almost forgot....Andy, How does it handle rusty steel bottle caps???

[Mike Hillis]

My CoinStrike reads them high, my T2 reads them high, my Golden keeps them down into zinc range for the most part. My DFX will keep them down for the most part when I set it up right. How does the X-70 handle those pesky things?

HH

 

[Andy Sabisch]

Mike,

What I have found probably will sound like a wishy-washy answer.

In most areas I have tested the X-70 in, steel bottle caps came in as highly conductive targets; i.e., +46 or so. But, especially in the "99" tone option, they did not sound the same as quarters or halves - subtle difference but discernible. Was I right 100% of the time, no and I did dig a bunch but that was part of the testing.

In other areas I found that they pegged high and were either clipped, rejected entirely or by rejecting the last notch, eliminated that way.

So, is the X-70 infallible when it comes to rusted bottle caps, especially the deeper ones . . . . . no, but personally, I found that after digging a bunch, I can mentally ID and reject them if they become an overwhelming problem. If I am in an area where there are old coins amongst a lot of steel caps, I still will be digging most of them to avoid masking issues.

So, while this answer might not have been as cut and dried as one might have wanted, I hope it addressed your question.

Andy Sabisch

 

[Mike Hillis]

I hunt a lot of steel bottle cap infested sites and that is the one area that I'm always looking to better my equipment in. I appreciate the answer.

HH