The unique pinpoint feature on the SE comes into play here too...just as it does in other situations for me.. This being said...I am close to worthless when it comes to low conductor hits
because it just simply isn't worth my time.
I have spent the vast majority of my time training my ears to listen for deep silver and injuns' ...and especially when they are near or in with iron.
Nickle hits can be narrowed down pretty well though by utilizing the pinpoint feature on the SE because a nickle hit usually sounds much more robust than a tab or can slaw....which sounds more short.
On most of the deeper nickels I did dig this year...the cursor would set right at the bottom center...then flutter towards the right bottom edge.
When I switched to the pinpoint on the SE...the sound was pretty robust and the cursor would stay in the same area.
Many times the sound and cursor movement on the SE was the same on a nickle as it was on many tabs.
Again though..once you switch to the pinpoint...the sound would be a longer and smoother sound when it was actually a nickle...and more short and direct when it ended up being a tab.
Does this hold true all the time....NO...it's a crapshoot at best.
...but it does help somewhat.
If you want to dig nickles....then you will probably dig a ton of tabs...at least I do
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That's why I spend 90% of my time concentrating on deep silver and injuns'.