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Iffy signal = 1943 Silver Quarter.

DJB50156

New member
Am still new with the E-Trac and metal detecting, about 2 months. I have the E-Trac's threshold pitch set to 28. With that setting when I swing the coil over a coin it really screams out. Sometimes though the high pitch only chirps for an instant. So I go over that spot, round and round. If I keep getting that chirp I dig it. Of course most of the time I find nothing or a bent nail. Most of the parks I hunt have been hunted to death. So I dig a lot of signals like that. I have found 8 silver coins in these parks. I would say half of them were "iffy" signals. Today I was hunting one of those same parks and had the exact "chirp" signal. I couldn't even get a consistent number to come up because there was junk all around it, but the "chirp" kept me interested. So I dug it. I dug about an 8" deep plug and laid it over. Probed the hole and there was something there even deeper. Dug a bit more and saw silver. I knew it was a silver quarter but it was covered in mud. So I got my water bottle out and gingerly washed the mud off of it. 1943 silver quarter. I nicked it with my shovel. Oh well. Love finding silver coins in, so called, hunted out parks with the E-Trac.
Dan.
 
Hey Dan! Thanks for the story and the picture! Congratulations on your finds!!!

NebTrac
 
That's a great find,the e trac does it again.
Thanks for sharing.
LabradorBob
 
DAN03USMC said:
Nice going Dan. Do you recall your settings?

Thanks, I kept a file of the settings. I got the settings from someone on this board. Don't remember who though.

deep off.
fast on.
ground difficult.
trash density high.
vol gain 28.
tone id multi.
threshold pitch 28.

Dan.
 
Goes4ever said:
looks like my settings...........great job on getting an iffy silver!

Probably is your settings that I found on this board. I like them and are still using them. Thanks. The parks I hunt have been hunted to death. So an iffy signal is
what I like to dig. I dug three of them yesterday and all where wheaties. 1929, 1945, and a 1954d. All were very deep. Same park as where I got the 1943 quarter.
So I know there is more silver there. Just takes time. When I get that iffy signal I move the coil so slow back and forth, round and round. The E-Trac does the rest.
I dig plenty of bent nails that way, but who doesn't? You just never know. Also found a silver ring today.
Thanks for reading.
Dan.
 
Nice Ring Dan! Thanks for the picture!

NebTrac
 
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