Getting numerous solid readings for 1cent at zero depth.

[rkennedy66]

I am getting numerous solid readings for 1cent (penny) at zero depth. Is this common and normally just a big item not worthy of digging? Sometimes it show 1 Cent and 1 dime at zero depth. Should these just be ignored or dug? Thanks for any help.

 

[Nancy-IL]

Depending on if you want the dime or the cent. Yes, it's easy picking if it states there's a coin on the ground or right underneath the grass. I would go for it. Every cent adds up when you're coin shooting and learning your machine! Practice practice practice is what I always say. The more you use the machine, the more you will know it. HH, Nancy

 

[Larry (IL)]

Always dig a target until you feel comfortable that a signal is not worth digging, that is how you learn what targets gives a certain signal. Any reading of zero depth is almost always a larger object than a coin and usually not worth digging, BUT sometimes it IS worth digging. Even overloads sometimes produces a good treasure.

When in doubt, DIG.

 

[rkennedy66]

Maybe I did not explain myself well enough. I have dug these and there is never any coin there. I can dig down 6" and each time I dig it continues to say the same thing. This happens quite often. Thanks for your response.

 

[rkennedy66]

I understand what you are saying. I just hate to distrub good grass in a park area and normally do not dig the big objects. I know I could be passing up a good treasure. I was just curious if others were getting the same issue and what they normally did with the reading. Thanks.

 

[Nancy-IL]

I understand now. Maybe your gain is set too high. If it's a pop can down deep, it will show. That's where the practicing makes it all worth while. Give it time and you will learn. HH, Nancy

 

[rkennedy66]

Makes sense thanks.

 

[Larry (IL)]

If you have dug down 6 inches and you still get a signal at zero depth, it is almost always a deep can in my experience.

 

[Whitetail]

But is it a deep can filled with coins! Ahhhhhh.....thats what we dream about!

 

[Spursky]

If I may intercede when my batteries are ready to crap out on me that's the same symptoms I have also. Pennies one inch deep and nothing. I changed the batteries and it was back to normal again. That was just my situation.

 

[Calif_quake]

mine is pretty darn accurate on coin readings. If you want my opinion I say dig it.

 

[mike5853]

I have the same issue at times. One thing you can do is "size" the target, this may help eliminate it. Another thing I'll do at times is dig a few inches and use my probe. If I dig down 3" and do not get a reaction from my pinpointer, I leave it. But, with all that said, a good exercise is, pass your coil over the target, size it, listen to the tone, esspecially around the edges, then, dig it. It's good to put a target to the tone so to speak. Do this exercise, and before too long, you'll know in a few passes of the coil whether you should dig or not.