Speaking of How Deep,When do you give up on a target?

[Anonymous]

I for one dig in alot of iron and around alot of roots but I've given up on alot of targets because I dug deeper than the depth meter showed it to be.I don't have an x-1 probe which will be my next purchase but is anyone finding coins DEEPER than what the depth gauge shows?I'm talking about weak signals that repeat but bounce around alot and are usually around the 8 to 10 in.range.I'd say 95 percent of the time I come up with nothing but once I found a Barber Quarter at 10 plus inches so I always have hope when I go after the DEEP stuff.Coins in the 4 to 6 in. range even in trash are generally not a problem I was just wondering if I'm giving up to early.Any thoughts on the matter would be greatly appreciated and thanks for a great forum.

 

[Anonymous]

I don't want this to sound harsh, and you probably already know this... but you're wasting your time digging deeper than 6 inches without an x1 probe. You could spend all day trying to recover something that deep, with the hole getting wider and wider, and deeper and deeper. With the x1 probe, it might only take a few seconds to a minute to recover the item.
Jeremy

 

[Anonymous]

It depends on how the target sounds to begin with and where I am hunting...
Usually a target that sounds loud before digging then disappears after only 6 inches or so, can be a false from iron.. The squeekers that sound positive I keep going till I find out what it is..... remember a deep coin will not be loud and will go away when lifting the coil a few inches off the ground... big targets will still sound loud a foot off the ground.. It still makes a big difference on where your hunting, if its an old site with little trash.. those big targets can be something good, in a park or yard I stopp digging after going so far on them.. in the wwods at an old homesite they maybe a buckle or something... the explorer can hit a big buckle at 2 feet so in that case ypou should keep going..
good targets will disappear on you after digging only a few inches sometimes, so if it sounded good when you started something is down there.. The X1 probe will help but even then remember a really deep coin may disappear after digging 7 or 8 inches of dirt.. maybe less.. the probe may still not reach it if its a foot down.. If you heard a good signal and there is not a big null at the bottom of the hole with the probe ot while swweping with the coil, keep going..

 

[Anonymous]

Remember your Explorer depth meter is predicated on coin size objects so if your meter indicates 6 inches and you have already gone 8 inches its probably not a coin. Of course not applicable to relic hunters as a buckle or larger object may indeed be real deep..Also have to take into consideration the area your hunting relative mineralization and how far coins drop. Most silver coins in my area are around 6 inches, but there are areas where 10 inch plus ones are prevalent so a lot has to be considered to answer this question. After a while a silver coin sounds so sweet you will just know and do be prepared to be fooled as junk next to a good target may indeed give you a false depth reading or you may be getting a false hit off a buried 57 chevy. In any case after many hours in the field it will become instinct. Once dug 15-16 inches to retrieve the nozzle of an old copper teapot because it just sounded good and being bigger than a coin gave a false depth reading..

 

[Anonymous]

[No message]

 

[Anonymous]

[No message]

 

[Anonymous]

i sold my x1 . i found it to be more of a pain . just takes some time to pinpoint good with the 10.5 loop. like 5 years! lol . the 8inch loop is a dream loop for pinpointing. even with the probe you'll have many targets that sounded good that you will never find. if i do miss pinpoint with the 10.5 it seems like its always at the back of the loop toward me. so if i can;t find it right away i dig in that direction. 90 percent of the time thats the right way. if the target really travels after i dig a little its almost always junk!

 

[Anonymous]

This is why I like the Periscope probe - because of its length it can really get down there and touch the object - you can 1) literally feel if it is the size of a coin or not and 2) on a solid vs. pulse response usually determine accurately if its a coin or not. Plus if your bad on pinpointing - no problem you can stick in the ground in 25 different areas in about 10 seconds - really can't be beat !