Question on finding old nickels.

[treasurefiend]

I was wondering, do all nickels ring up the same? What I mean is, say a V-Nickel, Buffalo, and a Jefferson do they have the same composition??? Out in the woods I dig every solid Nickel signal I get, but most of the time it is tin foil or something else. When I find nickels out in the woods, they are reddish in color. I found a 1939 Jefferson that came up as a solid nickel signal at 5 or 6 inches deep. But I also found a reddish Buffalo on the surface, but I can't remember, I think it bounced around on me, I looked only because it said 2 inches deep (just under the leaves). Should I dig all of the bouncy signals for nickels???

I want to find more Buffalo and some V-Nickels!!!

 

[Goes4ever]

I dig every nickel signal I get on the ace, and most times it is aluminum scraps, or a ball of foil etc.....I get excited when it is an actual nickel....lol

 

[robert roy]

I have two machines: an MXT and an Ace 250.
The MXT brings in a nickel at 18 or 20. Usually if it's steady
and not jumping around its a nickel. Rarely will I get junk instead of a nickel with the MXT.

BUT
with the Ace 250, even if it reads steady on nickel, more often than not it's
crumpled torn up piece of pop can. I got only four nickels Sunday and loads of pop can
pieces.

RR

 

[Rainman]

I have the same nickel problem. Most of the time even when it locks on a nickel it ends up being the pop top of those snack containers so popular with kids lunches. I have found 22 nickels this year. I could have found more, but many times there is so much trash that I have to eliminate the niclel notch so I don't have to dig junk every other swing. Except for the war nickels, As far as I know, most nickels have similar compositions.

 

[Oak]

Check to see if your 1939 nickel has a D on the back. The 1939 D nickel is a key Jefferson Nickel.

HH

Oak -- sweet home Alabama

 

[cwilk]

You are a true detectorist when you get more excited about targets on the nickel and pop top notches than you get about targets on the dime and quarter notch. Last year I found half as many nickels as quarters. This year I'm running about a third. In trashy areas I notch them. Last year I would dig them. Depends on the site and my mood.

I find on my 2500 nickels rings up on either nickel notch and sometimes the notch above. It depends on depth, orientation in the ground, and how long it's been buried. War nickels and Buffalo's air test just like Jefferson's do. I have not found enough of either to comment about the differences when buried. All 3 of my War nickels rang up dead on nickel ,though, as I recall. I'm still waiting for one in 2008.

Chris

 

[Rainman]

I find most of my nickels with the nickel tab setting on the ACE250. I often have to turn it off in junk areas or I might as well dig up the whole yard and use a sieve.

 

[Rainman]

I have the same problem with the ACE250. Even when it lock solidly on as a nickel, most of the time it is the pull tab from the lunch tins that are so popular at school and parks today. Sometimes I have to drop that tab or I would be digging every other signal. But It does seem that all nickels lock at the same spot except the silver war nickels.

 

[khouse]

You just have to face the fact that nickels are smack dab in the middle of most common trash. Only your digger knows for sure. It it 100% accurate.

 

[Uncle Willy]

Yes and do the "twitch". Corroded coins don't read the same as clean ones. Nickels were originally called nickels because that's what they were made of. Not anymore. Different compositions give different readings.

Bill

 

[Goes4ever]

with nickels being 75% copper why don't they ring up higher on the scale?

 

[robert roy]

Rainman:

Your not the one bringing all the rain to us are you? STOP IT!!!

Here is a case where the F2 might do a better job on nickels because of its
notching capabilities. I could be wrong.
RR

 

[robert roy]

Khouse:
Do you think the F2 might do a better job on nickels because of
its notching capabilities?
RR

 

[khouse]

The F2 has only 8 target zones. With 0-99 number TID it's pretty jumpy on all but the cleanest signals. But most signals are not clean. Also with the F2 and 4 inch coil, sensitivity all the way down. You can't get 15 inches from a steel support in a tot lot. The Ace?sniper set up gets right in there.

 

[LS hunter]

IM having some what of the same problems I'M not finding ,IM not doing to good with the nickels,so that tells me I'm passing up the gold!!!!
IM finding silver!!!!!

 

[robert roy]

Well, maybe your passing up gold. The key is to dig everything and not pay too much attention
to the VID. I love the VID but it can disappoint you.

I took out my MXT yesterday and picked up six nickels but I dug everything, including all those
Little bits of pop can's that read as nickels.

Regards