gunwolf
Well-known member
just my observation, it will be different in different soil...
my copper memorials often hit at 12-44 sometimes 12-43, my wheats hit 12-43 sometimes 12-44, my clad dimes hit at 12-43- sometimes 12-45, and my Rosies so far have been 12-45 bouncing to 12-46 occasionally, but Mercs are 12-43, 12-44, 12-45 with no bounce...??? I used to use my depth as a gauge to determine what it was... well I have found a lot of copper memorials at 6" and most of my Mercs at less than 6".. today in a very stony clay area I got a nice smooth 12-43 solid tone at 3-4" deep... I thought Memorial or clad dime at first but the tone pitch was just a bit higher... I quietly said.. you have to be kidding me as I dug my plug... yep.. a 1918 Merc... 3" deep. the silver tone is starting to once again register after a few years off... Tones, tones, tones can't say that enough. I also noticed if i get a surface 12-35 or 12-40 (which is sometimes a zinc but most often a twist top or crushed twist top) I get a nice 12-45/12-46 as the edge of my coil gets close to the shallow target.. don't let this fool you, the tone and numbers are there, but if you take a minute to pinpoint and remove the shallow target you will see that is was falsing and there was no 12-45/46 target. as far as Nickels and tones go... I have had solid tones at 4" that were a beaver tail or ring pull, and broken tones at 2-3" that were nickels... Nickels are a crap shoot with me... I dug 3 Jefferson nickels today, all about 4"... one was a 11-11/12, one was a 12-12/13, and one was a solid 12-14 my pouch was filled with beaver tails, ring pulls and large foil that all rang in the same way, mid tones are my nemesis.. I can't seem to differentiate the tones with what the target may be... some nickels are scratchy, some are solid, some trash is scratchy some solid.
my copper memorials often hit at 12-44 sometimes 12-43, my wheats hit 12-43 sometimes 12-44, my clad dimes hit at 12-43- sometimes 12-45, and my Rosies so far have been 12-45 bouncing to 12-46 occasionally, but Mercs are 12-43, 12-44, 12-45 with no bounce...??? I used to use my depth as a gauge to determine what it was... well I have found a lot of copper memorials at 6" and most of my Mercs at less than 6".. today in a very stony clay area I got a nice smooth 12-43 solid tone at 3-4" deep... I thought Memorial or clad dime at first but the tone pitch was just a bit higher... I quietly said.. you have to be kidding me as I dug my plug... yep.. a 1918 Merc... 3" deep. the silver tone is starting to once again register after a few years off... Tones, tones, tones can't say that enough. I also noticed if i get a surface 12-35 or 12-40 (which is sometimes a zinc but most often a twist top or crushed twist top) I get a nice 12-45/12-46 as the edge of my coil gets close to the shallow target.. don't let this fool you, the tone and numbers are there, but if you take a minute to pinpoint and remove the shallow target you will see that is was falsing and there was no 12-45/46 target. as far as Nickels and tones go... I have had solid tones at 4" that were a beaver tail or ring pull, and broken tones at 2-3" that were nickels... Nickels are a crap shoot with me... I dug 3 Jefferson nickels today, all about 4"... one was a 11-11/12, one was a 12-12/13, and one was a solid 12-14 my pouch was filled with beaver tails, ring pulls and large foil that all rang in the same way, mid tones are my nemesis.. I can't seem to differentiate the tones with what the target may be... some nickels are scratchy, some are solid, some trash is scratchy some solid.