All summer I have been digging iffy signals thinking

[Rick N. MI]

I would pull a good target. Not 1 was good. It was all iron junk It shows you how good the AT Pro is. I am very happy with it. I don't see a reason for a different detector. Just waiting for that small coil.

Rick, N. MI

 

[vanner]

thats pretty reassuring to hear. I feel pretty much the same about mine, its a neat detector

 

[Howard Snell]

I haven't got my at-pro in the mail yet how do you define a iffy signal?

 

[B.RATNY]

I totally agree Rick that proportional audio is an awesome feature. If it sounds iffy or like junk you can bet it's gonna be junk.
HH Butch NY

 

[Rick N. MI]

An iffy signal is you a high or medium tone breaking up, scratchy. It was the high tone that makes you think there could be coin in there and it's onyl iron. Not a smooth sound. I did dig an IH had a fluty high tone all around that was different but the same all around. Sounded like an Explorer. Haven't had many signals like that.

Rick

 

[Bill G]

I dug several signals that were faint or what one might consider iffy with the AT Pro but still sounded as if they needed to be investigated. A few of those signals were good targets in hard dry dirt and they were coins straight up and down on edge in the ground. These coins were 3 to 4 inch's down and literally straight up and down on edge they had a faint signal only repeatable in 1 or 2 directions.

Happy & Safe Hunting To All,
Bill G

 

[396nova]

I just got my AT Pro, and been out with it the last 3 days hunting some very trashy areas. I`m still learning. I have dug many iffy targets these past 3 days, but about 30% of the time I was rewarded. Once with a 1954 S wheat penny. No big deal, but my oldest coin to date. Those trashy areas can really be a challenge. There are many reasons why a good target can sound iffy, from ground conditions to near by trash. I have been running mine in Pro Mode Custom, iron discrimination 35-40, and sensitivity at 4 bars. Keep digging, your luck should change.

 

[Bill G]

I just got my AT Pro, and been out with it the last 3 days hunting some very trashy areas. I`m still learning. I have dug many iffy targets these past 3 days, but about 30% of the time I was rewarded. Once with a 1954 S wheat penny. No big deal, but my oldest coin to date. Those trashy areas can really be a challenge. There are many reasons why a good target can sound iffy, from ground conditions to near by trash. I have been running mine in Pro Mode Custom, iron discrimination 35-40, and sensitivity at 4 bars. Keep digging, your luck should change.

Great point about the different conditions that can make a target sound iffy, there are a lot of variables. One of my best finds sounded very iffy and also had several trash targets in the same hole and around it in a iron and trash infested old sight. I worked the trash items out of the hole and the target became clear and rewarded me with a 1906 five dollar gold piece. I have to think every time we pass up a so so signal are we passing up something good or partly masked by trash or iron or just plain old poor ground conditions. It's all a calculated risk based on time and percentages and how much you want to dig..

Off the subject a little-- NICE NOVA

Safe & Happy Hunting To All,
Bill G

 

[Johnny Cache]

I have been having really good luck with those iffy signals. Tonight I found a 1939 nickel, and it sounded decent from one angle, actually gave a high tone. From every other angle it sounded like rusty nails. Turns out there was mega trash in and around the hole. The other night I dug up an 1887 IH penny that was about 8 inches deep, and sounded horrid. Really dirty signal from almost every angle, and sometimes no signal at all...with the occasional tiny blip of high tone. I swear I never would have dug this signal, but it's my honey hole where I have found tons of great old coins. I have weeded almost all the junk out over the last 2 summers, so any hint of a decent signal gets dug up.

 

[Rick N. MI]

Wow, nice iffy finds. looks like I have to keep digging those iffy targets.

Thanks,
Rick, N. MI

 

[yellerstang]

Dig, and ye shall learn. I have found that clad coins that were not in fresh condition may lead to a lower VDI number, sometimes bouncy, sometimes sounding terrible. I really picked up on this at the beach, the salt water plays havoc on everything.

If I get a poor signal that sounds like iron, I slow down and really try to separate the targets that the machine is picking up on. Last night I dug a Barber dime, right next to it just an inch or so away was a bullet. The Barbers have been ringing out for me at 80 or so, maybe a tad higher. Shot gun shells give me multiple high tones and multiple low tones, but you never know. I scanned a big gold class ring at 66 VDI. Thats also where a bullet comes in for me on this machine. Dig it. You never know.

I never took the time to plant a coin and ring garden, but I really should do this. I am sure it would help me to identify some targets. I got really lucky recently, I found an old dirt road that has very little trash, but it also holds some Barbers and wheaties.

I have been pushing this machine and trying all kinds of settings for about 5 months now, I am still learning. I am thinking about documenting my finds and their respective VDI numbers for my own use, I am sure it would help me get better finds.

One thing that I can tell you is this, take your time. Listen to the tones. Be patient. Try to interpret what it says to you, but follow your instinct too. Dig.