This is what I get for listening to NHBob's advice...

[pizzacoil]

Bob has been hounding me, pounding into my head how I have to listen to those tones in All Metal mode with my new Explorer Se Pro. Bob's advice and constant lecturing and meddling with my machine.

I think I get it now.

Saw Bob this morning, and we joked about him still having a 3 Cent piece rolling around somewhere under the seat of his truck.

Short after-work hunt. A site which I know has very little in it. Did I say little?

This is my second silver 3 Cent coin in two years. The little bugger did not sound good. I did the patented "Bob Coil Wiggle" over the target, and decided to dig it.

Thank you for looking! And thank you, Bob, for the encouragement and advice!

HH

pizzacoil - Jules

 

[Great Republic]

could you lecture me?GR

 

[AJupstateNY]

Nice coin, still on my want list.

Pleasure meeting you Saturday, and like your website.

 

[NH Bob]

n/t

 

[ihuntrelics!]

n/t

 

[Erik in NJ]

Nice find! I've yet to find one of those my self....BTW, what is All Metal Mode on the Explorer - IM with a low setting? Where did it hit and what exactly did it sound like? Also what the heck is the patented "Bob Coil Wiggle"? Thanks.

 

[BlackX]

That's one of those coins I'll be surprised if I ever dig.

Erik, "All Metal" is the IM turned all the way down. (I mostly use ferrous w/ just crown-caps x-ed out (but I'm not nearly as jimi hendrixed as Bob).)

 

[Erik in NJ]

Thanks Rich - I run in IM with a low setting, but I have yet to turn it all the way down - I figure that there would be too much junk that would sound good - though I'm not sure if I'm missing any coins in this mode. Thought I'd found a 3 cent piece a couple years back, but it turned out to be a small aluminum play coin

 

[BlackX]

If you're using IM in ferrous, there's no reason not to open it wide up. If you're in conductive, then that's another story.

And I still want a 3-center one of these years! (Hey, Bob, can I get permission to detect your truck. )

 

[Crash620]

n/t

 

[NH Bob]

n/t

 

[oneidakenny]

Congrats Jules! Leave some for me to find next time!

 

[pizzacoil]

This my third 3 Cent coin found. My first was of the nickel variety (came in like a pull tab on my GTI 2500, but I dug it anyway). My second one was silver, also with the GTI 2500 (also 1852!), bounced from the dime range to bronze, but gave a steady repeating signal. This one, found with the Explorer Se Pro, the crosshair bounced horizontally mid-screen (not at all in the higher upper hand where one would expect silver to come in), stopping just short of the ferrous range. Once again, a weak, "iffy", but repeating signal. No wonder not too many people are finding these coins. I think any of you will realize why it can be such an elusive little coin, once you stumble onto that first one.

The "Bob Coil Wiggle": Once you hear a weak (or strong), but good signal, you stop, swing tighter and tighter, until you get the best signal you can get. Then, you wiggle your machine ever so slightly, making the coil move from side to side about 1 to 2 inches. Very tight, and moderately fast. Isolating such a target in this manner can make the difference between walking away empty-handed, or as I did. The "give" in the shaft helps, and you have to work with that flexibility to isolate such a signal. Bob showed me this just once in the field, and I have obviously applied it well.

Thanks to all your comments, and to all the people who braved that HOT day here in NH under the guidance of NH Bob!

HH

Jules

 

[pizzacoil]

All Metal... Iron Mask on. Sensitivity at 23. Deep recovery. I'm a newbie with this machine, so I'll let Bob tell you what the optimumsettings are.

HH

Jules

 

[NH Bob]

Jules is doing very well with the new SE and being new to the explorers in general. Patients and persistence always wins.