Question for some of the "old timers"

[MrGee]

I was in a park for a short time this evening and found 19 pennys. My Ace 250 with the sniper coil did not identify even one of them correctly. They were all ID's as dime or quarter. The question is: do these get "out of tune" and start misidentifying targets or is there some other explanation? Thanks for your thoughts.

MrGee

 

[BusDigger]

Do you rescan the holes to be sure you weren't leaving a dime or quarter in the hole after retrieving the penny?

Smitty

 

[John-Edmonton]

Under ideal conditions, coin lying perfectly horizontal, no oxidation on the coin yet, no minerals in the soil, no moister etc., you would get better accuracy. However, in the real world, that is just so. So, you have to really learn the tones well on your machine, go over a target in several directions and make a decision. Those who dig more targets get more good finds. Rings, silver coins & other jewellery also beep as dimes or quarters or pennies. I think you are expecting too much of your detector. Relax....dig those iffy signals and expect to dig a lot of garbage. We all dig tons of it, and we usually don't post it because it's ugly and feel we are not good hunters digging so much trash. Nothing could be further from the truth.

 

[slingshot]

A lot of my pennies id in the dime zone, especially the non-zincers. I don't believe they've ever id'ed in the quarter range unless, as one poster said, there was another coin in the hole. Oh well - now everybody knows I'm an "old timer".

 

[Mick in Dubbo]

Just to add a bit more to what has been said. If a coin in on edge, then it can often push the notch icon up a notch., but is often accompanied with a shorter tone, not always, but often.
Mick Evans.

 

[oldranger]

In my short time I found that pennies bounce all
over ...with my 250 and GTI as well

HH


Ron

Rangers Lead The Way

 

[prodrigsr]

On my 250 all pennies that are 1982 and older come in as dimes. Zinckers come in as pennies. Check them out.

 

[MNCoinhunter]

My Ace 250 likes to ID pennies as dimes sometimes. It's frustrating when you are trying to avoid them (pennies). But then again, maybe I should'nt be notching them out. I took a friend and his wife to one of my favorite spots yesterday and he found an 1886 Indian Head.

 

[MrGee]

Thanks all of you for your thoughts. I always recheck the hole so that isn't the problem. Maybe when I get another two or three years using this thing I'll get it figured out. In the meantime I'll keep digging 'em no matter what.

MrGee

 

[Old Katz]

I have the same situation (not problem) with my Ace 250.
As was said in an above post, ground mineralization, position, and other\factors
interfere with IDing the coin. It CAN be the same with other detectors as well. No
ID will be %100 accurate. And yes if the coin is upright will give a different reading than if it is laying sideways. Zinc
pennies give a different reading than copper pennies. Many times a dime will turn out to be a penny and sometimes when the ground
is wet, a Dime reading turns out to be .25 cents.

I have a Whites MXT, a damn good detector, and it too will not ID a coin with 100 percent accuracy.

With the Ace 250 if you get a solid reading on .5 cents and it does not jump around, it will either be a nickel, a small
piece of chewed up pop can, or a small ring. If it jumps around between foil, .5cents etc it is most always junk, "a pull tab." If
it does not jump around it will be a piece of pop can or a nickel. ALWAYS, at least in my exprience.

Katz

 

[Uncle Willy]

No detector is 100% accurate in ID as they only deal in probabilities. Also the difference in coil size has a little to do with accurate ID. It's like the 1500. Unless you jockey the coil around a bit it will often ID quarters as cents.

Bill

 

[Uncle Willy]

Also if one does the "twitch" over the target it will often ID accurate.

Bill

 

[Geo Unit]

My pennies always ID between dime and penney or read just plain dime.
I guess that's just the ACE.