Is it there ?

[stewartlittle]

I went to my inlaws this weekend for a funeral,but Saturday moring I got up and decided to go detecting.
I went to this place close to the motel,it was an old abandond house.Lots and lot of trash around from where people dump all kinds of crap,looked like atleast 2 decades worth.
Anyway,I had a solid hit for a quarter,42 every way that I swung the coil over it @ 2'' deep.But I dug about 6'' and still nothing,even though the detector was still showin it was there @ 2'' deep.
I just quit and looked around a bit,didnt think it would be worth waistin time diggin for nothin.

Any idea why it did that?

 

[RonNH]

It could have been a piece of deep lead or copper or a crushed soda can. Large, deep targets throw off the depth reading. Like Randy says, you never know for sure unless you dig it. Ron

 

[kansas]

Next time lift your coil off the ground about 8 to 12 in. and see if you get a hit. If you do its most likely junk or a stash its up to you to find out. If you dig there's two things thats going to happen one= or two= When in doubt dig. HH

 

[Seth Bullock]

How many times do I have to tell you hoople heads dig it until you see it!! Like Kansas says when doubt dig!!!

 

[Silverbackbob]

The only 100% sure discriminator out there is a shovel. If you are in an area that could hold some good old stuff and it's ok to dig, then DIG!!!
Case in point. I was detecting at an old place where you could dig every signal because it was just an old torn up area anyway. I atarting getting all of these big hits and dug up a bunch of older aluminum op cans. I was starting to get tired of it when I got another "pop can" hit. I dug it anyway and came up with a green from being in the ground brass Keen Kutter railroad padlock. It was pretty neat and taight me a valuable lesson. When in doubt....DIG!!!
Good luck and HH. Bob.

 

[Neil]

I agree with one of the posters about it being something large. Dont rely to heavily on that depth gauge either.

You can try widening the hole as it could be a coin on edge or at an angle with can throw the pinpoint off. I will dig as deep as I know the detector will go, maybe a little more and then I move on. 6" is pretty shallow for the 70

Best of luck to you, those trash laden sites can be a real challenge.

HH
Neil

 

[Digger]

If I got a solid 42, I would keep looking until I found it. And, I wouldn't consider it a waste of time at all. Just part of the hobby!

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HH Randy

 

[stewartlittle]

Its a little too late now,I'm 2 hours away.But we'll be back down there in a couple a weeks.I'll try diggin a few inches larger dia. when I go back.

Its just that place was a trash pile,and a party place.
Plus it was in the mid 20's and I was'nt dress for that,I didnt expect it to get that cold.I didnt really plan on MDing,I took it just in case.

 

[Donny nj]

Your detector is obviously seeing something in the ground...I would dig to china to get it.....
on targets like this try lifting your coil about a foot off the ground & see if the signal is still strong.....large deep object can give this scenario cans, iron, listen very close to the AUDIO signal is it solid or disrupted or jumpy.......could be a deep mason jar loaded with silver dollars, in any event keep investigating it. This is what we do DIG METAL !


When in Doubt DIG & lift the suspicion

 

[John(Tx)]

Hope it's something good. Let us know. HH

 

[PULLATAB]

Was detecting one site had a couple real strong signal that appeared to be to good.... lifted the coil and still got a good signal... passed it off as iron trash or an aluminum can. Some friends came behind me and dug a Morgan dollar! If the area is old dig everything that gives a good signal!

 

[James/Washington]

I say that it is there but probably is a quarter on an angle and when you find it it will not be centered under the coil but located off to one side of the hole. This is what I have found many times. The Xterra70 is very good at finding this type of target and one of the best things that will help is a good pinpointer. It will detect these targets and save you a bunch of time as it does its work. Let us know what or if you find the target and I hope this will help.