Joseph in Alabama
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Was thinking I read somewhere where one way hits was pretty much junk..and should focus mainly two way hits.....any input greatly appreciated... HH. joe
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Any of you guys having any luck with one-way hits
- Thread starter Joseph in Alabama
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Pedlar mills
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I have often wondered same thing hope there's some good answers
only really one way to find out, sure as sh$t don't take my word for it 
best to have a look see for yourself 
One arm willy
Member
I agree with aberjack. Depends on the site. If it pin points 5" or deeper & seems a little larger in pin point mode than a coin should, I dig. I dug 2 Indians yesterday. One at 7" with a fair size nail on it. The other was 6" with nail in hole. The one at 7" has rust stain on face. I dug several shot gun backs same way. Sounded bigger than a coin should in pinpoint & had nails in the hole. The one way signals I dug that were nice & round coin sized in pinpoint were mostly iron except for a chunk of copper wire. If the site hadn't already been pounded to death I probably wouldnt of been digging one ways.
Doctorcoinz
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Mostly trash!
Yes!Joseph in Alabama said:
Can One-Way hits be junk? Yes, it's possible.Joseph in Alabama said:
Can Two-Ways hits not be good? Yes, at least as often, if not more so, often than One-Way hits occurring.
Your comment about reading that somewhere is certain because it, and many other incorrect statement have been made for decades. Often they are just old statements that someone has read, without checking them out they figure it is correct, then they repeat the 'statement' in future conversations or forum posts. I have heard people make these statements and others, such as:
"If you can not get a dead-center Pinpoint of a target, then it must be junk."
"All double-hits that produce a single-hit when you turn 90° are elongated pieces of trash, such as an iron nail, and should be ignored."
"When you sweep over shallower targets and get a number of multiple beeps, it is likely some sort of ferrous junk and can be ignored."
... and many more which are easily explained or countered with some simple demonstrations. A target might produce a One-Way Hit for several reasons, and it might be any one, or a combination, of any of these:
• Size
• Shape
• Conductivity
• Orientation in the ground
• Presence of another target that has been rejected
• Proximity to a rock(s) or other mineral challenge
• Ground mineral 'slope' or abrupt change
• Type of search coil used
• Size of search coil used
• Various control settings
• Sweep speed
• Direction of search coil sweep
Very often today, we will hear of or watch 'Traditional Coin Hunters' search a school or park or yard and rely very heavily on a detector's audio Tone ID and visual Target ID response. They frequently ignore any response that, to them. might not indicate a 100% 'lock-on' of a potential coin targets. That could be a TID that is just a little too jumpy and not a spot-on lock within only 1 number either way of what they think would be perfect. An Audio Tone ID responses that warbles or isn't a 'perfect' Tone ID for what they think would be a desired coin. And they also consider other things they might have read or heard, such as "ignore a One-Way Hit because that indicates trash."
The savvy or 'Avid Detectorist' has experience and has learned and knows better, thus they recover the target and determine if that One-Way or Two-Way response was a good target or a bad target.
Refer to the top statement in my signature below.
Monte
A 'One-Way' hit depends on where the Disc control is set at as an item can be on the brink of a full accept but the Disc control decides otherwise.
Using a No-Disc set-up typically one way responses shouldn't occur cos everything 'should accept' by way of Two-Way hits.
However, if using a bit of Disc and a one way hit occurs but "sounds different" or "sounds good" then these dodgy hits can be the small thing gold rings etc.
Using a No-Disc set-up typically one way responses shouldn't occur cos everything 'should accept' by way of Two-Way hits.
However, if using a bit of Disc and a one way hit occurs but "sounds different" or "sounds good" then these dodgy hits can be the small thing gold rings etc.
Just to follow on what Des D said (and I agree with him btw), when using discrimination in junky areas, high discrimination will ensure that you miss good targets as well as missing some junk. Lower discrimination, and checking the target in all metal mode should ensure that you are getting the best response and information that your detector can give....then it is up to you.
although there are people out there who think they can 
Often DD coils will only give one way hits on targets that are near the detectors maximum depth. I'm sure there are lots of old, deep coins that haven't been dug because the guy that swung over them went over it from the wrong direction or thought it was junk because of the one-way beep.