Park with loads of junk

[ajrobbs]

G'day, went to a park today which from all accounts should be great for coins however I was driven mad by the amount of junk like bottle tops, pull tabs etc. Had my 705 in pattern 2 but still jumping and irratic. Can anyone help with the best Coil/settings for this kind of location or is this somewhere I should simply avoid? Aaron

 

[EOS]

Hi!
You should not avoid that place.Where there is trash there is good finds to do.
I should go for a small coil like the 6" DD,my favorite,or the elliptical.
Have been testing the 10,5 DD but its somehow to big when the ground is infected with junk.
Its my advice, but I'm new to machine as well.Have faith in your X-terra,its a fantastic machine.

 

[chuckciao]

I know what you mean since I spend at least 2 hours a day in a turn of the century park. I've found 3 Barber Dimes and 11 Indians dating all the way back to 1865 and an 1869 Shield Nickel, so I know that the "good stuff" is buried there. Here is my strategy: I max out my sens. and custom set my discrimination to block out the first notches up to +10. This usually cuts out the bits of iron trash. I also disregard signals from 16 to 28 since I have found that they are mostly can slaw, pull tabs and other junk. I have to admit that I am most probably passing up rings and other jewelery but that does not matter since I am only interested in old coins. Lately, I am even passing up shallow signals in the 30-36 range since they turn out to be memorials. I now concentrate on whispers and deeper signals since these are going to yield the older stuff. This cherry picking suits me fine since I grew weary of digging trash.
Hope this helps.
HH
Chuckciao

 

[MT_VertCaver]

Try to cherry pick the shallow coins first by turning your sensitivity down. I found out(by accident) that when I had my sensitivity cranked up, the detector would give "almost" coin signals in junky areas. When I turned the sensitivity down, the deeper junk didn't overpower the shallower coins.

 

[ajrobbs]

Thanks for the advice lads. I was using the 10x5 DD and sensitivity was more than likely the big issue. I'll experiment more with ID'S and sensitivity and see if I can work around the trash. Thanks again.

 

[TURNMASTER]

That 5x10 DD has great separation. Turn down the Sens a bit, I have gotten some pretty good hits in the 5 to 6 inch range at 22. The 6" HF DD is even better for separation. I find that in some neighbor hoods Nickels ring in at 18 to 20 and one of the abandoned homex I have been hunting has had MANY early 1900s coins (mostly teens and twenties) only just under the sod and some no deeper than 2 to 4".

Jeff

 

[ajrobbs]

Thank Jeff, I keep hearing about the 6" DD, I'll have to get hold of one soon. All good advice. Aaron