Over Load Signals

[all iron]

Out today ( what a beautiful day in Indiana ) Summer is almost here !!
Searced a hill that folks sled down and found a few things

1. A coin / token that says C & C on one side and 5 on the other ( seems old ) This was a very faint singnal coming in and bouncing around from 68 to 85 / 9 inches deep by the time i found it

2. a large Tungsten carbide steel ring ( overloaded at 61 ) i actually walked away but something pulled me back. It must have been right under the surface.

3. The rollex watch i found a few days ago ( fake ) also overloaded at 99 but i dug it also and to my suprise

 

[cowtownkid]

What machine are you using???

 

[Ken in Georgia]

All Overloads are not bad targets right ?

 

[all iron]

hunted with the Omega
11 inch coil
discrim 18
sensitivity 97

 

[cowtownkid]

So far, any overload signals I have had on my Omega was from surface trash, to 2 inches deep the size of a bottom of an old can or larger but this is using the stock 10" eliptical coil.

 

[digginLa]

I tend to get those signals alot myself, when I do I stop and raise the coil over the target to see if i can get a good reading 99.5% of the time I don't get anything with the coil a couple of inches off the ground so figure its a big piece of iron or something else that I've got disc'd out.

 

[Monte]

Ground Phase setting for your nice-weather piece of Indiana was ??? It's just interesting to know what others get to deal with in the way of ground mineralization and settings required.

I always make a quick sweep with a slightly raised coil to challenge an 'over-load' response. Most often it is a larger size target or one too close to the search coil. That's why I like to hunt with the coil about 1" to 1

 

[all iron]

ground phase was about 64

 

[all iron]

Monte, what does the ground phase tell you about the soil
What is the significants of a certain number? anything at all?

 

[longbone]

I use the f5 and I look at the overload signals as my machine telling me that it is over an object that is masking all other targets for about a 2 feet diameter circle,depending on size of object maybe more. If I'm in a location with possibly some deep old finds I dig all overloads if I can .Have found a big percentage of my old coins and jewelry under or close to a flattened can or other metal. Just something to consider.

 

[Steve missouri]

Ken: Twenty to twenty five % of the overload signals that I have experienced on the F-5 and Omega have been coins that were on the surface, under the grass, or one inch or less deep. Usually they are quarters, halves, or recent dollar coins, however have had dimes cause an overload twice, it is worth lifting the coil a few inches and swinging over the target to find out. Steve

 

[Ken in Georgia]

Sweet!!!