Does a low ferrous number usually mean a good target?On the machine how high do ferrous numbers go and how high do the conductive numbers go?I was looking at a chart and it seems most ferrous number dont seem to go past 12 or 13 on buckles.I know chart is not perfect do to ground reading and other problems corrosion ect .But if you are getting high ferrous numbers is it usually junk?i know a lot of people dont hunt by numbers but i try to go through the screens like iron digital smart screen to learn the machine and what it is doing.Thanks for the help.
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Question about ferrous numbers?New to explorer.
- Thread starter ohio fred
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sgoss66
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Ferrous and Conductive numbers both range from 0-31 on an SE pro, I think on all Explorers. The higher the number, the higher the machine thinks the ferrous content/conductivity, respectively, of the target is.
In my limited experience, high ferrous is usually junk, and low ferrous can be something good, or a non-ferrous junk item (a brass washer, for instance, or a smashed aluminum screw cap). There ARE exceptions; for instance, a coin co-located with a rusty nail might give a high conductivity number AND a high ferrous number, as the machine might have a hard time, depending upon the proximity of the two items, reveal that there are two targets. It might read them as one, and thus give you a higher ferrous number (due to the nail) than you'd expect on just the coin itself.
Hope this helps some,
Steve
In my limited experience, high ferrous is usually junk, and low ferrous can be something good, or a non-ferrous junk item (a brass washer, for instance, or a smashed aluminum screw cap). There ARE exceptions; for instance, a coin co-located with a rusty nail might give a high conductivity number AND a high ferrous number, as the machine might have a hard time, depending upon the proximity of the two items, reveal that there are two targets. It might read them as one, and thus give you a higher ferrous number (due to the nail) than you'd expect on just the coin itself.
Hope this helps some,
Steve
dewcon4414
Well-known member
Fred take a look at www.findmall.com/read.php?10,922673 Thats a pretty good list of the digital readings i think that may help you and give you an idea as to whats good and bad.
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