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Pennies Only?:help:
- Thread starter rwolden
- Start date
Max sens and try a different location?
\When I first got ATP all i could find was shallow pennies and a couple tokens.
I finally learned the thing and did go back to where I first started useing it and guess what.... there were very few targets left at all shallow or otherwise.
Like not worth my time place to detect.
\When I first got ATP all i could find was shallow pennies and a couple tokens.
I finally learned the thing and did go back to where I first started useing it and guess what.... there were very few targets left at all shallow or otherwise.
Like not worth my time place to detect.
Hmmm I guess that would definitely make sense!
But one thing that always sticks in the back of my mind and makes me worry about missing older coins is a test I tried:
I dug a hole about 6" in the ground, put in a silver 1908 dime and swung my 4x6 coil over it... it didn't even read it. That was with the sensitivity on high... So I tried again but this time at 4" and it was giving readings from iron up to +92 in the VDI...
But one thing that always sticks in the back of my mind and makes me worry about missing older coins is a test I tried:
I dug a hole about 6" in the ground, put in a silver 1908 dime and swung my 4x6 coil over it... it didn't even read it. That was with the sensitivity on high... So I tried again but this time at 4" and it was giving readings from iron up to +92 in the VDI...
Joel-Winnipeg
New member
rwolden said:
The Canadian coins ,dimes, quarters have a real crappy sound due to
the iron in them.
Its real easy to not dig them as there scrachy nulling sputter iron sounds.
I solved that by using relic mode trigger forward, balanced .
That gives you two tones high for the good stuff (crappy coins ) gold and silver.
Low tones for the iron and ( crappy Coins ) also come in this tone.
So you almost have to dig everthing but the two tones gives you a better choice.
My finds have defenately improved since I 've gone this route.
It's possible that you are hunting a site/sites that just don't have much.
And as Joel said, modern Canadian clad can sound crappy.
FYI, Canadian nickels, dimes and quarters minted since 2000 are steelcore with a nickle plating. Canadian pennies minted since 2000 are either steelcore or zinc core with a copper plating. Prior to 2000, our clad and pennies are similar to the U.S. coins and should read out just fine. You should have no issues with Loonies or Toonies as they are not steel. Often, shallow large coins will overload and make you think it's a big chunk of metal, so I lift up my coil a couple of inches and recheck to see if the target narrows down and resolves to an ID. Get a lot quarters, $1, $2 coins that way.
I hunt primarily in standard Relic mode, DISC around 2.5, and gain turned up until machine becomes erratic and then backed off until stable. My usual coil is the 10"DD. What I have found over the past few years, is that the MXT is pretty good at locking on and ID'ing iron, like nails, nuts, washers, etc. It's also really good at locking onto aluminum, gold, brass, silver, copper, etc. But on our nickle plated 2000+ crapola clad, the MXT is all over the place. THIS is the clue to getting more Canadian clad. When I get a signal that "sputters", does not lock on, ID's inconsistently with each pass and direction of swing from iron on up to silver, more often than not, it's a modern Canadian clad. I've found very few clad that locked on as a solid iron ID, unless it was already so corroded that most of the nickle plating was gone and unreadable, basically a slug.
And as Joel said, modern Canadian clad can sound crappy.
FYI, Canadian nickels, dimes and quarters minted since 2000 are steelcore with a nickle plating. Canadian pennies minted since 2000 are either steelcore or zinc core with a copper plating. Prior to 2000, our clad and pennies are similar to the U.S. coins and should read out just fine. You should have no issues with Loonies or Toonies as they are not steel. Often, shallow large coins will overload and make you think it's a big chunk of metal, so I lift up my coil a couple of inches and recheck to see if the target narrows down and resolves to an ID. Get a lot quarters, $1, $2 coins that way.
I hunt primarily in standard Relic mode, DISC around 2.5, and gain turned up until machine becomes erratic and then backed off until stable. My usual coil is the 10"DD. What I have found over the past few years, is that the MXT is pretty good at locking on and ID'ing iron, like nails, nuts, washers, etc. It's also really good at locking onto aluminum, gold, brass, silver, copper, etc. But on our nickle plated 2000+ crapola clad, the MXT is all over the place. THIS is the clue to getting more Canadian clad. When I get a signal that "sputters", does not lock on, ID's inconsistently with each pass and direction of swing from iron on up to silver, more often than not, it's a modern Canadian clad. I've found very few clad that locked on as a solid iron ID, unless it was already so corroded that most of the nickle plating was gone and unreadable, basically a slug.
[size=large]what are the loonies and toonies made of. i found a toonie in my local park. i have found canadian pennies and dimes and nickels but this toonie was a first. very nice looking coin. any silver in it. can't recall the vdi but remember it was clear at about 2".
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