Critterhunter
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There is a "gap" between the highest pull tabs and the start of the zinc penny range that I REALLY like to dig. My favorite target numbers to dig on the GT is 170 and 171, and perhaps 172. Zincs start at 173. The highest reading pull tabs end at is 169 (99.9% of them that read highest will not go over 169, anyway.). It's rare for me to dig a tab that gets past that number. So, for that reason there is a sweet spot right between where the highest tabs will read, being 169, and where most low zincs will start, being 173. That "odd" 170, 171, and even to some extent 172 number is my favorite "odd" numbers to dig, and I rarely run into a lot of trash that will read those numbers so it's always worth digging to me.
I seem to find a lot of interesting things that way, like antique makeup compacts and other cool relics...And, you never know, could be a big fat gold ring, or better yet a silver 3 cent piece and $5 gold should read right in that range according to my charts and some of my own testing, and there are a few other "odd" coins that bottom out at 173 and might very well read a tad lower due to wear, orientation in the ground, depth, or minerals...Those being certain indians, 2 cent, half dime, and a $10 gold coin. In fact, I even found oddly by testing that some wheats read right at the bottom # (173) for a zinc. Not sure why, because I know indians had different make ups and will read several places depending on year, but far as I knew wheats all were the same composition? Have to check my book on that and refresh my memory. Either way, just saying that gap between highest pulltab (99.9% of the time) and zinc is an interesting spot on the scale to dig for me, where a few good coins should read, and in fact a few other good coins might drop into just due to various factors, and there's always the chance for a gold ring or the cool relics I seem to find in that range.
Anybody use have any luck diggin that 170 to 172 range?
I seem to find a lot of interesting things that way, like antique makeup compacts and other cool relics...And, you never know, could be a big fat gold ring, or better yet a silver 3 cent piece and $5 gold should read right in that range according to my charts and some of my own testing, and there are a few other "odd" coins that bottom out at 173 and might very well read a tad lower due to wear, orientation in the ground, depth, or minerals...Those being certain indians, 2 cent, half dime, and a $10 gold coin. In fact, I even found oddly by testing that some wheats read right at the bottom # (173) for a zinc. Not sure why, because I know indians had different make ups and will read several places depending on year, but far as I knew wheats all were the same composition? Have to check my book on that and refresh my memory. Either way, just saying that gap between highest pulltab (99.9% of the time) and zinc is an interesting spot on the scale to dig for me, where a few good coins should read, and in fact a few other good coins might drop into just due to various factors, and there's always the chance for a gold ring or the cool relics I seem to find in that range.
Anybody use have any luck diggin that 170 to 172 range?