Screw Caps and Can Slaw

[lloyd0161]

I have the Sovereign XS-2. This detector rings out nicely on screw caps and can slaw even when the discriminate is set to highest level; just past pull tabs. These items are always slightly louder but sound just like a shallow quarter. Is this just a matter of life. This results in digging a lot of these items. The can slaw is a real pain in the butt.

 

[gear box]

Yup lloyd you have discovered that screw caps and slaw can be a real pain. screw caps are especially a pain if they have been smashed. They will give you a 180 on your meter but will generally be very loud and rough sounding. Unless you are looking for clad just ignore these loud over-bearing target's. But you may miss the occasional shallow old coin if you ignore the loud tones. Remember that the deep older coin's will give a soft,mellow,almost "seasoned" tone from being in the ground for many year's. Clad usually won't do that. This is why you will hear many people say you must learn the Sov. and what it's telling you.
Good luck, Gary

 

[goodmore]

Can slaw is a rotten fact of life. So are pieces of chain link fence. You have done well to identify a subtle difference in tone. If it is in an area where I know I'm going back to I will dig a little then save a little for next time. I can usually tell a difference with my meter. The numbers bounce more. On shallow clad the numbers will hold steady.

 

[Buried Crap NJ]

This is more of a reason to take our trash home. You can't believe how many hunters just throw that stuff back down for the next day so he or she can find it again? I can understand if it just too big to carry but slaw and chain links parts should go home with you. I followed a guy the other day and I was filling his holes for him.( I just don't understand why hunters can step on the side of the hole to fill it in?)
Anyhow my detector sounded off and out came .25 the next hole same thing.25 then .10 .10 .25 I finally found the hunters and asked him whats up with not taken the coins. He told me when his meter tells him its less than .25 he don't bother. Then I ask him why he leaves 1 ft holes not filled in (dry Sand) he ask me if I was the hole police. I did not tell him his meter was wrong. It just makes us all look bad when you get to the beach and see holes like its a war zone and garbage laying next to them. steve

 

[Critterhunter]

You'll get good at screw caps based on the tone and also how the number usually will change swept one direction versus the other. I think (it's more an "automatic" or "natural" thing for me now so this might be slightly wrong) that they will many times give a 180 signal one direction but dip down to say 176 or so the other way. You'll also notice the audio keep changing a bit, or that they sound less smooth or more harsh. Also, if it sounds shallow it should change in tone or ID if it's really a coin. Only something at the fringes of depth might do that here and there, or when it's mixed in with trash. I was about ready to give up on this machine mainly due to the screwcaps until about my 8ths hunt I think, when I was forced to hunt through those targets and finally developed an ear and eye for how they act. Now I hardly dig them unless they are deep and I want to be sure they are not fringe coins, or if they are shallow and might be in the trash. In other words, I only dig them for the most part when I want to these days. No more of a problem for the GT than they are for any other machine on the market, once you learn how they act. Any machine will still get fooled by them, in particular when they are smashed flat, but even then there are clues to the true identity of those targets. Just use it, take your time sweeping over a target for a few minutes, absorb as much sound and VDI details and try to remember them. Once you dig the target up you'll better know what to expect from those targets next time. Too many people just hear and dig without ever taking the time to listen, watch, and really soak in what the target is trying to tell them. It doesn't make much difference if you are digging everything that day, but on days when that's not an option you will know how to sort through signals and cherry pick less trash.