Can everyone tell me what vid number on Xlt or similar machine you find the most nickels at.Thanks

[ohio fred]

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[GpSnoopy]

With my MXT, around 18 is the magic nickel number. May vary a bit 16-20 depending on depth and angle, but a solid 18 is a good chance for a nickel (I'd say about 50% for me, rest being modyly broken pulltabs, canslaw, or larger wads of foil).

 

[ohio fred]

I also have mxt and 18 20 is usually a nickel sometimes 16 if it is green or red from soil.Are you in Canada and do Canadian coins come in the same vid as American coins??

 

[GpSnoopy]

Our older coins (pre 2000) VDI almost the same as the American coins with just a few minor exceptions. Our 1$ and 2$ coins are large and VDI fairly high 80+, the former being 91.5% nickel and 8.5% bronze and the latter has 2 part, outer ring 100% nickle, inner ring copper/nickle/aluminum

Since 2000 , our small clad became steel core with nickel plating (copper for penny and when the mint was short blanks, zinc core blanks purchased from the US were used). Needless to say, they are harder to find. On my MXT they often have bouncy VDI (anywhere from -25 to +80), sputter, harder to pinpoint. Quarters are usually better as they are large enough to VDI higher or even overload when shallow. Seems to be dependant on how much corrosion or pitting, what angle, and depth as to what I get. I've learned the unique sputtery sound, and have been digging lots of them lately. The Zinc pennies must be close to yours, I get them around 62-66 most times.

 

[TheOtherLeggoHead]

18-20.

22 if it is on it's side....sometimes.

 

[ohio fred]

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[ohio fred]

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[norman maassey]

On my XLT "V" nickel come in as low as 15.

 

[BarberBill]

On my MXT, newer nickels come in from 20 to 22. Older ones can be anywhere from as low as 14 to a high of 20. Average 16 -20.
Anything higher is nearly always some form of pull tab.
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[Mark ( ohio )]

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[ohio fred]

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[gilfordberry]

Like everyone else has said, 18-20 is the magic area. But I have found them with a VDI of as low as 14 and as high as 46. (Halo effect I guess). Anyway, one interesting thing about nickles is how they tend to "combine" with clad coins to produce a VDI number that could be anywhere. You can usually separate a high VDI number (like a dime or quarter) from a nearby penny, but often the nickel and the quarter will "combine" to give a single tone, or very nearly so, with a VDI somewhere in the mid range (between the nickel normal 19 and the clad quarter normal 82)...like I said, almost anywhere. Don't be too dependant on the VDI number - listen to the "smoothness" of the sound. If it's a smooth sound and doesn't break up much when you move your coil over the target, then dig it! In the ten or twelve years I've been detecting I have found more foreign coins than a couple of gallon jugs can hold because I've dug those smooth sounds outside the normal penny-nickel-dime-quarter VDIs. I've found a lot of jewelry, too. My gold ring count is over 300, other gold finds include many bracelets (a couple of diamond tennis ones) and four gold watches. My silver ring count is over a thousand, but you can't really count that because they usually VDI in the quarter-half-dollar range which you are gonna dig anyway. By the way, a ladies gold engagement ring often comes in between 14 and 22, especially if its high karat, like 18 or 22. In short, NEVER pass up a nickel.

 

[ohio fred]

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