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Nickel question

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A question for you guys about nickels. I've been finding tons (ok, not literally) of nickels in the couple of months that I've had my CZ70. Matter of fact, just two weeks ago I found my first silver war nickel. Something I've noticed is that with ID's that "bounce" from nickel to ANYTHING else, it's NOT a nickel. IF the signal stays on NICKEL and doesn't bounce, its PROBABLY a nickel. I've dug plenty of bouncers just to check this theory, and its proven itself every time. I've never dug a nickel that bounced, but just because it doesn't bounce doesn't mean its a guaranteed nickel. Make sense? You guys have similar experiences?
w
 
I have found bouncers to be the square pull tab. Nickels are usually solid hits.
 
I am new to the cz70 so I cannot talk with experience. My first time out with the 70 a couple of weeks ago I noticed the same thing. If it hit AND stayed on nickel then it was a nickel, if it bounced then it was a tab or piece of foil. I am new to the 70 so I am digging anything in doubt to learn the machine.
KEEP IN MIND THE ORDER OF CONDUCTIVITY, which is different than what the faceplate shows on the machine. The order of condudtivity from lowest to highest is this order: Iron, foil, nickel, round tab, relic, zinc penny and high coin. Therefore, if you hit a nickel on edge, etc, it MAY hit on the high end of the foil range or the low end of the round tab range. So if it bounces between these other two icons I will probably dig it.
Hope this helps.
H.H. Jay
 
The CZ's do an excellent job of ID'ing most nickels accurately, however at older sites where there are V and buffalo nickels it pays to dig the bouncers. Many older nickels will come in as a foil/nickel hit. Just something to be aware when hunting a site where there is not a lot of modern trash but that holds older coins.
Tom
 
Dig those bouncers for two reasons..especially if its foil to nickel...Just might be a nice gold ring and also V-Shield and older deep Jeffersons come in lower and may just hit the foil region..Was out yesterday and 10 nickel hits..8 nickels and two pieces of grasscutter chopped up cans..Indeed as Jackpine relates all depends on the site..In addendum a CZ is a real nickel grabber and one of these times its going to be a nice gold ring..
 
I'm with Jackpine Savage on his idea about the site.
It doesn't matter what detector you use, it pays to dig iffy signals to determine whats in the ground at that particular site. when you find whats mostly there and the site is not a place for jewlery but a place for discarded junk like gum wrappers and pulltabs and not on the beach or near a ball field but near a refreshment stand it would seem pretty rare to be digging up rings in stead of junk. also I have a cz70Pro and one hell of a pile of nickels including scads of buffs and some v nickels and none come on as foil. ( lots of very dirty ones at that also) But I still will dig some bouncers if I am around a ball field or volly ball net etc. foil can be jewlerly. I usually get solid lockons and very few bouncers in the nickel to foil range. I get more bouncers between the zinc and other high tone range.
HH
Dan R.
 
Broken pull tabs often read as solid nickels and also can fool you into believing it is deep.
 
Also, at an old site with coins 6 inches and deeper, ALWAYS DIG IRON-NICKEL BOUNCERS AS THEY ARE RARELY NAILS OR IRON AND OFTEN THESE ARE V-NICKELS OR BUFFALO NICKELS.
 
I dig a lot of bouncers, just to see what they are, or on the off chance I have an older nickel target. I've found that in my area, Buff's give me fairly consistent Nickel hits, with occasional bouncers to Foil and Iron (depending on depth). I haven't found any V- or Shield Nickels in natural settings (found a V in a elementary sandpit once).
The targets that I usually dig that are trash are bottlecaps (consistent Iron/Pullring/Nickel hits, regardless of depth), "beavertails" around 4" (lots of Nickel hits, some bounces to Foil/Iron), and the ever-present "can slaw".
Remember that War Nickels will hit in the Nickel range, but, due to varying composition during the War, they may bounce around a bit to Pullring, Pulltab, or even down to Foil. The last one I dug up, about a year ago, bounced all over the place, but gave me about 50% Nickel hits. It was at the right depth for a good older target, so I dug it.
I also agree with digging all Iron/Nickel bouncers that sound small in Auto-tune, pinpoint small, and indicate 5 - 6" or deeper. Just a couple days ago, I dug a similar target that ended up being a 5" '41D Jefferson. That could easily have been a Buff.
HH from Allen in MI
 
I agree there , I always dig nickel responses and sure can come up with the nickel imitaters, still don't find many nickels in the foil range though.
HH
Dan R.
 
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