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Question on "iffy" signals

Gotta love those gold coins. That's about the ultimate example of why one shouldn't ignore those signals that just don't seem to be quite kosher.
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When I was young and full of vim and vigor I dug iffy targets. Now I am old, stogy and weak and I no longer dig them. If I miss an occasional coin or goodie I really no longer care. I have found it all at one time or another anyway.
 
oldcoon said:
When I was young and full of vim and vigor I dug iffy targets. Now I am old, stogy and weak and I no longer dig them. If I miss an occasional coin or goodie I really no longer care. I have found it all at one time or another anyway.
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LOL ... time for you to hang up the detectors then and sit back and .............. rest then eh ? Retirement gets us all at some stage in life.
 
Oh I have no intention of retiring from detecting like I am from gainful employment. Its just that I now detect at my own pace and according to my own desires and I am having fun doing it. :detecting:
 
IFFFY signals is what makes MDing so much fun its that mystery as to what is in the ground and question of do i dig or don't I
 
Iffy signals mean there is probably more than one target down there. It might go from good to bad signal because there is a coin sitting next to a pull tab. Dig them both out!
 
Your supposed to run the coil cable straight up to the control box and loop the excess round and hold it in your hand. Problem with this is, well apart from being very uncomfortable.is that it doesn't make any difference to most machines that have properly shielded cable and if its not a shielded cable which it might not be on a few kids machines or homemade or D.I.Y. kits then you can pick up external EMI at much further distances.

Re masking it was all done before and better in the U.S. Not just for iron but also things like paperclips and staples. Also consider what deals best with masking and recovery speed problems. Often the solution is to move away from motion machines and go for the old technology and I don't mean from the point of view of the likes of the Compass 77b with its limited depth" iron see through" or you could go for the latest technology of the Pulse Devil Nemesis which will do the same thing at depth.
 
I wouldn't classify readings bouncing between 76 and 79 as iffy. The fact that the signal was 76 then bounced a bit when you scanned at a 90deg angle is in my opinion a solid hit. The reason the silver coin ID'd lower than is typical for the F4 would primarily be due to ground conditions and orientation of the target ie flat, angled or on edge. All these factors affect ID.
 
Hi took my whites xlt out today on a new ploughed field kept getting a single good beep ,started to dig it and lost the signal. this happened 4or 5 times
 
Hi took my whites xlt out today on a new ploughed field kept getting a single good beep ,started to dig it and lost the signal. this happened 4or 5 times
 
UK Brian said:
Here's the result of any iffy signal....gold coins that were in a tin that rusted away. The spread in the coins meant the signal was to large to be anything good and target audio was mainly bad. On the other hand it didn't seem right so I returned and dug.
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Whatta pic! I stared at those gold coins for several minutes. None of the other posts had quite that meaning to me. Fantastic.
 
UK Brian said:
A quote I wrote down from one of the U.K.'s most prominent detector users...

"Using the expression "iffy" is an admittance of ignorance; or being kinder, a euphemism for lack of signal knowledge".

Sounds a bit pretentious if you ask me...in other words this person knows what every target is as he passes his coil over it. If he doesn't then he must admit to ignorance himself. An "iffy" signal is generally one that has trash alongside the good target and the ability to distinguish that slight "peep" of desirable target admidst the trash is the sign of an accomplished detectorist.
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I don't agree with UK Brian's statement. When I started this post I meant signals that were "iffy" compared to known, solid signals. A number of times I've gone back and dug signals that were different or "iffy" that just plain sounded a bit strange, most likely trash, but ended up digging good targets, and they weren't masked.
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all good info guys just let me add that at the beach iffys are allways worth checking, the conductive salt/black sand/hot gravel can alter a signal greatly. on land unless its trashy or super deep u can trust your signal in most conditions.
 
I dig plenty of iffy signals. I go mostly by sound. Don't know the % though. I almost walked away from this one several times, but kept coming back to it because the sound was strange, different. It's hard to explain. I don't remember the #'s, but they were in the range that I usually wouldn't dig. All that said I decided to dig it.
Out popped this gold ring. Go figure, you never know.
Dan.
 
My point EXACTLY!
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For me it's easy. If the Signagraph shows a strong, narrow graph, then I don't care how iffy it sounds. I dig.

HH

Dave
 
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