A question for Mike Hillis (or anybody else)about jewelry hunting with the C$

[Anonymous]

Hi All:
I was just wondering about something... I've been going over the old posts while I wait for my C$ to get here, and I found a really interesting one by Mike Hillis from about a month ago... The post I'm referring to is:
Bill, I have got a different approach
Posted By: Mike Hillis
Date: Wednesday, 16 March 2005, at 5:10 p.m.
Mike had talked about how he was planning on using the threshold to help regulate the trash signals for jewelry hunting.... for example
<EM>"By lowering the threshold settings to the point to where the micro alum and odd shaped trash won't register, the solid ring hits will come in nice and solid. I'm thinking settings like 270 or even 180 in combination with a 75 iron disc range. Add to this the unique CS feature of raising numbers on low conductive targets at distance, it will be easy to eliminate the larger trash by how far up number wise it will go when raising the coil."</EM>
Mike, I was wondering if you (or anyone else) had a chance to try those settings out... does it work? It seems like it should, but the C$ also seems to be a little finicky at times.
Does anyone else have any settings that are working well for jewelry in the trash? (I think I've dug eighteen bazillion pulltabs in my life (with other detectors) and only one gold ring... I'd LOVE to figure out a way to increase the chances a bit.)
Thanks to all
BG

 

[Anonymous]

But I have found my share of jewelry with the C$. I guess it depends on where you are hunting. If I am on the beach I max out the sens to 10. If at a park or school I keep it around 4 or 5. Just make sure you ground balance well. I usually leave the thresh at -10. I am all for trying something new if it works. I look at it like this. My detector is like my car. I don't know how it works...I just drive it! <img src="/metal/html/lol.gif" border=0 width=15 height=15 alt=":lol"> Here are the last few jewelry finds with the C$ and Excel. The chains are 14K and 18K and the charms are silver and gold. The rings are gold. It's out there!

 

[Anonymous]

As I have gotten to spend more time with the CS and fooling around with it more I am thinking of a different threshold setting for jewerly hunting.
Don't shoot me, but I have had the CS actually out hunting 3 times. The first time was a disaster. The second time was a touchy feely experience. The last time was a clad hunt that turned out really well and made me feel good <img src="/metal/html/grin.gif" border=0 width=15 height=15 alt=":grin"> The next time out will be the jewelry hunt. Everything else has come from setting down with my goodie bucket and fooling around with air tests.
The more I talk to people, the more I realized that there is good jewelry in the popular parks that people like to go to. Just in the mfg plant I work at, I have heard about 5 stories of people loosing their new diamond aniversary rings, and more stories about people loosing their gold bracelets other stuff.
From my air tests, the new settings I want to try for jewelry hunting in parks involve a very high positive threshold setting.
The best way I can put it, once you pass +1, the threshold tone begins to absorb the lowest conductive targets responses. So at +2, the weak micro aluminum signals close to 0 are absorbed. At +3, foil range are absorbs but nickel range targets are still heard. At a +4, all foil and nickel range are absorbed.
Based on this, I think hunting for gold rings in park area could best be accomplished with either a +2 or +3 threshold setting and enough senstivitiy somewhere in the middle to low ranges. The conductivity of the ring will allow it to sound out stronger than the threshold tone, while the threshold tone will absorb the small foil signals. I'll find out.
Happy CoinStriking <img src="/metal/html/lol.gif" border=0 width=15 height=15 alt=":lol">

 

[Anonymous]

Mike:
Thanks for the update. I'm really curious to see if you are able to come up with an effective way to hunt jewelry in the trash, even if only slightly better than "dig every signal." Like I said, I've dug a million pulltabs of every shape.... round, square, beavers, etc... and have come up with very few rings, one gold, one silver. (not counting the wedding band I found for the distraught couple on the beach... they told me where to search, so that's cheating!) Since the new sites far outweigh the old ones that I've permission to hunt, I'm really interested in this subject and your results.
Thanks so very much for being willing to share your info. I think the forums are, in general, a FAR better source of real how-to-do-it information than "official" sources (with the exception of Bill's writings, of course!)
Good luck, and HH
BG

 

[Anonymous]

That's an interesting idea. I'm going to check it out. I take mine out in the lakes and there are a lot of little tiny foil signals sometimes.
I notched out foil but found out I would be missing the tiny gold rings. A normal fine gold ring does come in good with foil notched. So sometimes just notching foil can work and you only miss the tinesty rings.
Rick

 

[Anonymous]

I still want to airtest some coins for your chart if you still are interested? Between remodeling a bathroom & work I have not had time to try it yet. But I will do if you'd like.....Jewlery setting sounds cool. Let us know how ya do. HH, Bill

 

[Anonymous]

That chart I made is just a start with the info I had available. Your airtests would help validate that information and go a long ways toward filling in the missing blanks. Test away <img src="/metal/html/super.gif" border=0 width=26 height=28 alt=":super">
Happy Air$triking <img src="/metal/html/lol.gif" border=0 width=15 height=15 alt=":lol">

 

[Anonymous]

Those are pretty cool finds <img src="/metal/html/clap.gif" border=0 width=20 height=30 alt=":clap">
I have never found a gold chain before. What would I expect to hear from the C$ on a gold chain?
Happy CoinStriking <img src="/metal/html/lol.gif" border=0 width=15 height=15 alt=":lol">

 

[Anonymous]

<IMG SRC="/metal/html/pulltab.gif" BORDER=0 width=54 height=24 ALT="sB"> You may get a better tone if there is a pendant or charm on it. I have also found a gold chain that rang up like iron. The clasp was not gold and the salt water on the beach had rusted it. That's why I dig 'em all.....especially on a beach <img src="/metal/html/wink.gif" border=0 width=15 height=15 alt="">

 

[Anonymous]

This isn't the photo I posted. But it's a nice one! <img src="/metal/html/lol.gif" border=0 width=15 height=15 alt=":lol">