Mike Hillis
Well-known member
The manual states that the phase number will measure conductivity in the absence of FE minerals.
So I did a little air testing to see what the correlation is between id number and phase numbers. I sorted the list by phase number before I listed it here. I check phase sometimes when I locate targets but I haven't focused on it and I haven't written anything down. However I can say that it appears to work in the dirt as well. More info to collect
It looks like the conductive side of the phase number runs from 1 to 50 and there is a correlation between the target id number and the phase conductive number.
Item Description Target ID Phase number
S. 10kt gold ring........ 23........ 1
S. 10kt gold ring........ 24........ 1
28 buffalo nickel........ 30........ 4
jeff.nickel.................. 30........ 5
new tab.................... 30........ 5
small square tab....... 35........ 6
two pc round tab....... 30........ 6
two pc ring only........ 39........ 7
old square tab........... 45........ 9
lead fishing weight..... 48........ 10
silver ring.................. 50........ 12
zinc......................... 60........ 16
Alum cap................. 59........ 16
37 wheat.................. 62........ 19
$100 Peso coin......... 62........ 19
$1 Casino token........ 67........ 23
clad dime................. 70........ 26
merc dime................ 70........ 26
clad quarter.............. 82........ 37
Silver quarter............. 82........ 38
Sac. Dollar............... 83........ 39
Washington Dollar..... 82........ 40
silver ring.................. 86........ 40
clad half................... 90........ 47
silver ring................. 86........ 47
silver ring................. 90........ 48
HH
Mike
So I did a little air testing to see what the correlation is between id number and phase numbers. I sorted the list by phase number before I listed it here. I check phase sometimes when I locate targets but I haven't focused on it and I haven't written anything down. However I can say that it appears to work in the dirt as well. More info to collect
It looks like the conductive side of the phase number runs from 1 to 50 and there is a correlation between the target id number and the phase conductive number.
Item Description Target ID Phase number
S. 10kt gold ring........ 23........ 1
S. 10kt gold ring........ 24........ 1
28 buffalo nickel........ 30........ 4
jeff.nickel.................. 30........ 5
new tab.................... 30........ 5
small square tab....... 35........ 6
two pc round tab....... 30........ 6
two pc ring only........ 39........ 7
old square tab........... 45........ 9
lead fishing weight..... 48........ 10
silver ring.................. 50........ 12
zinc......................... 60........ 16
Alum cap................. 59........ 16
37 wheat.................. 62........ 19
$100 Peso coin......... 62........ 19
$1 Casino token........ 67........ 23
clad dime................. 70........ 26
merc dime................ 70........ 26
clad quarter.............. 82........ 37
Silver quarter............. 82........ 38
Sac. Dollar............... 83........ 39
Washington Dollar..... 82........ 40
silver ring.................. 86........ 40
clad half................... 90........ 47
silver ring................. 86........ 47
silver ring................. 90........ 48
HH
Mike
Is it helpful with digging deep, or iffy signals? Trying to understand why at my advanced age I need to memorize another set of numbers. Not poking fun...just trying to understand the practial application of this feature. NIce job on your part. Never thought about looking into that side of the equasion.
