Pete in MI
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Get a roll of clear packaging tape. Get as many of each different type of coin ya can - for example:
Penny: Indian Head, Wheat, Zinc, Memorial
Nickel: V Shield, Buffalo, Jefferson (old), Jefferson (new)
Dimes: Mercury, pre-1960s Rosevelt, present clad Rosevelt
Quarter: 1800s quarter, pre-1960s quarter, clad quarter, newer states quarter
Half: Walking Liberty, Franklin, Kennedy
Dollars: Morgan, Ike, Susan B Anthony, Sacegewa
(for others out of the US use your own coins to make up this 'breaking the cabin fever blues - no pest trip
)
Ok now ya got the stuff gathered. Stretch out the tape and every 12 - 18 inches apart place a coin on the sticky surface (you will need to make several strips or have one a half mile long). Now comes the hard part - pulling the tape over the coins so the coins will be stuck between both layers of tape. (It won't look pretty - mine isn't pretty).
[attachment 48217 Strips_3.jpg]
As you see here I had to make 3 strips to get all the coins to fit.
(When using the strips use one at a time not all three together like this
)
If you succeed in getting all the coins placed and stuck between the tape you can now go metal detecting. Dress warm, toss it on a snow bank, and go detect the coins. Its kinda like air testing. You can see what coin you are detecting, get used to the sight of the display for each one and also get to hear the sound each one makes.
This isn't the same as a test garden - and who can dig in frozen ground now anyway??? But it will give you a chance to see and hear the sounds those different coins make and you can see what they are through the clear tape. (Can't see them when they are buried in dirt - like a test garden)
OK so there is your project - get to it
and learn your machine before spring arrives. Oh yeah you can do the same thing with junk so ya know what each pulltab type looks and sounds like. Also here is a test for you. Take a rusty nail and lay it on top of any of the coins and see if your detector still can find the coin or if you get 'a nail' signal or no signal at all or a coin signal. Not all machines are created equally as this test will prove.
Happy detecting and when you finish the air testing send your strips to me for safe keeping (I could use some more old coins)
Penny: Indian Head, Wheat, Zinc, Memorial
Nickel: V Shield, Buffalo, Jefferson (old), Jefferson (new)
Dimes: Mercury, pre-1960s Rosevelt, present clad Rosevelt
Quarter: 1800s quarter, pre-1960s quarter, clad quarter, newer states quarter
Half: Walking Liberty, Franklin, Kennedy
Dollars: Morgan, Ike, Susan B Anthony, Sacegewa
(for others out of the US use your own coins to make up this 'breaking the cabin fever blues - no pest trip
)Ok now ya got the stuff gathered. Stretch out the tape and every 12 - 18 inches apart place a coin on the sticky surface (you will need to make several strips or have one a half mile long). Now comes the hard part - pulling the tape over the coins so the coins will be stuck between both layers of tape. (It won't look pretty - mine isn't pretty).
[attachment 48217 Strips_3.jpg]
As you see here I had to make 3 strips to get all the coins to fit.
(When using the strips use one at a time not all three together like this
)If you succeed in getting all the coins placed and stuck between the tape you can now go metal detecting. Dress warm, toss it on a snow bank, and go detect the coins. Its kinda like air testing. You can see what coin you are detecting, get used to the sight of the display for each one and also get to hear the sound each one makes.
This isn't the same as a test garden - and who can dig in frozen ground now anyway??? But it will give you a chance to see and hear the sounds those different coins make and you can see what they are through the clear tape. (Can't see them when they are buried in dirt - like a test garden)
OK so there is your project - get to it
and learn your machine before spring arrives. Oh yeah you can do the same thing with junk so ya know what each pulltab type looks and sounds like. Also here is a test for you. Take a rusty nail and lay it on top of any of the coins and see if your detector still can find the coin or if you get 'a nail' signal or no signal at all or a coin signal. Not all machines are created equally as this test will prove.Happy detecting and when you finish the air testing send your strips to me for safe keeping
(I could use some more old coins)