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Can anyone tell me what a V & Buffalo ID? :nerd:
- Thread starter Bill Ladd
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BuckeyeBrad
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The V's and Buffalos I've found with the C$ (and a few with the Excel, were higher and lower than typical nickel. The very first old coin I dug with the C$ was a 10" deep Buffalo and it was acting more like a deep copper coin in with some trash or a nickel. IE some bouncing between 8 and low 20's. Seemed to be relatively flat and definitely was all alone. 
Most of the others were usually averaging a couple #'s below normal nickels with a much less upward bounce. Keep in mind these were mostly a heavily pounded "sights" 
so I'm sure they were missed by others probably due to their odd ID's. Boy ain't that just loads of help?!! 
Most of the others were usually averaging a couple #'s below normal nickels with a much less upward bounce. Keep in mind these were mostly a heavily pounded "sights" so I'm sure they were missed by others probably due to their odd ID's. Boy ain't that just loads of help?!! Jackpine Savage
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Ditto what Brad said. The V's & Buff's I found at pounded sites were not lock ons. Mixed in with iron they bounced all over. All ya know is that there is something down there in with the iron, better than not seeing it all!
Tom
Tom
As Tony said often they are a 10, & I see 'em as a 9 alot...but have seen buffalo's as low as +5 on various sweep angles. V's & Shields usually 6-10 here. At least they all stay "diggable", especially if they rise into the 20's. Then you have mineralization & soil position & I guess you really can't pin 1 number on targets, especially nickels with these 2 units 
I now think this explains why FRL sets their Notch ranges so big to make sure they gather everything (like on the great "tabs" caper we were talking about) 
Tab's & nickels are tough because they can be all over the mid-tone range it seems like. I tested a tab the other night that was a +17.....FRL must have the same one
Man, I had all these parts spread out on my coffee table...guess it's back to the drawing board
I now think this explains why FRL sets their Notch ranges so big to make sure they gather everything (like on the great "tabs" caper we were talking about) Tab's & nickels are tough because they can be all over the mid-tone range it seems like. I tested a tab the other night that was a +17.....FRL must have the same one Man, I had all these parts spread out on my coffee table...guess it's back to the drawing board
BarnacleBill
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in the previous thread on tabs I had posted,
"The beach normally gb's on the CZ20 at 5.5, so nothing terrible. Dug about half dozen tabs, all read 2-3 higher in the ground, highest +16 on several. Out of the ground and laid on surface most gave a +11/+12."
So if you have one air testing @ +17, what could it jump to buried on one of my beaches, +20 to +21????
BarnacleBill
"The beach normally gb's on the CZ20 at 5.5, so nothing terrible. Dug about half dozen tabs, all read 2-3 higher in the ground, highest +16 on several. Out of the ground and laid on surface most gave a +11/+12."
So if you have one air testing @ +17, what could it jump to buried on one of my beaches, +20 to +21????
BarnacleBill
or off some wierd can? A +17 tab is really a fluke & more rare. (I can't believe we are talking about "rare tabs" now) It was the first one I ever saw that high so I wouldn't worry too much about it. But your right...like they said with nickles, a deep target will at times jump up...I imagine because it's just on the fringes of it's ID capability. Again, that's better than going down into negatives I guess This is all good conversation about notching, etc. But, hopefully most of us are digging most everything positive anyhow knowing gold, nickels & other goodies can be all over & not 1 number. I always said a large cent was a +31 everytime. Until I dug one that was a solid +35. Now I give a range....+30 to +36
It was the first one I ever saw that high so I wouldn't worry too much about it. But your right...like they said with nickles, a deep target will at times jump up...I imagine because it's just on the fringes of it's ID capability. Again, that's better than going down into negatives I guess This is all good conversation about notching, etc. But, hopefully most of us are digging most everything positive anyhow knowing gold, nickels & other goodies can be all over & not 1 number. I always said a large cent was a +31 everytime. Until I dug one that was a solid +35. Now I give a range....+30 to +36