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Why Did That Merc Read Like A Silver Dollar?

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Critterhunter

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I was watching a friend hunt with his Etrac the other day when he got a silver dollar signal, 1 for ferrous and whatever the number was for conductivity for a silver dollar (we had a chart with us to reference). At about 7 to 8" out pops a merc and there was nothing else in the hole. Just curious why you think it read that way, and it worries me that if it was that far off how many other coins is it giving some weird ID for that you might never even think to bother digging.
 
Could have been on edge,or maybe it was very worn (Thin).
 
I've had 'em do that also. Can't explain it for sure other than maybe moisture. I'm just tickled its silver.

NebTrac
 
Silver always hits real low on the ferrous side (unless obscured by some other metal) so it could easily read like a silver dollar if it's deep and the numbers aren't coming in perfectly.
 
This is yet another reason to not fully trust or rely on numbers, trust the sounds, they do not lie! I have dug silver dimes at all different numbers, the oddest was one mercury dime that read 02-50, after I removed the dime from the hole I rechecked in quick mask and there was nothing else there. Every barber dime I have dug this year has come in at 12-41, and one came in at 01-41
 
That is a neat observation Terry, From what i am hearing,the numbers can register different in different areas of the country.
at least by a little.
Down here,Most but not all of the dimes come in at 12-45,12-46.
The last dime i dug was a seated,very deep,came in at 12-45 for me,i played and played with it before i dug.
one time i saw a 12-46 flash through the numbers,but that was the only time.
had a pretty good idea it was silver,and was hoping for a barber,never expected a seated.
They can come in at a lot of different numbers,i remember one i dug that read 11-39,but was a very worn and very thin
barber.
I am sure the differences have to do with different mineralization in different parts of the country.
I also agree with Terry on the dig by sound theory,I have found silver this way also.

Silver mixed in trash will read no telling where sometimes,but you will get the unmistakeable silver pitch in there too.
Learning is by digging,i learned that the hard way.

Best of luck to all and stay cool.

LabradorBob
 
Bob, majority of silver dimes I find, mercs, and rosies are a SOLID 12-45, but all 9 barbers I found this year were 12-41, except one and it was 01-41. I don't use numbers to make the decision to dig, I rely more on sound, But I like to "make a guess" what I am digging before I dig to see how "smart" the etrac is..lol
 
I been diggin mainly by sound also,Mostly because i am running my sens so high
the numbers seem to freeze,but the sounds don't!
I have had times i was digging so many pennies i started passing them up,
I figure i could have missed a silver or two,but ,sometimes there has to be a limit.
When in doubt i always try to dig,especially where i know silver has been found.
I think too many rely on numbers, I only rely on them as a second opinion.
and not always that,
But it is nice to get a signal that is more than halfway on depth,and see a 12-45 register.
It is like aaaaaaaaaaaaaaall right,cause you got a good chance it is gonna be silver.
Parks have been hit so hard,all of the easy stuff has been found,lets face it,Metal detecting has been around for
a while,so take a chance and dig those high tones,sometimes you will get a nice reward!

LabradorBob
 
I see people posting on other forums saying stuff like I didn't dig this or dig that because the numbers weren't right...........PEOPLE this is a machine, nothing is perfect, so many things effect what the machine is reading. It only takes a minute to dig something, when in doubt, dig it out!!!!!
 
The ground was wet. Perhaps it had a huge hallo around it. We threw it back in the hole and it read then like a silver dime. No other metal was present.
 
Like others responding to this post I to have had the FE/CO #'s read all over the place for Silver and other coins, and like the others the one thing that is very consistent is the tones I receive for the item I receive the signal for. Because of this I go more by tones then numbers. Because I trust the tones I've dug some nice coins I might have walked away from other wise.

To many things effect to FE/CO numbers, things like ground mineralization, EMF, other objects in the hole with it. One thing I have consistently noticed is in areas with a lot of high voltage interference even with noise cancel being used I will see my ID numbers being way off. Go first by what you hear then by numbers. Like many others have said WHEN IN DOUGHT DIG.

Rick IL
 
My first silver dime, which I just pulled out today also came in at 1-45 one way and a random 12-46 the other. Weird. The tones sounded good though.
 
Between reading the above and the posts about finding gold I am now digging
any solid sounds no matter how unlikely it is to be a coin.

As you can imagine there are a lot of bottle tops and pull tabs in modern sites. :(
 
Yes - the sound of the hit is very important - some times the numbers can be off.

I found a Barber dime a few weeks ago that I almost didn't bother to dig because it came in as a solid - crossed two ways - FE 12 - CO 43.
This dime was not worn or on edge - whats really odd is that once I dug it up it still air tested as a 12 - 43 - I've never seen any dime do that before !
 
Critterhunter said:
The ground was wet. Perhaps it had a huge hallo around it. We threw it back in the hole and it read then like a silver dime. No other metal was present.
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my guess also..
 
I'm not sure what everybody means by the numbers are wrong but the tone is right.

How can it display 11-39, for example, but sound like 1-45 or 12-46? It either is or it isn't

I have had several 1-35 plus signals but when I go to quick mask they immediately jump down to 35-35 plus. The few I have dug were nails.

Now, if I were to get a solid 1-35 or better without bouncing back down to the FE 35 line I would definitely dig it. But I have not seen that yet.

1-41 and 35-41 sound the same in conductive mode right? What am I missing here?
 
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