AT Pro Question.

[ThierryA]

I completely ignore the targets in the 40-48 range since it's more likely some aluminum trash. Am I missing something by not digging at this range or am I smart for not wasting my time?

 

[asiandigger]

At 45 48 up you are missing some gold. Let tell you something I notice over the years using the pro. when you come across a golg range VDI number and it sounds clean just lift the coil up about 4 inches and if sounds still clean dig it. hope it helps

 

[jim tn]

I don't dig those numbers either, for the most part, but there is a lot of small gold from nickel readings down in that range. Consequently, I will dig a good lock on reading on occasion and once in a great while get a nice surprise. HH jim tn

 

[Fabio]

I noticed gold chains read under 50 VDI, and a quiet choppy sound. Foil usually gives a loud signal, same with aluminum and tin cans...

 

[Grilled Scallops]

If you're hunting silver, you're likely not missing anything (there exists the possibility of silver being masked by a strong low conductor). If you're looking for gold, I wouldn't skip those numbers. If you're a die-hard gold hound you will dig every low conductor signal, no matter how poor or choppy, again because of the possibility of trash masking a good target. You never know what's under that coil. You wouldn't want to skip a gold ring that a lawn mower flung a piece of can on top of, would you?

 

[ThierryA]

Thanks a bunch for the valuable feedback which is always very enlightening. Now, I have a follow up question regarding most of the answers I received. Most of you said that by ignoring the 40-48 range on my AT Pro, I would (could) be missing some gold. Would I be missing small gold coins, or gold coins of any size? or would gold coins ring in the 60-70 range as indicated on the visual display? My issue is that most of the places I go to are quite trashy, and if I have to dig all the signals in the 40-48 range, I may be digging trash all day. Again, thanks for you feedback.

 

[togamac]

I'm with you Thierry. I too usually ignore digging the 40-48 range unless it sounds "solid" or "round". I did find a 10K class ring in the water in that range and the only reason I scooped it was that it was my only target after about 10 minutes of swinging. Except for that one time, all my other digs in 40-48 have been foil.

 

[Grilled Scallops]

Thanks a bunch for the valuable feedback which is always very enlightening. Now, I have a follow up question regarding most of the answers I received. Most of you said that by ignoring the 40-48 range on my AT Pro, I would (could) be missing some gold. Would I be missing small gold coins, or gold coins of any size? or would gold coins ring in the 60-70 range as indicated on the visual display? My issue is that most of the places I go to are quite trashy, and if I have to dig all the signals in the 40-48 range, I may be digging trash all day. Again, thanks for you feedback.

You can't rely on the numbers. Trash can make any target be any number. You're hunting in a trashy area, this only makes it more likely that a good target will be masked. You have a couple of options: 1. Hope and pray that whatever good targets are in that area aren't masked and don't fall in the 40-48 range. 2. Realize that in a trashy area, anything can be masked, and a good target can be choppy or have a skewed number. In that case, you must resolve to digging everything, to make sure you don't skip over a masked good target. 3. Find a different spot that is not trashy.

That's what it ultimately comes down to.

I'm with you Thierry. I too usually ignore digging the 40-48 range unless it sounds "solid" or "round". I did find a 10K class ring in the water in that range and the only reason I scooped it was that it was my only target after about 10 minutes of swinging. Except for that one time, all my other digs in 40-48 have been foil.

Yes, you could very well have missed it if you skipped it because of the numbers! Imagine if that signal was in a trashy area, you wouldn't have given leaving it behind a second thought.

 

[2wheeldevil]

This ring rang up as a solid 49 and there was no trash around it.

 

[dgruff]

I have found some small, dainty, gold rings. 10k and 14k both, and they rang up at 42. They were really good sounding signals. But I dig everything, just about, and it's a real trashy area.

 

[ohiochris]

If the depth of the target is near or at the detectors maximum accurate depth range it can start reading as a lower conductor. Unless iron ID indicates iron you might want to investigate all consistent targets around 6 to 7 inches and deeper. Just this past week I dug a 1946 Roosevelt dime around 7 inches deep that said 78-80 and gave a MID tone with an occasional high tone or "pip" as I was swinging over it. If silver drops this much at 7 inches then gold can possibly drop into iron range at times when deep. Just something to consider with your deeper targets.

 

[Showtime2385]

At old home sites I dig everything that repeats above 30

 

[SixBits]

At 45 48 up you are missing some gold. Let tell you something I notice over the years using the pro. when you come across a golg range VDI number and it sounds clean just lift the coil up about 4 inches and if sounds still clean dig it. hope it helps

I have read that raising the coil as you suggest is a way to determine the size of a target. So is your suggested method based on foil's being small, or perhaps less bulky, than a gold jewelry?

 

[asiandigger]

At 45 48 up you are missing some gold. Let tell you something I notice over the years using the pro. when you come across a golg range VDI number and it sounds clean just lift the coil up about 4 inches and if sounds still clean dig it. hope it helps

I have read that raising the coil as you suggest is a way to determine the size of a target. So is your suggested method based on foil's being small, or perhaps less bulky, than a gold jewelry?

not unless the ground has been temper with i have never found a gold ring deeper than 4 inches, As of 7/28/13 with the AT PRO (MY 1ST DETECTOR) I'm at 41 gold rings (Parks and School only) this method works perfectly for me. Gold ring still comes in clearly when you raise the coil just the VDI will drops some numbers. The size of the target I can usually determine by swing my coil over it or using the pinpointing mode. hope that helps.

 

[greg m]

Welcome to detecting. If you want the targets then dig my friend. OH OH OH that tire rim one foot down looks bad dam it. LOL LOL I dig almost all hits. You will see a lot of detectors will do the same . Don,t want to miss a good target that was deep so it gave a weak signal. I just don't know what is down under.