One of Those Unusual Signals

[Jeff In North Georgia]

I went out yesterday to re-hunt an old home site with my new Explorer SE to see if I had missed anything with my Explorer II. Got an unusual signal under the cloths line. The signal would only sound off in one direction and not at all when I tried moving 90 degrees and swinging again. When it did sound off, the curser was in the dime area on the display. Figured it might be a dime on edge, so I dug it.

Flipped over the cut plug and was now getting signals in the plug and the hole. The signal in the plug turned out to be a badly worn Standing Liberty quarter (date worn off) and I could see a clean coin outline on it. Checked the hole and got a 1944 Wheat cent along with a large, bent iron nail. The nail must have been masking the targets in all but the one direction as I swung over it.

Just goes to show you, when in doubt, dig!

HH
Jeff

 

[RandyNorthridgeca]

You're killing me Jeff! The SLQ is high on my find list. I'll find one someday. WTG!

 

[savage]

n/t

 

[tomtowns]

I believe it was my first Barber dime...It was only down about two inches & a little bit canted to the side...About a quarter inch above it was a completely rusted out bottle cap (I think) with only a little plastic type liner left intact...I got several types of tones & readouts but managed a couple 00-25...how sweet it was...

 

[RandyNorthridgeca]

I also like to dig those iffy tones that sound good and bad and bounce around on the screen. I've pulled out some nice silver mixed in with trash.

HH Randy

 

[tomtowns]

The ones that REALLY irritate me are the ones I can't seem to pinpoint because they are too deep with other trash closeby. I would dig them but in a city park (where I usually hunt) the groundskeeper might get ticked...TT

 

[Crispytoo]

I'm going to have to reconsider those one-way targets. I often pass them by cause they are deep and I hate digging the rusty square nails. I'm going to assume that the signal gave you an iron null in the other directions? That's usually what happens for me and if I dig them it's pretty much a bent nail or iron of some sort.

Standing liberties are great coins. I've only ever found two (dateless also)and often wonder why I haven't found more. Great job sniffing out those keepers!

 

[Jeff In North Georgia]

I run my threshold barely audible. Don't remember if it nulled completely out as I was just looking for a repeatable signal.

I've been detecting for 27 years and have only found six Standing Liberty and six Barber quarters. Most are badly worn like this one but did get a very nice SL 1918-D in 1980 in the front yard of an old country church.

Jeff

 

[Bill W.]

If you have your Explorer setup right you can tell the difference between a iron false and a good hit. You'll also start noticing something is not quite right with the audio with an iron false. I have dug some really nice coins that only hit one direction. But, it does take practice. I just dug a 1907 Barber dime yesterday that would only hit from one direction. Good luck.

-Bill