F75 with small coil is a Nickel Monster!

[Charles (Sabre)(Tx)]

Took out my F75 with the small 6" concentric football coil to the old football field for a couple of hours this afternoon. We'd had some rain last weekend and I just wanted to see how moist the ground was. I've hunted this football field for the past 33 years with many a different unit and the finds still come out! The F75 did not disappoint me! My old CZs used to be my nickel killers but the F75 with the small concentric is a Nickel Monster!

Silver is hard to come by at this field but I managed 3 Silver War nickels...1942P...1943S...1944D. I also pulled out a 1940D Jeffereson, a dateless Buffalo and a small Sterling Initial ring (C). I found no other coins at all. Odd...I'd thought I'd a least drug up a wheatie or some clad as this field is still in use by the Elementary kids. But I did only work a small 15' X 30' area at the entrance to one of the cement bleachers. There are a lot of iron nails at this spot and I've worked it for years with CZs which also pulled out many a nickel for me. The F75 saw what the others had missed!

BTW...my settings were...Disc 24...Sen 60...1 tone...DE mode. Ground balanced out at "66" for the most part. The War nickels gave a great sound with a number bounce of 44-56-70. The Buffalo had abounce too but on the lower side...27-33-55. Like I said...this place has a lot of junk (iron) as well as newer type junk.

Thanks for looking. Sorry about the pics...not too good.

Charles

 

[gates21]

All the nickels I have found with my F70 locked on right around 30 and did not bounce much...I guess I should be digging more of the bouncing low signals.

 

[Jackpine Savage]

Charles,

Those bouncing numbers on nickels near iron are classic readings all detectorists should watch out for at older sites. The Coinstrike and T2 behave the same way!

HH Tom

 

[Kieth-Tx]

How's it been goin? My F75 should be here by Wednesday....sure could use some pointers! Will be in your town today...but will be hitting a little white ball around. Give me a call sometime...I have a couple leads on some places to hunt if your interested.

 

[Charles (Sabre)(Tx)]

Hey Keith! I've been hobbling around with a bum left knee but I can still hunt a little at a time. Just my passion for the hobby I guess. Drop me a line next time you're in town and we will definitely hit some spots. The rains we've had were a test for my F75 as it's been so dry here for so long. Now I know she will find the coins!

Fishers have usually been great nickel finders for me...especially the CZ series. The F series are no slouches either. My little F2 will sniff out the nickels too. Usually the nickels are in that tight 30-31 range but for the older ones the signal tends to bounce. All these were at least 5-6" but amongst iron. In cleaner ground they usually stay in that tight range...except for the older Buffalo which sometimes goes into a broader spectrum (28-33) or the Silver War nickel which locks on into the mid to upper 40's.. I once found a super deep 8" V nickel that read as a "penny" with my older CZ5. Once it was out of the dirt matrix it was a classic "nickel" reading.

 

[Charles (Sabre)(Tx)]

Thanks Tom! I agree to what you said. I once had a T2 and it is a super coin unit to! The "bounce" can be confusing but seeing those numbers jump around always tends to lead to something deep. Pull tabs are usually shallower and the unit locks on to them a lot better...just like a shallow nickel. But the deeper coins, depending on the ground matrix, will usually not lock on as well. This was my findings in my areas...others will vary to a degree I'm sure depending on their situation. The F series and the T2 have such a quick resonse and recovery time that they want to tell you everything they can...faster than I can listen! I've never owned a Coinstrike but I understand they are quick as well. HH

Charles

 

[Charles (Sabre)(Tx)]

That 30-31 is usually the case for shallower nickels and for nickels found in pretty clean ground. My F75 does do the same thing in those conditions...but the deeper and more iron infested sites tend to throw a lot more info back at you. The best thing is to just dig those bouncing signals and see what your unit is trying to tell you. I understand that the F70 is no slouch and a real contender for the F75. I plan on getting a 10" concentric for my F75 soon. I like the cleaner sound of the concentric coils...that's why I used the 6' concentric on my F75. The 11" DD has done me well too...but in my areas I perfer the concentric. Good luck...watch that "bounce" and HH.

Charles

 

[kickback]

Glad you like the F75.I never should have traded.Smile

 

[Charles (Sabre)(Tx)]

I never regreted it! Thanks again for the great trade.

 

[Cal_Cobra]

I had my F70 with the 6" football coil out this afternoon for a couple of hours and it definitely hits hard on nickels. Also hit nicely on a little silver ring that looks like the park lawnmower got to it first, but it was still fun to find.

 

[sandnsea49]

n/t

 

[Charles (Sabre)(Tx)]

...and digging a few unproductive holes to boot!

These numbers are for my experiences with the unit I have in the soil matrix I hunt. Although the ID numbers may vary somewhat in other areas for other folks, this info can inform folks that the deeper nickels for the most part, are usually not classic "lock-ons".

 

[jim tn]

I think most of us have learned that if it sounds good, dig it. I dug a no date Bullalo this morning using the small coil, too, that was slightly slanted and at a depth of about 5." It was somewhat bouncy, 27-34, but sounded real good. As Charles alluded to, there are so many factors, such as depth, trash, how the coin is laying, to name a few, that contribute to vdi readings, that often times all we have to go on is tone and personal experiences. on whether to dig, or not. HH jim tn