Bottlecaps

[Smudge]

I've searched around the forum but could never find this answer: is there a range where bottlecaps tend to fall on the ID meter?

I'll dig pulltabs all day long without complaint, but I hate bottllecaps. :veryangry:

 

[ivanll]

n/t

 

[Smudge]

Thanks Ivan. I read that. I was wondering about a number range, but I guess they just jump all over the place.

 

[TabWhisperer]

I typically see them looking and sounding like a quarter. I still dig a few even with the method mentioned in the sticky. But I can live with it because of the other stuff it hits. I just picked up a very thin silver ring last weekend at about 5 inches and the audio was very loud and the VDI locked on around 70. I had previously gone over that spot with my XLT and it sounded and looked like junk. The XLT battery went down so I went and grabbed my GB Pro out of the car and was glad I did. When I checked the same spot with the GB Pro I found the ring. You give a little and you get a little.

 

[lloyd0161]

I experimented with this yesterday; quarter vs bottle cap. Run the GB/G2 in all metal. Ground balance and then pass the coil over a quarter and then bottle cap. Notice the ground phase when swept over the targets. The "speedometer" will still ID as quarter but the bottle cap ground phase will be low in the teens to low 20's. The quarter will be up in the 40's to 50's. It appears to work but not sure if fool proof.

 

[sgoss66]

Hey lloyd...that's fascinating. Nice work! Please report back when you test this a bit more, because if this method turns out to be reliable -- and close to "foolproof," then it would be a very significant thing, IMO.

Steve

 

[lloyd0161]

The above test appears to be dependent on the soil conditions. A bottle cap read higher than 40 ground phase today. I did not have the chance to check what a quarter read in the same soil though. Maybe it would still be higher than the bottle cap so if you had a reference bottle cap and quarter before a hunt you could know what to look for as far as ground phase for a particular area.

 

[sgoss66]

appreciate the update, lloyd...

Steve

 

[bubbadirect]

Very interesting! Can't wait to try this out

 

[tabman]

I quit worrying about bottle caps awhile back. I found a place that I could mail them to and they will give me around 75 cent each for everyone that I send them.

Demand for them is a little down right now, I used to get a little over dollar each for them.

tabman

 

[CladDog]

Tabman, are you willing to share who that is?

 

[John(Tx)]

n/t

 

[D&P-OR]

Boys-----ur takin life too seriously!----It's called pyl (as in, tabs pullin your leg).

 

[tabman]

Boys-----ur takin life too seriously!----It's called pyl (as in, tabs pullin your leg).

Not much activity going on in the G2/GB Forum, so I was checking to see if anyone was paying attention.

Besides, April Fools Day is right around the corner and that tall tell would be hard to sell on that day.

tabman

 

[CladDog]

You got me. I owe you one Tabman.....