Nails reading 38 on ID! Help me out!

[88junior]

I have been finding a ton of nails that read 38-39 on the ID. I don't want to miss a good find but I also don't want to dig a ton of nails. You fellows have any suggestions to help me out please share your input I and my tired Lesche digger would appreciate it! Thanks

 

[kschae4]

Those rusted nails are a pain. You can try the accept/reject button after you dig one. Run the coil over one, press accept/reject each pass until it no longer registers. Then save it in whatever factory or customer search mode you're in. That segment on the graph bar should go black. It may help.

 

[88junior]

Yea but want discing out a 38-39 lose me silver thats my biggest concern.

 

[DirtAngler]

You are correct. Unfortunately old rusted nails are going to do that and you don't want to miss silver by discriminating it out. Just gotta dig them.

 

[kschae4]

I'd try it, then air test some different silver coins and rings to prove that it either does or doesn't work.

 

[KinTN]

The only way to beat this is to start a Rusted Nail collection and enjoy it.

Sorry and I do feel your pain.

 

[88junior]

10-4 guys I guess I will keep on digging them or I just won't use this machine at those sites and use my AT-Pro which is awesome at picking through nails.

 

[88junior]

Could my problem be the pro coil? I hear it has a thing for deep rusty iron. I may need to try my slimline 10" coil and see how it does there. I hear the SEF coils separate iron better than the Pro-Coil I may try and get one of those.

 

[DirtAngler]

The SEF 6X8 Butterfly coil is a great coil on these machines and without hardly any depth loss.

 

[john4840]

Definitely go with the a smaller coil. I use my six inch coil where there is a high concentration of nails and other iron objects. One trick I have learn is to pinpoint the signal and get the coil directly over the object. Then swing the coil over it again, if you get same good signal then it is most likely a non-iron object, if the good signal goes away or it breaks up then it is most likely iron junk. I have used this method with both my Quattro and my Explorer and found a number of coins and other good items mixed in with nails. I am not saying that this perfect because I have found my fair share of nails but it does help eliminate digging some holes

John.

 

[88junior]

John does using high trash setting seem to cause it to make rusty iron nails sound like a good target to you? I think this may be what my problem is when I set it to low trash I don't dig as many rusty nails.

 

[john4840]

John does using high trash setting seem to cause it to make rusty iron nails sound like a good target to you? I think this may be what my problem is when I set it to low trash I don't dig as many rusty nails.

I only hunt in low trash (slower recovery speed) with my Quattro and never really played around too much with high trash setting, this is the way I also hunt with my Explorer. More accurate visual ID was more important to me then the faster recovery speed.

The one thing I do know about the FBS and BBS machines if the edge of the coil goes over a nail it will give you good coin sound and ID. That is why I will pinpoint and make sure the coil centered over the target and then swing the coil over it again. If there is no sound then it is a rusty nail if you get a good hit then it is a coin.

I reread Andy Sabisch's Quattro & Safari handbook section on the low/high trash section he does not indicate anything about nails reading as a coin when the detector is set to high trash, so I don't know.

John

 

[croakersmoker78]

That's odd I have never had a nail read 38/39 with my safari only good targets like silver and large cents

 

[croakersmoker78]

I run high trash 14 sense and all metal all of the time I never change it no matter where I am even a field with no trash I run it in high and always find good targets and deep.