Found a Buffalo grazing in the old farm field

[JimmyCT]

Crawling at an extreme snails pace today a buffalo grazed my GT's detector frequencies. This happened at the old farm that I hunt. This coin acted more like a broken pull tab then a nickel. Does anyone else find this with nickels as well? The jefferson, shield and buffalos that I pulled out of the carnival lot were solid in numerical ID and audio but nickels at depth vary in audio and numerical ID for me. Like this coin today started off at 145 "and played on a piano / warbled" up and down in a 5 point range to 150 same thing when I turned and swept. I really had to do many little wiggles to keep the audio and ID up or it would fall extremely quick. About 3-4 inches deep. Just strange how nickels do this with me and not other coins.

After digging and removing the coin I re-scanned the area and found no nulls or other audible signals. I thought maybe another piece of metal was nearby was altering the signal.

Thanks for looking - Jim

 

[JimmyCT]

LOL I thought I was in the Sovereign forum would someone please move my post for me? Much Appreciated - Jim

 

[GunnarMN]

Nice find , jim as you like buffalow grazed for coins, but i bet thear is better than a buffalow if you have the temerity, vigilance , asterity,probation,and persiverance , to emit more signals into the ground matrix,without drawing back in frustration , ohhh yes more out thear ,

 

[dbsmokey]

I hear sometimes a wavering sound with both clad quarters and nickels (similar to the sound frequency change heard with bottle tops). I figured it was because of the coins contain more than one metal type and or corrosion on these coins. I have almost passed up several nickels because I have also found they sound like pulltabs.

 

[BeachBat]

Sounds you are an animal rescue guy............ nice rescue job!

Looks a little crusty which could explain the audio - especially if it was in wet or damp ground.

Over here in the old coins seem to be fairly consistent in audio, although as I mainly do beaches I don't find that many so I am no judge in that respect. The one thing I can tell of the modern coins with the GT though is fakes....

 

[JimmyCT]

He came very close to NOT being rescued lol
I hear what you are saying - as this buffalo was cooked a little too long in the ground and does look crusty. You may be onto something with the ground being damp. It rained for the last two days and all my hunting spots are now nice and easy to dig thanks to some much needed moisture. The soil even 7-8" down was nice and damp at the farm property.

Now this morning I went back to pavement park lol I call it that because the dirt is very hard to dig..... but not this morning! All this rain loosened up the soil and made it "alive" Along with making it alive, it seemed to have "activated" all the iron on the lot and magnified the intensity of it ten fold. (Total nightmare and I didn't stay very long) This place was like an iron frying pan. And guess what? I had the same problem like I had with the farm field yesterday. It didn't matter if they were pennies, dimes or nickels. They were all very hard to keep steady as well. It was Deja Vu. Hmm thanks for pointing that out. Didn't realize moisture would do that.

Tell me about these FAKES you are talking about? Did someone at the royal mint created fake coins? or are they referring to someone out in the community making fake coins? How do these fakes register compared to the real ones? Do you use a meter with your machine?

Sounds you are an animal rescue guy............ nice rescue job!

Looks a little crusty which could explain the audio - especially if it was in wet or damp ground.

Over here in the old coins seem to be fairly consistent in audio, although as I mainly do beaches I don't find that many so I am no judge in that respect. The one thing I can tell of the modern coins with the GT though is fakes....

 

[JimmyCT]

Hi Gunnar,
I will most certainly be returning to the site as I pulled some nice coins off the lot. It is a nice little backup hunting area as it is close to home. I wish you were close by as this is one place that I would like to see you hunt in all-metal.

Nice find , jim as you like buffalow grazed for coins, but i bet thear is better than a buffalow if you have the temerity, vigilance , asterity,probation,and persiverance , to emit more signals into the ground matrix,without drawing back in frustration , ohhh yes more out thear ,

 

[BeachBat]

Tell me about these FAKES you are talking about? Did someone at the royal mint created fake coins? or are they referring to someone out in the community making fake coins? How do these fakes register compared to the real ones? Do you use a meter with your machine?

Jim,
Criminals have created them - one man got caught a few years back and they reckon he was responsible for

 

[JimmyCT]

Hi Beachbat,

so in U.S. dollars I am looking at $23,106,580 that some master coin producer faked? How did this master counterfeit man get so many passed if they are as easy to spot as you say? I had to perform a little research on the coin. Amazing how many have been circulated. So what happens when you find one? Do you have to report it to law enforcement? or do you melt them down and make fishing sinkers lol ?


key signs include a poorly defined ribbed edge, the wrong typeface and an indistinct design or bust of the Queen. A fake can also be slightly different in colour

Having hearing loss, I need to have a meter to help guide and give me an idea of what I could be dealing with. I do my best to dig anything iffy and have 2nd thoughts on despite what some number is telling me. I need to dig and try to distinguish from the sounds that I hear it as and work off that line of IDing my targets. Metal bottle tops off of beer and soda containers I am learning really well.

Oh and the iron that I encountered today - wow, it was bad enough when the soil was extremely dry but the rain made this field into a "charged" environment that made finding coins overwhelming. I found close to a $1 in change but it was pure madeness lol.

I know I have said it before, but I would find it a dream to go on the beach and dig in the soft sand lol The carnival site ruined me as when they first dug up the lot it was easy digging like I was at the beach. I just strolled along with my detector and within seconds of digging each target (for the majority) I would have my coin. I really need to get back to the carnival area and look the situation over or maybe under... It has been "ticking around" in my brain about all those coins crying out from the ground, "save me, save me" lol Buffalo's, V-nickels, silver dimes, Indian head cents, wheat pennies! I had a blast in that lot

Well happy night hunting & hope you find a nice gold ring with a big diamond on it! - Jim

Jim,
Criminals have created them - one man got caught a few years back and they reckon he was responsible for

 

[BeachBat]

How did this master counterfeit man get so many passed if they are as easy to spot as you say?

Lead one pound coins are easy to spot - but this guy made them of brass, the one's of brass look like the real thing............... most of the copies these days are made from brass.

So what happens when you find one? Do you have to report it to law enforcement?

The law states you have to hand them in................. the brass one's go in my coin pile and therefore back into circulation as without the detector I don't know which one's are good. The lead one's are so obvious I hand them in........erm.. well sort of........ I object to being charged car parking fees (extortionate tourist rates) where I live, so they get handed in via a machine that gives me parking permit for a few hours..... But its been a while since I have seen any lead one's - seem to be all brass now. The point about the brass one's is that banks don't know the which is which, that's why there is so many in circulation, so its not although people are losing out if they bank them....... The figures are amazing at least 1,450,000,000 (yes over a billion)

 

[JimmyCT]

lol wow, you live there and have to pay beach parking fees? Hmm....just curious, have they ever thought of local resident parking permits? I know many shoreline communities in Connecticut work parking that way. Wow! over a billion fakes? Someone had a lot of free time on their hands lol. As far as the beach holiday, I would like to get down to the shoreline of Connecticut at least once before the snow & ice arrive. Hopefully after our summer is traditionally over - Labor Day.


Memory loss? Huh? lol well, as long as you dig after you hear the signal you are all set.

HH - Jim


The law states you have to hand them in................. the brass one's go in my coin pile and therefore back into circulation as without the detector I don't know which one's are good. The lead one's are so obvious I hand them in........erm.. well sort of........ I object to being charged car parking fees (extortionate tourist rates) where I live, so they get handed in via a machine that gives me parking permit for a few hours..... But its been a while since I have seen any lead one's - seem to be all brass now. The point about the brass one's is that banks don't know the which is which, that's why there is so many in circulation, so its not although people are losing out if they bank them....... The figures are amazing at least 1,450,000,000 (yes over a billion)