12-45 penny 12-45 dime?

[gunwolf]

hello all...I have noticed that the last two times out I get solid high tone with a 12-45, sometimes it's a clad dime, sometimes a penny...both zinc and wheaties...could it just be my soil? yes I still get the 11-42 to 12-43 zinc signals, but most of the time it is 12-45.
I went out tonight for a "dark" hunt and dug about 12 12-45 signals...I got three clad dimes and the rest were memorials. I did get two nice 12-47's but they were both clad quarters.
the mercs I dug the other day were 12-45 to 12-46. anyone else have this problem , if you can call it that.

 

[banditicey]

Being also in WNY I have had the same variety of results including 12-43 for Clad and Silver Dimes

What is key is the Sounds you hear which can often indicate whether you have Silver or not

HH

 

[grouser]

for me the zinks come in at 37, 38 the coppers at 44, 45 same as the dimes, quarters at 11 46, 12 46

 

[ronfin]

It's not a "problem". You're getting the right numbers. Soil and depth will affect your Fe/Co numbers. I can almost always predict now what I'll dig when I see the Fe/Co numbers and how they bounce. 12-45 is almost always a memorial penny, with an occasional dime dropping in there. Also have had Mercs fall in at 12-43. You just never really know till ya dig it.

 

[usafaviator]

Pennies come up at 44, clad dimes at 45 and the only merc I dug came in at 46 for me here in Nebraska.

 

[NebTrac]

Your silver will range the most. I've had silver dimes come in from 41 to 49 and in all sorts of FE's. copper memorials and wheaties will overlap, and you're right, soil will make a difference.

NebTrac

 

[Jason in Enid]

I have NEVER had a zincoln read that high unless there was something else in the hole raising the numbers. Dimes read mostly as 45-46 but can be down to 43 on occasion. Copper pennies seem an abnormality. I have dug copper cents from 36 all the way up to 47. the soil matrix and the amount of corrosion seem to play a big role in the conductive reading.

 

[gunwolf]

thanks for all the replies! that is mostly why I tone listen (advise from a few experts) when I get a high tone I look at the numbers. when you say the FE can be anywhere...I get ALOT of ?-44 to ?-46 that are in the lower to middle FE range but when I hit quick mask the FE numbers jump into the 30's, so I call it Iron and move on. the private properties that I hunt I will eventually dig all these signals, but at parks it's so big and overwhelming.

 

[squirrel1]

I have noticed slightly lower numbers on say silver dimes in difficulkt soil, say 40/41 CO numbers. Something else too old wheats do vary and it seems the copper alloy mixture isn't truly uniform. Also, remember coins on edge will also possibly affect your CO numbers. Something else I've noticed too is the channel your machine is on. Operating at channel 1 versus channel 11 I see a small difference when air testing say a wheat penny at shallow distance. Seems the etrac will tend to read maybe one CO number different higher between channel 1 and 11 on some sweeps but not all. This is splitting hairs but could contribute to slightly different CO numbers on coins when you mix this with soil/chipped or worn coin/on edge coin/trash or iron around the coin. The tone is still the dominant characteristic to watch.

 

[Big Boys Hobbies]

Audio is your BEST friend! #'s will lie!

 

[Greek2Me]

I have seen new pennies ring up as high as 12/48 on my etrac. I think your coil will make a difference as well.

G2M

 

[Goes4ever]

Zincs are 35 to36, wheats anywhere from 39 to 44, older ones are lower range, newer ones higher....memorials 42 43 44 .....clad dimes almost always solid 12-44
Silver dimes 12-45, barber dimes 90% of time are 12-41, dont know why,....yesterday had a solid 12-41 and it was a decent shape 1917 merc

All I can say is dig all good signals and get what u get.