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Nickles?

ksabubba

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Hey all, so where do the nickels, esp. buffalo show up on the smart screen and what kind of numbers do you get with the SE Pro? I believe the nickels are right there with the pulltabs? Any way to differentiate, or do ya dig em all? I just don't find many of them. Would appreciate any tips.


Thanks in advance!
 
to me me nickles just sound there own way not sure of location on smart screen but numbers 7 - 7 7-8 there abouts but seem to have there own tones
 
Bubba, I've dug a few buffalos lately, and I use the smart screen exclusively. The tone is solid and the cursor drops to the bottom center of the screen. Pull tabs set the cursor higher, or about the bottom third of the screen. Silver war nickels, now that's another story......
 
Kasububba scan a few with your detector will give you numbers, they do often fall in the pull-tab range. I find them by checking the audio response in pinpoint. The sound is different from tabs. A tab usually is abrupt in audio whereby the nickel has a gradual rise in audio. As you hunt you'll learn the differences.

John
 
Forget the numbers - nickels on the SE Smart Screen have the cursor sitting about 1/16" off the bottom line of the screen - older deeper nickels (esp shield) can read even lower like junk and the signal can be quite iffy. I dig if it's deep and iffy. Shallow nickels for me have been very predictable on the SE and pinpoint well. Some can slaw will read just like a nickel depending on size and shape.
 
Between Buffalo, V and war nickels I'm over 40 for the year with the buffalo I dug this morning. For me, I only hunt in smart screen and when the cursor locks in at about in the middle of the bottom row and doesn't jump around, and if it looks to be 6 inches or more in depth, it usually turns out to be a nickel. I still get fooled by the occasional beaver tail, can slaw as well as a rusty crown cap now and then. For me, the cursor locking in at the spot and not jumping around it usually a good sign.
 
As you can see all machines arent created equal. Buffs hit on mine just a tad to the left of the right lower corner especially deep ones. Shields and Vs are close to the same as regular nickels. Like was said they do have their own tone. Beaver tails will fool you. Older ones bounce a little more and most people ignore them. Thats why i do check them with the digital reading .... 10 06 on regular nickels and the others may bounce to 11 06 if im getting a good reading. Otherwise the Ferr reading wont be correct ... but that Cond reading of 6 on a deep coin ill dig everytime. In a way they are kind of like wheats... people love to dig them but they arent worth much. A good many have the clay like appearance once cleaned so you really have to work at them to make them look natural. War nickels .... well they hit higher up on the smartscreen close to the upper right because of the silver.

Dew
 
I have not seen any nickels that fall in the pull tab range on the Smart Find screen - tabs are significantly higher on the Conductive (Y) axis. Interesting observation with the attack of the tone. Is this with the X-1 or the main coil?
 
I appreciate all the good info. I did go out to an old school this weekend and found a couple of nickels, specifically using the tips from above. Like someone said they are not worth a lot, but it helps me understand the SE Pro better.

Thanks again all!

Mike aka ksabubba
 
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:smoke: 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.:bouncy:...but it does help somewhat.

If you want to dig nickles....then you will probably dig a ton of tabs...at least I do:cool:.

That's why I spend 90% of my time concentrating on deep silver and injuns'.
 
Nickles are really tricky, when I am in the mood to dig foil, it is amazing how many nickles turn up. They also tend to jump around a lot on the screen. I have noticed this with other machines also.
 
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