nickels??????

[Anonymous]

I've had my Explorer for about 2 months and I have yet to find a nickel. I hunt in the smart find mode. When I get a target in the right area I switch to digital(nickels are 5s right?) to see if it's a nickel. Apparently I'm doing something wrong. I know I'm passing up nickels. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.
Billy da Beeg

 

[Anonymous]

I find them at 4 or 5.. the explorer is excellent on nickels and I have found many. I believe you are making a mistake if you use the digital meter when detecting to determine whether you should dig or not. Experienced detectorist dig all repeatable signals because of "target averaging" in other words if a nickel and a dime are close together, All detectors will average the signal to something other than either of these two coins. I recently found a Buffalo Nickel and two wheaties side by side in a hole and the signal was not like either one. But it was solid and repeatable.
Hope this helps.. Jim Vokes NY

 

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[Anonymous]

the explorer has no problem seeing nickels, the problem in smart find is that so much other junk reads in basically the same area of the screen.. after a while you will be able to tell a nickel from a tab tail or whatever by the tone quality alone.. nickels just hit harder and more steady toned

 

[Anonymous]

but usually a solid 5. The guys are right though that sound is the key. They just sound different. I'd say a solid 85 to 90% of the time I know it's a nickel before I even bend down. Throw one down and listen, then throw in a few tabs, you'll hear the difference.

 

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