What am I missing

[rrw]

Lately I've given up on the local parks and have been hunting the elementary school that my kids attend(built 1913). With one major exception, I find the school to be less trashy than the parks. At this school I've found my first buffalo, first gold, and first silver. The major trash exception is the metal eraser end of pencils. We all know the G2 is a nickel magnet. If I get a signal that jumps from 56-60 it's almost always a nickel. But if that same signal goes as high as 61- 62, it's almost always a pencil end, so I've quit digging those. Am I missing something good, or is this what you call learning your detector.

 

[amberjack]

sounds like you are learning the detector coins i hunt are in the high 70's if i get a 76 keep walking it's a bottle top..........

 

[sgoss66]

You would only likely be missing certain gold rings -- but obviously those can be significant!

Steve

 

[Swagman]

Bottle caps hit 80 for me with the G2. The school I hunt is trashy, hard to hunt. Dig up more trash that keepers. Oh well!

 

[amberjack]

bottle tops for me range 76 through 83 84 right in my coin range doh

 

[Ken in Georgia]

Guys, watch your numbers, unless it's a deep target the bottle caps will jump from 76 to 86. If it is a screw cap will come in at the 80 to 90 range and jump too. Where coins dont move and what your looking for doesnt move either.

 

[mudpuppy]

Yeah, those pencil ends are a learning experience...you are probably at the point that you can pretty much tell what you are over by now. One old guy I met on one of my first times out told me "dig 1000 pennys, and dig 1000 pulltabs, and dig every nickle signal" It was great advice, and helped me learn the language of subtle differences in sound. I still get fooled every once in a while, tarp grommets, chain link fence wires, etc. but not too often. I really key on foil, and signals I've never or seldom hear, seems like just above pulltabs and just below zincs have been nothing but junk rings or just plain junk. The foil has turned into three gold rings, one nickle was another, two pulltabs were girls class rings, one penny was a mans 18k. and about 20 dimes were silver rings.
With only so much time per hunt, a fellow has to become good at avoiding trash, and not missing value, and that takes practice digging everything for a while. HH
Mud

 

[BH_Landstar_]

The low 60's will net you one of these .....


14K wedding band.

 

[Big Boys Hobbies]

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