Worth a mention....Just because depth was so great in my opinion

[Elton]

1917 Wheat Cent .... Sensitivity 72..Bp mode, 3H tones, Notch 1, Disc. 15, ..Ground Damp - GB at 76

F75LTD nailed this Wheat at a measured 11"........... I used the FX-1 probe after 8" to key in on the target.

I removed about an inch at a time looking for the Signal............ each time checking with the probe for target. At measured 11" I found the 17 Wheat just about flat in the ground.

I also scrapped the sides of hole as I went down making a grove straight down so I could get an accurate measure from grass roots level down to the target.

De mode was checked when I got the jumpy 81/83/84 meter reading in BP mode. DE mode would not detect the target till sens raised to 88..then it was iffy. at 90 it sounded off, but meter reading was low 55/56.At above 90 it was so chattery I could not really tell what I had in ground. Just a beep beep and numbers everywhere ...

In my opinion this is a very respectable depth to hit a Wheat Cent. I hope soon I have a good place with Silver targets so I can see how deep a Dime, or what ever will hit at.. I will say this F75LTD may be a little chattery, ( Is that a word) but the depth abilities it has is a good trade off for a little noise..I have no doubt if I had dug some of the little chattery hits it would have been some type of metal.. I also noticed the depth meter in Pinpoint is not exactly accurate. It read 14 and was very faint.. actual was as stated 11"..

Again no biggie but I just wanted to share the finds depth......... Wow !!



Special Note: I had to slow my swing speed down to get targets in the area I was hunting Next to a river. Grass was at least 4" high. Regular if there is such a thing swing speed caused a lot more chatter as I forced my swing down some. The machine settled down to just a small amount of chatter in the BP mode.. My regular swing speed is habits I picked up using Whites detectors for many years.. SO you former Whites owners know what I mean about fast swing..

 

[Low-Boy/LCPM]

I love wheats good fiber too!

 

[gmanlight]

Nice science project Elton. I like the detail, not just throwing out a ballpark guess.
That is how confusion/conflict starts on the web with a guesstimate.

 

[ElginTim]

Sounds like the F-series has a common attribute as noted briefly by Bill Ladd in one of his videos. A tendency to up-average the target read on deep targets.

The only coin my F70 has detected reliably over 8" deep was a wheat at 10" that read high 70's to mid 80's until I excavated nearly to where it was laying. Then it settled back down to the low 60's and I had a better idea of what it was before recovering it.

 

[jim tn]

Yep, that is pretty impressive my friend. Nice one! HH jim tn

 

[boxofchocolates]

Good info thanks Elton

 

[Elusion]

Elton, you're doing pretty good with my old LTD then! I can't wait to get out with the e-trac... I was going to go today but got shut out by the rains.

 

[Cal_Cobra]

Elton I got a wheat penny yesterday at a depth of about 6-7" deep that TID'd in the half dollar range, low 90's and it was a solid 4-way repeatable signal, I thought for sure it was going to be a silver walker. Imagine my surprise when I recovered a wheatback

I've seen this occurrence more then once, on a variety of targets, and there's no rhyme or reason to it. I dug a 9" deep square tab that came in as a silver quarter the first day out with the LTD

 

[Elton]

I know I was very careful in measuring the 17 Wheat..checked the hole after digging out the coin and no signal was present..So it was the Wheat cent not something bigger and deeper..

 

[jim tn]

I am not sure what it is either, Brian and Elton. Some days the various 6" or so deep coins read what they should, or within a number or two. Other days cents, in particular, will read high 70's to low 80's. On those days, silver truly is a surprise. HH jim tn

 

[DirtDean]

What frequency does this machine operate at?

 

[Elton]

n/t