Digital readouts

[Coinseeker 78]

I have noticed the digital readouts on my SE are a little off from the digital listings for different coins. Not by much but they seem to be consistently off when I get a good lock on the target. The readings seem to be one or two digits higher or lower for a given coin in the Conductant or Ferrous readings. Is this because of the soil difference or something else? Most of all is this normal? For example my reading for a Memorial will be the same as an Indian head. I figure they are close enough to dig but am digging a lot of clad. I found a pocket spill yesterday with 4 coins. They were a Dime, Nickel, and two pennies. I am not complaining but I read and hear people calling whether the coin they are digging is a silver or a wheat before they dig and usually are right. I am new at this with the SE and am still very much in the learning stage. Any help would be appreciated.

 

[dewcon4414]

Some of that may be because you are using FAST on... the tones and numbers arent quit as accurate as with it off. Cond numbers seem to be more stable and reliable. If you want you can check your digital screen but try and learn the smartscreen. On deeper coins especially those bouncing numbers drive me nuts... its just a lot easier to see that X bounce to one side or the other which really will give you more information about the target. If you have multibal coins in a hole the machine will try to average out to the highest numbers. Minerals, salt, EMI, mosture, depth, how long the coins been in the ground, they all play into what that coin might read. My memorial read much like a dime when they are close to the surface. Also your depth gauge is very important.. if something is deep and hitting close to the upper right hand corner of the smarscreen i dig it. For me Indians and nickels will do the most bouncing around when they are deep. Ive found my numbers to be off from what the air tests might read... but it not just the numbers, listen to the tone and once you know what YOUR machine will read a dime at, at say 1 inch or 10 inches, then thats what you should be looking for.

 

[chuck ky]

haven't got my explorer yet, should be here tomorrow. if the memorial is a zinc it will read like am i.h. most detectors i've used will read several coins differently than one by itself. on the cz-5 it will read foil with a nickle mixed in with clad. hope this helps.

 

[dewcon4414]

On my Explorer zinc cents read ... 3 or 4-28 for surface the deeper they are they may read 5-28 or 7-25. IH's read 7-25 or 26... however the deeper and greener they are the odder they read. Thats where the smartscreen comes in, if i watch the numbers and not the area where they fall id miss them. IH's come in more closely to screw caps than zincs if they are deep. So if you disc... disc out crown caps NOT screw caps. Its all about getting to know what your machine will read at the depths you will get with a machine that gets 8 or more inches. Nickels.. most people say 10-06, mine reads 10-05 buffolows read 11-06, but its really the sounds that is different from a pull tab that reads 10-06. A small test garden really helps.... but there is no substitute to digging a lot of targets and getting to know the machine in the field.

Dew

 

[silverfix]

I have been having the same problems lately so I have been using the cursor screen some too.

 

[Eu_citzen]

I love the cursor screen, the numbers actually don't tell me a thing. However if I have a iffy signal and can see and hear how it jumps I will know if it's worth a try.
Don't get to hung up on that.