A Nickel First For Me

[RLOH]

We have had the most unbelievable weather here in northeast Ohio and I have detected 14 times this December. I have used the MX5 all but two of these excursions and I am really dialed in with it. I got to believe that using multiple detectors causes you to not be as successful as using just one. All season long I would use a Safari for a couple of weeks and then switch to the MX5. These two detectors are night and day different. I have been having trouble with the weight of the Safari so I was forced to use the lighter MX5. I have had a great month of detecting and yesterday was one of my best days in nearly twenty years of detecting. I dug four different nickels in less than one hour. First was a dated 1937 buffalo. Second 43 war nickel. Third a 1903 V nickel. I had the three hardest to find and the last was a 1980 common nickel. The buffalo and V nickel were 8 inches deep. Here is a tip I have found for digging nickels with the MX5. 20 is the magic number on most Whites detectors. I dig all 14-16 numbers if they pinpoint deep and the V and buffalo were in that range. Today I dug another buffalo that was a solid 16 at six inches. Just about all targets bouncing 20-22 are junk. If a nickel is a couple of inches deep, it hardly ever strays from a solid 20 and the deeper the nickel, the numbers go lower. Check it out.

 

[MattBullSummerville]

You are so right RLOH, the numbers do drop as the nickle goes deeper, for such. My MX5 nickle readings do the same thing. Found an old junk ring in a park today, had to be 8 to 10 inches in dark black soil. Reading was in the mid 70s. Was thinking it was a dime at first. Silver dimes are up in the the high 70s. Good luck hunting over the holidays.
Matt

 

[slingshot]

Right on the money. The one I found at 14 also had a dull patina on it. Good post.