so much more detail in 99 tone and once you get used to it the efficiency and reliability of finding targets had greatly increased.

I hear ya Mapper! It can get a bit hard on the ears, especially in the super trashy sites. I try 4 tones once in awhile, but I always worry that I'm missing something, so I switch back to 99 tones pretty quickly.