I see more reasons to buy the sniper coil everyday

[Goes4ever]

ok I was hunting at my aunt's yard again yesterday out by the sidewalk. I get a penny hit but when I try to relocate the signal it constantly bounces back and forth around the lcd screen, from penny to dime to pulltab and back, but it is a loud signal so curiousity got the best of me and I attempt to pinpoint it. That is where I had trouble because it wouldn't give me a good pinpoint, either it was a larger object or two things under the coil??

anyway what I found was a penny AND a piece of scrap junk in the same hole. If I would have had the sniper coil in this situation, would I have been able to tell the two apart??

 

[johnhinnc]

I don't think so. If they were side by side in the hole, you probably would have had the same indications with the sniper. What I do find to be true with the sniper is that when it sees a coin you will know it. On the coins it stays under the denomination and doesn't move. Also, the ring end of pop tops almost always ring in as a nickel. And if the display jumps it is 99.9% of the time aluminum or tin. I love the sniper because the "beam" it sends to the ground is smaller thereby allowing more accuracy. It is a good investment. Especially good in trashy areas.
John

 

[NM5K]

Maybe, maybe not.. If they were in the same exact place, you probably would
have still got a funky ID.. Some times, strong wandering ID hits near
sidewalks will be the rebar in the cement, if they used it.
We have a cement patio behind the house, and if you scan it, it beeps
pretty regular like quarters are buried in the cement.. But, it's probably
rebar, or whatever..
If the two objects were apart an inch or two, it might be possible for the
sniper to ID them separate. You will get one ID, then the other back and
forth. The pinpointer can usually tell which is which.
IE: when you go to pinpoint one of them, give the coil a "twitch" in ID mode,
and whatever you are pinpointing will ID in most cases.

 

[Uncle Willy]

Possibly and if you were next to the sidewalk you were picking up the rebar in the sidewalk.

Bill

 

[Uncle Willy]

One thing he can do is raise the coil a few inches and narrow the signal pattern. This helps to isolate targets.

Bill

 

[awhitster]

As time goes by, a sniper and a large coil are good to have. If used in the right places, all 3 coils are and asset.