OK ..now lets talk bucket list coins...tight coin patterns

[Elmy]

Lets say you are after a certain coin to fill your bucket list....for example, a 3 cent nickel.....coin id at 6 on the etrac. Why would you hunt an open screen when you want a coin with a vdi of 6 ? Too many signals will drive you crazy !
Go to a farmed field or very old homestead....set your disc at 3 to 8 open co.....and disc down to 22 fe...all others blackened out.....
Now you can dig all signals that hit on your etrac if you want or in other words a "beep and dig pattern."
Odds are now greatly in favor of you finding that 3 cent nickel...in the right location with 1850's coins...at an old area that is capable of 1850's targets.....Do you get my drift ?
Patterns to match the area and what is possibly in the ground spells success.... a do all pattern like an open screen will get you rivets...nails....shotgun shells.... aluminum cans...lead....zinc...copper....why have them in the pattern when all you are targeting is the 3 cent nickel ?

OK....I Know I HAVE SAID MY piece now and as I am getting older I will let out such stuff to the younger detectorists.....common sense seems to eluded a lot of people who think one pattern is a do it all for every situation....
I will grow silent and let you all hash it out for as long as I can stand to be quiet...Good Luck to all no matter what detector you use....HH
ELMY

 

[Elmy]

Disappointed...guess I am wasting my time and others as well.

 

[WV62]

Not wasting anybody's time, look at the number of views. I would say a lot of people read and make notes of your tips. They just don't like come back with questions.
Please keep up the flow of information, I am sure you are making a difference.
Ron in WV

 

[Elmy]

Ok Ron in WV... and thanks for the like.....At least I would know what people think...would also want a dislike button....is there one on here or is it just the frowning face ?.....
I jump the gun sometimes I quess and didn't look at the views.....thanks

 

[DW-BGW]

Hey Elmy, I find your post very interesting, Keep them coming. Are you able to put your pattern on a zip file? Thanks Don

 

[Elmy]

Hey Elmy, I find your post very interesting, Keep them coming. Are you able to put your pattern on a zip file? Thanks Don

why a zip file? in this post every coin or two would have a different pattern....Targeting specific coin hunts on this post....silver for beginners has a different pattern. Easy to duplicate from the pic.

 

[Ted S]

I am reading...I have an SE but maybe I can learn something here from the pros!

 

[Elmy]

I am reading...I have an SE but maybe I can learn something here from the pros!

The se should do all that is posted...your patterns would have to be for an se coin id....which I believe is almost like an etrac so these posts should work for your detector....
The "search mode" and "Old mans mode" and also" beginners silver"...GO GET "EM."

 

[Ted S]

It's too dry to hunt Elmy. I would rather not hunt than kill the grass in a public area.

 

[C&RHunter]

Elmy, I have done that type of setting when looking for a lost class ring (with success), but have not done that for a specific type of coin. I agree, that if you are looking only for a certain type of coin, that could be something to try. Especially if you are working on a limited time period, it would eliminate a lot of wasted time digging unwanted items (knowing you may be missing other good targets), and if you find the coin you are after, it would be well worth it. HH Steve

 

[Elmy]

Elmy, I have done that type of setting when looking for a lost class ring (with success), but have not done that for a specific type of coin. I agree, that if you are looking only for a certain type of coin, that could be something to try. Especially if you are working on a limited time period, it would eliminate a lot of wasted time digging unwanted items (knowing you may be missing other good targets), and if you find the coin you are after, it would be well worth it. HH Steve

Yes , you will miss other coins....but how many 3 cent silvers or 3 cent nickels or half dimes or even gold coins or fattie indians....Flying cents.....Half cents....seated coins.....ect....or in your case, a gold class ring , can be in ones collection or returned ?

 

[Elmy]

Lets say you are after a certain coin to fill your bucket list....for example, a 3 cent nickel.....coin id at 6 on the etrac. Why would you hunt an open screen when you want a coin with a vdi of 6 ? Too many signals will drive you crazy !
Go to a farmed field or very old homestead....set your disc at 3 to 8 open co.....and disc down to 22 fe...all others blackened out.....
Now you can dig all signals that hit on your etrac if you want or in other words a "beep and dig pattern."
Odds are now greatly in favor of you finding that 3 cent nickel...in the right location with 1850's coins...at an old area that is capable of 1850's targets.....Do you get my drift ?
Patterns to match the area and what is possibly in the ground spells success.... a do all pattern like an open screen will get you rivets...nails....shotgun shells.... aluminum cans...lead....zinc...copper....why have them in the pattern when all you are targeting is the 3 cent nickel ?

OK....I Know I HAVE SAID MY piece now and as I am getting older I will let out such stuff to the younger detectorists.....common sense seems to eluded a lot of people who think one pattern is a do it all for every situation....
I will grow silent and let you all hash it out for as long as I can stand to be quiet...Good Luck to all no matter what detector you use....HH
ELMY

You can add more than one coin in a pattern...just remember.... all the trash that is non ferrous that falls into each coins range will also be added....more coins in a pattern means more trash to dig.

 

[Elmy]

Lets say you are after a certain coin to fill your bucket list....for example, a 3 cent nickel.....coin id at 6 on the etrac. Why would you hunt an open screen when you want a coin with a vdi of 6 ? Too many signals will drive you crazy !
Go to a farmed field or very old homestead....set your disc at 3 to 8 open co.....and disc down to 22 fe...all others blackened out.....
Now you can dig all signals that hit on your etrac if you want or in other words a "beep and dig pattern."
Odds are now greatly in favor of you finding that 3 cent nickel...in the right location with 1850's coins...at an old area that is capable of 1850's targets.....Do you get my drift ?
Patterns to match the area and what is possibly in the ground spells success.... a do all pattern like an open screen will get you rivets...nails....shotgun shells.... aluminum cans...lead....zinc...copper....why have them in the pattern when all you are targeting is the 3 cent nickel ?

OK....I Know I HAVE SAID MY piece now and as I am getting older I will let out such stuff to the younger detectorists.....common sense seems to eluded a lot of people who think one pattern is a do it all for every situation....
I will grow silent and let you all hash it out for as long as I can stand to be quiet...Good Luck to all no matter what detector you use....HH
ELMY

ok..had a question asked that I will try to answer here so everyone knows how I think....let's target a large cent....coin id of 46-47...you go a few numbers below and a few numbers above....so we end up with a co of 44 to 49...now disc down and stop at 22 ferrous....the large cent is targeted as a bucket list coin that you are after...However....coins that will also hit in the pattern are dimes...quarters...halves... and dollars. Not a bad pattern to use when targeting a large cent. At least that is how I do it.

 

[WV62]

First a big thanks to Elmy, today was my first chance to do a hunt with all the settings and patterns he passed along. Now I can't claim I found a hand full of silver but I can say the detector really worked good and I did get some nice deep targets even if they were not silver trophies.

Elmy is a guy your need to pay attention to what he is telling you.

The forum is very lucky to have somebody like Elmy that is willing to share his knowledge with others.

to Elmy,

Ron in WV