HELP! Pennies at 37-38???

[thedayawaits]

Friends,

After two years on the safari and Sabisch's book telling me that Pennies ranged in the low 30s (33-34 with some much older cents in the 29 I think) I have been stunned, time and time again, to find copper pennies bouncing from 37 up to 38 on my machine, and being confused with valuable targets.

Does this machine need servicing? I shared this finding with an Etrac -former Safari owner nearby and he found this to be very troubling.

Thanks for the input!

 

[Mark ( ohio )]

id's are indeed copper cents for sure in my area... low 30's or even 29 won't be..... I don't think even injuns fall that low on the scale.. the few I dug if remembered correctly may have been 34 or 36.. 35 is zinc...

Just my 2 cents.. Mark ( ohio )

 

[bunker314]

Yep, that is one of the downfalls of limited VID numbers. Older pennies (pre '81 or '82) had more copper in them from what I have been told. This will ring up higher then the later pennies which hit about 34+/- a bit. It is frustrating I know. If the numbers bounce downward at all then you can be pretty much assured that it is a penny. Still it is tough to walk away!
Best of luck,
Bunker

 

[kschae4]

Agreed, pre '82 cents may bounce between 37-38 more likely in high trash setting. When recovered and scanned again they seem to settle in at 37.I remember reading the tid may be more accurate in low trash. Zincolns- yes at tid 35

 

[Mtnmn]

The very limited TID range that coins fall into on the Safari is far and away its # 1 short-coming. If it wasn't such a great machine on coins in general, I would have already been looking for another detector. The high trash setting does seem to cause more pennies to read in the 37/38 range. To have pennies read as high as 38 and dimes and quarters read as low as 37, does not make for a happy camper... Are you listening Minelab?

 

[Goldstrike]

[size=large]Ditto to the above comments, it is frustrating to hear the 'sound' of a dime/quarter and possible silver coin/s, coupled with a 38 reading and then to dig up another penny....grrrrrrrr but I continue to hope that Minelab will refine the tid scale and do what it takes to get more accuracy between pennies and the other coins. I'm sure the technology is out there and I would be happy to pay the extra for it if it means digging less holes![/size]

 

[kschae4]

True..........I'm practicing that when seeing a tid of 38 in coin, coin/jewelry mode (conductive), that I switch over to all-metal(ferrous) and re-scan the target. If it's silver you should hear an even slightly higher tone and the graph id bar below,may if fact point to the letters "i" or "l" in silver. This practice may help id copper pennies before recovery. I think I read this in the "Mastering the Quattro", in one of the later chapters,like relic hunting or other applications.

 

[Johnny Quattro]

Hello,

Well, even with my limited experience with my Quattro, I've already noticed that 95% of the quarters I find are for more consistent at 38 and pennies at 37. So, mainly if it's a shallow 37, I may just pass and wait for deeper signals. That is one thing I miss on my Whites DFX and XLT was the TID accuracy on shallow coins. But in no way would I ever go back. My plan is just keep learning the subtle differences and I'm sure I can eliminate most pennies soon enough. I don't mind digging anyway, I've lost 70 lbs in the last 2 years, so if it's a penny, so be it !! I remember digging up a large 10K class ring that read like a penny, so, what can you do ???. Just keep diggin' and Good luck everyone !!. Johnny Quattro

 

[Prep1957]

I agree with all of the above,if you really think you need that kind of TI accuracy you could go to a Etrac it will give you about a little more accuracy with an extra 10 bars and instant read ferrous but will cost you an extra 700 bucks.Remember most all Safari/Etrac are calibrated with pro coil on in low and in factory preset coin mode with auto sensitivity this should be your most accurate TI setting.If you went to a different after market coil it most likely will throw it off a little as is hunting in high trash remember it is just a guideline but it adds to the fun if you call it before you dig it.I am surprised it is as accurate as it is with all the different settings,coil changes,different soils.Zincs read 31 32 in my soil and size foot print is large like a slaw-ed can.

 

[Mtnmn]

I really don't mind too much digging up an occasional high reading penny, because of usually digging a like amount of low reading (37) quarters and dimes which seem to be easier to distinguish than the high reading pennies...

 

[kschae4]

Every clad quarter that I've every recovered read 38 during at least one sweep, while silver may bounce between 38-39. In addition, a quarter will scream in pin point mode whereas a dime will be more a little subdued...imo.