Neil in West Jersey
New member
I got out this morning back to the spot where I got the ring earlier in the week. I dug some buttons and other relics but thought I was going to get skunked in the coin department. I was getting ready to accept defeat when I got a deep signal that was very trashy sounding but did have some good tones mixed in. The spectragraph had quite a bit of "smear" and it did not pinpoint well, which is usually an indication of deep iron, but I decided to dig based on the dominant frequency. The display read 7.5 inches, but after digging a huge plug I still could not pinpoint it in the bottom of the hole. I dug another plug in the center of the hole, and finally got my target, now settling around 50 VDI in the dirt pile. It turned out to be an 1883 Indian Head Cent, too ugly to photograph.
An observation for the "V" users: The reason I decided to dig was that the dominant frequency in pinpoint mode was a dead tie between the 7.5 & 2.5 KHz, which is usually a good indication that it is not iron. Iron tends to either come in with 22.5KHz being dominant, or the 22.5KHz & 2.5KHz at the same time.
An observation for the "V" users: The reason I decided to dig was that the dominant frequency in pinpoint mode was a dead tie between the 7.5 & 2.5 KHz, which is usually a good indication that it is not iron. Iron tends to either come in with 22.5KHz being dominant, or the 22.5KHz & 2.5KHz at the same time.
