nails and caps

[sube]

http://youtu.be/R6QlVhKVwZw A lot of people have problems with nails this is a pretty good way to get rid of most of them . As you know targets give different responses when scanned two different ways when there not round or square if a target is long one way and short the other way it will read different period . This also go's for depth reading as you can see in the video . to confirm this try pinpointing a long target the pinpoint will move from where you get the best hit . Caps come in all different metals some have aluminum foil in the cap others are not round some ragged and others half there. Caps will high tone on you if they have points on them watch the video and see what caps can do .Any ? just ask I will try to help. This will also be posted in the hunting in trash video. sube

 

[kittlitz]

Thanks, Sube... another really helpful video.

-Ken

 

[Agseeker]

Sube, that's interesting about the depth change on a nail. I never noticed that before (just not paying attention I guess). What happens when a nail and a coin are in the same hole?

 

[mrwilburino]

Some good tips there, thanks!

 

[sube]

Agseeker A nail hit north and south will give a deeper reading than a nail east and west this is because the detector is only seeing the narrow part of the nail , east west the detector is picking up the signal between the center of the coil and the outside of the coil witch gives your double hit . The coil is seeing the nail from the side coming and going . On a coin and nail in the same hole , let say the coin is laying in the center of the nail on top of it this makes the thin hit you have north and south wider than the thin hit with out the nail witch makes the signal closer to the east west hit thereby giving a more consistent reading both ways . Not quite as good as a coin hit but the depth #s will be closer together than a nail by itself this is because the nail has made the coin hit longer one way than the other but the longer the nail the more difference in the depth reading , the shorter the nail to coin size the better and closer the #s will be. Most nail coin hits will be only off a inch not two or three . But there are a lot of different size nails and the way they lay in the ground next to or on top of a coin .out there which will give different readings . As far as falsing the chirp or cut short coin sound you here is the false what you must remember is a coin that is accepted will sound round and have a longer coin sound than a a false so audio is your first and most reliable indicator . Most people think coins that are left in the ground from a pounded spot will be deep but there are far more coins that are in the 4 to 6 inch range that are mixed with some type of thrash. If you work a spot and most coins in that spot you have recovered are in the 4 to 6 inch range than those hits that are jumbled at 4 to 6 inch range should be carefully analyzed , try to circle these hits looking for a high tone using the tip of your coil once you locate the good tone pinpoint if it stays where you pinpoint dig . All my sites have been pounded and I still find coins that are quite shallow but are mast one way or the other . Depth has not much to do with age of coins you can find a Indian at 3 inch or 9 inches in the same place . It's more likely to find a deeper Indian than a shallow one simply because all the shallow coins are gone and where easy to find . But don't let that fool you there are plenty of shallow old coins that are there that are mast .

 

[Agseeker]

Hey Sube thanks for the relpy. Just too many variables to tell how a coin and a nail will react together. I found a merc and a small nail/brad in the same hole today and got an iffy coin signal with a chirp.

I know what you're saying about the age of the coin not having anything to do with the depth. The park I've been hunting the past couple of months has older coins (pre-1930) less than an inch deep or 6-8 inches just depending on where you're at.

 

[Kieth-Tx]

Thanks for the video!

 

[frogmanungar]

Thanks for this instruction. I am soaking in more information each time I see something like your video.

 

[smkunder]

Great video, some helpful tips included in this thread

 

[jerseyjim]

Thank you for the video, that really helped me to distinguish if it is a nail or not.