Old Nickels

[davew0710]

I am wondering what kind of FE and CO numbers are getting on old, deep nickels. I am hunting some older sites and find it strange that I am not getting an old nickels.
How much of a bounce in numbers are people getting on these types of targets? I did get a nice 1883 V nickel, a few weeks ago. I dug the target more because it was bouncing than because I liked the numbers.
I see a few people getting old buffaloes. What is everyone Else's experience?

 

[RONC(OR)]

Most of my old nickles are coming in at 12-13 12-14 and war nickles at 12-15 16 HH

 

[diggin jimmy hoffa]

A solid 13CO is what I have been finding Nickles at, although I have been fooled by a few pulltabs that did not bounce around. I don't really look at the FE #'s just the CO #'s is what I go by. I might be doing it wrong, but it works for me.

HH

DJH

 

[JohnTN]

I have found deep Buffalo's and V's that will read as high as 12-30 in ground but when you get em out in the air they will read 12-12 or 12-13

 

[C&RHunter]

For me the Fe number may bounce 12-13 or so, but the Co number generally stays solid 13. I have found Vs, buffs, & war nickles, along with newer ones. The etrac is a nickle killer in my book...Don't give up on them, as you may just not have crossed over any yet...Good Luck.

PS You will get some pull tabs with the beaver tail rolled into the the ring, but tabs seem to vary more on the Co number, depending on the angle you cross them, whereas the nickles remain much more solid.

 

[Nick A]

I have found that with both the Explorer and E-Trac if you pinpoint a suspected nickel, and then wave the coil over the direct center, you get the most accurate reading. Seems like unless you're right on it, they don't read as nicely. I have found that helps me somewhat in deciding what to dig. Agreed with others 12-12, 12-13.

 

[dreamweaver43]

Next time you're over a suspect nickle hit. I've noticed that in discriminate nickles hit very soft if they are at depth. But when you put the machine in pinpoint they hit really hard. I've noticed that the rolled beavertail hit hard in discriminate, and hard in pinpoint. Have only tested this on a few older nickles, but they all seem to come in around 13-12. Need to find some more old nickles to test this theory out more.

Brad

 

[RandyNorthridgeca]

About 90% of mine have come in at 12-13. Got two war nickels the other day. One came in at 12-18 and one came in at 12-20. I haven't hit any buffalo nickels yet.