How do I find a real coin ?

[MELOWCO]

Hi everyone , I have an ace 250 and it seems the only thing I have found are blisters . How do you tell what things really are . Everyone seems to find thing right away . I would like to find a real coin and not a door latch are a nother can . So my question is how do you adjust your ace to tell you what its target really is . And also I would like to go to the park, so my question is do I need to get permission to do that . I would like to thank everyone who answers questions for us green horns . I am in no means giving up the hunt it is so much fun . Even if I dig up LOTS OF JUNK .

 

[khouse]

Location is the best way to find good targets. It sounds like your hunting some hard places like old house sites? If so the sniper coil would be best. But remember we all have "metal detectors" they are not coin detectors. Lot's and lots of junk have the same conductivity as coins. After a while your pinpointing can give you an idea of target size and help you reduce some junk. But even with a $1000 detector you WILL dig junk. Keep after it.

 

[John(H)]

Melowco, I think that you need to get to know your machine a lot better! Make a test garden in your yard...........remove any and all metal! ..........Bury different coins at different depths, even bury some on edge, also do the same with some trash targets! Besides using your machine in the coin mode try some of the other modes, especially all-metal. Also mark all your targets so you will have some type of record as to what is actually buried! Bury some of the big tin or aluminum cans, you should be able to tell the diffeence after some practise!

 

[MELOWCO]

Thanks I will try that .The place I am digging is at our church .It use to be a gas station .I suppose at one time it must have had a house here not sure. I will try the metal garden idea .And I have learned a lot from my machine but I know I have a ways to go. Do I need to get a permit to go to the parks ? It seems not many people want to let you dig in are on there property . But I willl not let that stop me , many places else to look .. Is there a big difference in beach hunting . So what your saying is each type of metal gives a different sound .I will keep digging at it! Thanks for your help. By the way where do I get the permit ?

 

[John-Edmonton]

And work the playground area, or where the kids eat lunch. Those areas should have all types of good targets. You got to dig the copper before you dig the gold.

The ACE has a short learning curve. Just go out with a screwdriver and pop out the shallow coins. Save the digging part for when you get to know your machine better.

Large holes are a no-no and are the #1 cause for losing prime detecting spots.

Good luck and welcome to a great forum with a great bunch op people .

 

[Uncle Willy]

First you have to hunt where coins are. I've always said, " You can't find treasure where treasure ain't". Then you have to pass the coil over a coin. Where have you been hunting? Most parks are open to detecting but you might check in your area to make sure.

Detectors can't tell you exactly what the target is, just what it appears to be. The detecor can't see into the ground anymore than you can. Detectors ID targets by conductivity and many objects have the same conductivity, like foil and gold, pulltabs and rings, etc, but the 250 is pretty accurate most of the time.

You just need to hunt where coins are lost, like parks, schools, playgrounds, fairgrounds, sites of sporting events, beaches, etc.

Bill

 

[deerman]

any harm to the grass/lawns ect... wood chips at the school/park playground are good the best place is in your own yard so no one will get mad at you,There you can learn how your detector works by first throwing a few coins on the ground and seeing what the detector is showing you is it showing a penny at the penny notch? a pull tap at pull tap? play with it and change a setting or two to see what it dose? notch out that pull tap and see if it will go quite over it or maybe break up the sig.? after that plant a test site in the yard with a penny,nickle,dime,quarter,pull tab, screw top at known depth and see if you can pick it up then plant a few on edge a few inchs down and see if you can find them too, and while your there practice pinpointing your target so you know where your detectors center for pinpointing is as you get better the coins and loot will get better too happy hunting
p.s. aways remove the trash you find and fill in the holes you dig but above
that have FUN!!!!!