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What do your belt plates sound like?

"Dr.Tones"

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I've never found one and was curious as to what they are made of? What do they sound like? High tone? Medium? Thanks!
 
On my Teknetics G2, a Union plate (stamped brass face with lead fill) reads in the low 80's...solid brass (such as a CSA rectangle or Georgia frame buckle reads a little higher). So yeah high tone. Unfortunately they read very similar to aluminum soda cans.
 
Yep like beer cans. I dug two of mine right after digging beer cans & they sounded identical. Its strange though my last plate I dug about 8/9 years ago hit just like a bullet. In fact I was digging bullets all around it. It was a partial breast plate. My buddy Digsgti just found a breast plate last weekend & he said it sounded like a bullet. HH
 
From my experience, most of them hit like an aluminum soda can like the other guys said. One of them did hit quite a bit lower, it was a baby US buckle. It was in the button/bullet range.
 
Awesome. Thanks guys!
 
n/t
 
Like a deep flattenend aluminum can. cch
 
I've only dug two US oval belt buckles thus far, the first one I dug April 9, 2011 here in Virginia where I live. The "target" was about 8 inches down, and my F75 locked on mid 60s which is typical of a drop high caliber bullet .54, .58. 69 etc. When I dug down about 8 inches I saw he oval desk face down (puppy paws/hooks up). The F75 was registering/locking on bullet reading due to the fact the rear of the belt plate/buckle is lead with the brass hooks thus giving off a mid tone lead range.

Fast forward to last Wednesday, Dec 4, 2013 I dug my 2nd US oval belt buckle at my friend's homestead in Virginia. This time however my F75 LTD locked on in the upper 80s indicating a silver coin or another period CW button. Digging down I could make out the "U" from the side wall and removed the buckle. Because the buckle was face up-my F75 was locking on the high brass tone which the face of the plate is brass.

HH

Wayne

www.personal-goal-setting.com/relic-hunter.html
 
i just recently found my first eagle breast plate and it hit just like an old cent, except for the reading was much bigger than that of a cent
 
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