What's the "Classic IH reading" on the EX2?

[N2Treasure]

Anyone got the Dual Readings for the classic Indian Heads? I may have missed a few....

Duane

 

[James N.D.]

n/t

 

[NealNoIN]

is very unpredictable. That conductive number will be close almost always but that ferrous number can be way off depending on depth and soil.

 

[N2Treasure]

That is true, but do you realize just how many new Lincoln cents that I've dug that had the 07-25 readings on them? TONS! Granted, most were fairly shallow, but I did dig some that were DEEP! Just tired of Lincolns and want the IH's..... Thanks for all your replies!

Duane

 

[Dang]

I believe according to my bible, Exploring the Explorer, that it also depends on when they were minted and the condition of the penny. James recommends while teaching the Explorer indian head readings to use several because of this. I only have one.

 

[king-ghidorah]

That is true, but do you realize just how many new Lincoln cents that I've dug that had the 07-25 readings on them? TONS! Granted, most were fairly shallow, but I did dig some that were DEEP! Just tired of Lincolns and want the IH's..... Thanks for all your replies!

Duane

07-25 is usually what I get for the Lincolns too. Bryce or James would probably know the reading.

 

[James N.D.]

The Copper Nickel Indians will hit lower due to the Nickel Content. I have yet to dig one myself and I use the XS which doesn't have the Ferrous Content so it is tough to know. I thought they came in around 11 on Conduct but will have to check again with the Fatty I got as a thank you gift. Bryce would know though! I have also found IH's that read as low as 23 for Conduct all the way up to 26 but those are the ones that are either sitting at an angle or on edge. Good Luck and HH.

 

[Rick(ND)]

The real old IH will read different that are back in the late 50s early 60s, but most after that will read 7 ferrous and 25 conductivity and depending on the depth and how they are sitting in the ground it can vary a little on the numbers. Now how i tell the difference in most cases is the depth of them if in ground that has not been disturbed as the deeper and weaker signals are the older wheaties and IH while the shallow ones are the new zinc pennies. If the ground has been disturbed like a construction site I dont know of anyway to tell them from the new zinc pennies so you have to dig them all.

 

[BlackX]

That is true, but do you realize just how many new Lincoln cents that I've dug that had the 07-25 readings on them? TONS! Granted, most were fairly shallow, but I did dig some that were DEEP! Just tired of Lincolns and want the IH's.....

Yeah, post-82 Lincolns will sometimes read x-25 but generally are x-24 for me (when they're not corroded--those are all over the *#$% place). I have noticed that surface or near-surface coins will often read one digit higher on conduct. IHs tend to bounce more for me on ferrous but that's usually due to the depth and/or corrosion, I'd guess. I think I've only dug one shallow IH so far.

I dislike zincolns more than pulltabs by now.