Mick in Dubbo
New member
I managed to get out for a hunt with the Terra on a trip to Sydney last week-end. I tried to fit more in, but time constraints limited me to one 3 hour hunt.
Previously, I'd mostly only gone after the stronger signals, but after recent successes, I decided it was time to dig the scratchy ones again. Our $2 coins mostly give a fairly strong signal, but I've been discovering, that a number also give a weak scratchy signal, but consistent VID numbers. The consistent numbers is important, as it's giving a big clue that you have a coin under the coil. As this coin has a diameter of 20.62mm (about three quarters of an inch) it's smaller size is effecting the audio strength. I used to think that this was a weakness, but it turns out that I wasn't listening to what the detector was really trying to tell me. One wonders how many of these that I've walked over.
At one location I was getting a solid 24 on VID but a weak signal. I decided to recover the target knowing that it wasn't a 50c piece (see picture) which due to it's size, really booms in. I was rewarded with a 1981 10 Pesos coin from Chile. My first find from that country. (BTW, A 50c piece give a fairly solid 24 on the meter as well.)
I also pulled up my first Kiwi $1 coin. It is half way between the size of our $1 and $2 coin, and behaved a bit more like a $2 coin in that it mostly locked in at 32 and sometimes gave a scratchy 28 on my X-Terra 30. I included a shot of our $1 coin for a size reference. I should have included a $2 coin as well.
The hunt wasn't a high volume hunt, with just over $15 found, but I did enjoy the foreign coin finds and especially the lesson learned. Dig those scratchy sounding but solid numbered signals.
[attachment 107366 2007_0103mick0003.JPG]
Previously, I'd mostly only gone after the stronger signals, but after recent successes, I decided it was time to dig the scratchy ones again. Our $2 coins mostly give a fairly strong signal, but I've been discovering, that a number also give a weak scratchy signal, but consistent VID numbers. The consistent numbers is important, as it's giving a big clue that you have a coin under the coil. As this coin has a diameter of 20.62mm (about three quarters of an inch) it's smaller size is effecting the audio strength. I used to think that this was a weakness, but it turns out that I wasn't listening to what the detector was really trying to tell me. One wonders how many of these that I've walked over.
At one location I was getting a solid 24 on VID but a weak signal. I decided to recover the target knowing that it wasn't a 50c piece (see picture) which due to it's size, really booms in. I was rewarded with a 1981 10 Pesos coin from Chile. My first find from that country. (BTW, A 50c piece give a fairly solid 24 on the meter as well.)
I also pulled up my first Kiwi $1 coin. It is half way between the size of our $1 and $2 coin, and behaved a bit more like a $2 coin in that it mostly locked in at 32 and sometimes gave a scratchy 28 on my X-Terra 30. I included a shot of our $1 coin for a size reference. I should have included a $2 coin as well.
The hunt wasn't a high volume hunt, with just over $15 found, but I did enjoy the foreign coin finds and especially the lesson learned. Dig those scratchy sounding but solid numbered signals.
[attachment 107366 2007_0103mick0003.JPG]