Park hunting - What does your trash look like?

[JV]

When I am hunting parks looking for jewelry this is an example of the targets that give good signals but end up being trash. I wonder if you guys have similar hauls? Are you confident enough to skip some of these signals without missing the GOOD STUFF?? Or are you just digging everything?

The metal parts from pencils and decayed pennies especially look good on my V3i... Any tips or tricks to not have to dig these? And of course nickels and pop tops always look good...

Would love to see some pictures of your dug trash from a typical park hunt... This picture was taken from my park hunt on Saturday and I ended up with one sterling silver turtle earring.

 

[Rob (IL)]

Silver is found in the coin range so that is no problem and also the reason silver jewelry is found. Gold on the other hand is all over the positive VDI range. To find gold jewelry requires you to dig pretty much all positive VDI. You needed more foil finds for small jewelry. Your finds are typical.

The right location is more important to finding gold jewelry. The location has to be a location where people with gold jewelry frequent and where conditions would cause them to lose it.

 

[daddyflea]

I too am a new V3i user, so don't take what I tell you as the complete truth. Zinc pennies ring up a 54 VDI. If it hits at 54 it is a Zinc penny. I dig all of them.

The tabs are very difficult. I think i can hear the double holes in the ones you found. The other tip is keep swinging over those tabs. Rings seem to be real stable on VDI numbers. Tabs are not. If the VDI is pretty solid, it is a good sign it may not be a tab. If it shifts constantly, it most likely is a tab.

 

[Rob (IL)]

People say nickels ring up a VDI of 19 but the number of nickels I have found with different VDI would fill a large buckel. The same for zinc pennies. They read more than just 54, higher and lower. If you are looking for an exact VDI you are missing many good finds. There are too many factors that will cause VDI to vary.

Experience is what is needed. Just go out some time and dig all soild hits for one hunt. I think you will be surprized.

By the way, the largest gold ring I ever found was a state championship football ring. it was a honker and read a solid zinc penny.

 

[daddyflea]

This is very true. The point I was making was, I have found almost nothing but a Zinc penny hits a 54. I dig everything zinc penny and above. I am a coin hunter mainly but if that vdi reads a solid 10 after about 3 swings or goes from say 10 to 11, I dig it. Tabs usually vary 3 or more vdi numbers. I don't think they are actually changing but the exact pass of your coil will vary maybe a 1/4 to 1/2 inch and the tab is not round so it changes. Rings are generally round so they don't change as much. I get mainly vdi of 21 for nickles on my sef coil but again nickles are round so they stay real steady in their vdi.

 

[Rob in (Ca)]

When Hunting for Lost Jewelry your going to Also find the Aluminum Jewelry size trash targets also........ Just no way around it............ You Best line of Defense........Hunt in a active sports fields, there's less trash & more Jewelry to be found. Don't use any Discrimination other than iron ... good luck

 

[Rob in (Ca)]

Also I noticed your Digging Zinc's........ that's a good thing,,,,,, these 2 Rings I found were in the zinc Range

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[texjim]

I think you are on the same path as everyone for digging everything. Some days are going to be better finds than trash but for the most part you are going to dig more trash than good finds. All it takes is to dig one gold ring no matter what the vdi is and you'll be hooked. Good luck.

 

[Gandorf]

Many, many years ago when I used a $20 detector with 2 knobs on it I found more jewelry than I do today with a VX3. It is not the machines fault. That $20 machine forced me to dig everything. I think sometimes I spend more time now trying to determine if I should dig a target than I do digging. I am learning that to be serious about finding jewelry, I need to dig all the positive vdi's. Just consider each pull tab dug today as one you won't have to deal with tomorrow.

 

[DocBars]

JV
97 % of jewelry is made for women.. So that means a lot of small rings ect.. And 97% of these small rings will ID in the foil range Go to the park and dig all foil hits. This will increase your odds a good bit. Bigger jewelry like men's rings ect will ID in the pull tabs to zinc range.
HH

 

[Rob (IL)]

Gold is everywhere on the scale but more common in some areas of the scale. If you are digging tabs and foil you are covering a large percentage.
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[daddyflea]

Gold is everywhere on the scale but more common in some areas of the scale. If you are digging tabs and foil you are covering a large percentage.
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This explains why I get a few rings. I dig everything from about 22 VDI down that gives a steady VDI. I dig all zinc and up signals as well. Looking at the chart I get 68% of the rings. I always had a saying "anyone too lazy to bend over and pick up money is not worth @#$^" Zinc is money. Rob just noticed that scale is a little out of order the Pulltabs should be over the nickles.

 

[Rob (IL)]

No It is the way the scale reads on a CZ6a which is one of the detectors I have. Percentage stays the same. A tab is a tab.