Hitting rusty screws as a good high tone coin

[Elton]

Anyone know how to get around this with the E

 

[Ray-Mo.]

Some of those screws are tempered steel rather than soft iron and sound very good on a lot of machines.At least with the E-Trac/Explorers we do not have those pesky crown caps sounding and IDing as quarters

 

[MHirschmann]

I can usually identify a rusty screw by moving around the signal or by using TTF. The low tone will give it away. Hope this helps.

HH-Marc

PS I agree with Ray-Mo about the crown caps. My Deus loves them and I can't remember ever digging one with the E-Trac.

 

[Eric ND]

If I am unsure about a high signal, I find that switching to quick mask with a wide open screen ususally tells me quick if it is iron or not. The cursor will move to the bottom right of the screen on iron targets. If it is a coin it generally stays in the top half of the screen.

 

[Elton]

Thanks Eric.........

 

[Elton]

n/t

 

[Damar2003]

Quick mask usually keeps me from digging that stuff , but still get some nails and screws sometimes. E-trac still is a great machine.

 

[nimbus]

Yes, I agree!

As a way to verify, has anyone found that whole beverage cans ping as quarters 12-46/47? I've learned that screwcaps are 12-31, 12-37, 12-41, but I can't count how many beverage cans I have dug that I thought were quarters. I always dig'en though!

 

[E-TREC-Virginia]

Yes, I agree!

As a way to verify, has anyone found that whole beverage cans ping as quarters 12-46/47? I've learned that screwcaps are 12-31, 12-37, 12-41, but I can't count how many beverage cans I have dug that I thought were quarters. I always dig'en though!

If you suspect a beverage can is under the coil, lift the coil up off of the ground a little bit at a time. If your still getting a signal with the coil raised several inches, most likely it's a can. Also, a full size can will give you an "extended" signal response that is much longer then a quarter.