No silver yet - A little discouraged...

[jkosta]

Hello gentlemen...I'm a newbie to the hobby as I've only been doing this about a month now...I have an SE Pro w/10.5" DD coil...I run a little iron mask with conductivity tones - everything else factory set...I mainly hunt local parks in the Buffalo NY area (is anyone out there near here?), one of which is over a hundred years old...When I first got the machine I was excited to dig up ANY coin...I would and still usually only get a few newer clad coins, per every 2-3 hour hunt...I would usually only entertain the high pitched/high conductivity signals like: 00|29...everybody knows those...and for a while I was content with my 3-4 clad coin a day yields...After reading a bunch of online forums and watching a few detecting videos here and there, it seems like alot of silver coins are being found regularly(dimes anyway)...You would think a pre-64 dime, like a 62 Roosevelt for example, would be a fairly common find - especially in a old park...However, all the coins I've found have been newer coins with the exception of a few wheat pennies...Most of these coins are found at the 4-6" range emitting that nice 00|29 signal...I haven't had any of those "nice" coin signals at deeper depths...Am I just getting a bit discouraged here or should I feel reason for concern?..What are some of your guys' silver hunting standards?..How often do you find one?..I've also read that alot of people get ferrous containing signals at deep depths that yield coins which obviously do not contain iron...I'll start digging those signals now...Well, good luck to everyone!..

 

[bgscofield6]

I am averaging 3 silver per day of detecting. 20 times out in the past 3 months has given me 60 silver. Some days are better than others. I have only had two days without silver, and both of those still brought me home multiple indian heads.

I hunt in the smartfind screen and do not use the digital numbers at all. They can often be very unreliable on those deeper coins. I hunt basically by tone, then depth, then the id screen.

 

[Great Republic]

Three words. Location,location,location.With experience When you find a spot with a silver dime. You will find a SILVER DIME. Quarter,Half or One.GR.

 

[Dman]

I average about 1 silver for every 3 trips. The places I hunt have been hunted pretty hard. Have patience, It takes time to learn the SE.
Dman

 

[jkosta]

Thanks for the advice fellas...Good luck!..

 

[Rob From ND]

You might want to go into the menu and turn on both your fast and your deep

 

[MAcle1997]

Hi,
You've got a great machine. I use an Explorer II and it took me a few months before
I learned to adjust the settings and understand what I was hearing. I used to use a
White's Spectrum and I'm glad I made the switch.
I can usually fine at least one or two silver coins each time I go out. It really depends
on the site you're working. I like to hunt private yards whenever possible. I find that
many of the local parks have been hunted frequently and many of the older, easy to
identify targets are gone. There's still a lot to find, but the targets may be pretty deep,
on edge or just hard to identify, especially if they are buried near iron or any other
target that your machine is set to discriminate out.
Keep trying and dig a few targets that you're not sure about. Try a few yards if you
can get permission.

Mark
Fredonia, NY, just south of Buffalo

 

[PJ]

Hang in there. You have the right machine. It just takes time and a little luck. I'm new to the explorer myself but I've found over 20 silver and 55 wheaties in 2 months. Go slow and try to detect some old yards. If you get permission, you will find older coins. Good luck and keep trying. PJ