Went out to my favorite local park the other day with a slightly different game plan this time. I decided I would pick two rows that I know I have hit over and over and that also have produced in the past. I decided to set the machine up with Goes4ever's settings with the only deviation being the Threshold Pitch which I put at 23 instead of 28-29. I used Andy Sabisch's coin program, the stock 11" coil and also ran the sensitivity at Auto +3 most of the time. I also decided to go even slower than normal with the coil sweep speed and of course keep the coil glued to the ground. I dug any and all targets with a conductive number higher than 01. I really was shocked at the number of targets that I began to get.
The first good one I got rang 16-14 and about 5 inches down I got a nice 1954 Jefferson. I also pulled a small nail out of the hole as well. The next signal I got read 23-44 consistently and sat in the lower right hand corner of the screen. Normally I would not bother with a signal like that except it just had a really good tone to it. Not what you would expect from iron. It just sounded too good despite what the numbers were trying to tell me. I like to hunt with the tones instead of relying on the numbers all the time. Dug a plug and pulled a 90 degree rusty nail out. Checked with the pinpointer and it rang out again. Another 90 degree nail. Still another hit and out came a huge rusty nail. Checked the hole again, got a hit and pulled out a beautiful green wheatie dated 1919. Checked the hole again and another strong hit. Pulled out a 1930's era shot gun head stamp. The three nails had sat on top of the penny and shell completely masking their numbers but the two items still were able to produce a nice tone from underneath all that trash.
Right after that hole, I got a 12-15 signal among the trash and got a nice no date Buffalo. By that time I was wondering if I could pull another nickel trifecta out of this park like I was fortunate enough to do a few months ago. About 20 minutes later I got a 12-15 signal and about 7 inches down I finally pulled out a coin ball with a nickel in it. I was hoping it would be a V and as luck would have it, it was a very nice 1909 Liberty Head nickel. I also later dug a silver 1944 S war nickel only 2 inches deep that was sandwiched between trash signals but I was able to wiggle out a 13-17 signal by going slow.
I spent two hours doing just two 15 yard long rows and got 35-40 diggable signals. Goes4ever's settings worked very well and combined with moving the stock 11" coil at a snail's pace I was able to pull the good signals out between the trash and iron and make some very nice finds. Hopefully, this may help some of the newer users out with understanding their machines. IMO there is no better machine out there for finding coins. Put the hours into using and learning the machine and you will be amazed at what you will pull out of those "hunted out" sites.
The first good one I got rang 16-14 and about 5 inches down I got a nice 1954 Jefferson. I also pulled a small nail out of the hole as well. The next signal I got read 23-44 consistently and sat in the lower right hand corner of the screen. Normally I would not bother with a signal like that except it just had a really good tone to it. Not what you would expect from iron. It just sounded too good despite what the numbers were trying to tell me. I like to hunt with the tones instead of relying on the numbers all the time. Dug a plug and pulled a 90 degree rusty nail out. Checked with the pinpointer and it rang out again. Another 90 degree nail. Still another hit and out came a huge rusty nail. Checked the hole again, got a hit and pulled out a beautiful green wheatie dated 1919. Checked the hole again and another strong hit. Pulled out a 1930's era shot gun head stamp. The three nails had sat on top of the penny and shell completely masking their numbers but the two items still were able to produce a nice tone from underneath all that trash.
Right after that hole, I got a 12-15 signal among the trash and got a nice no date Buffalo. By that time I was wondering if I could pull another nickel trifecta out of this park like I was fortunate enough to do a few months ago. About 20 minutes later I got a 12-15 signal and about 7 inches down I finally pulled out a coin ball with a nickel in it. I was hoping it would be a V and as luck would have it, it was a very nice 1909 Liberty Head nickel. I also later dug a silver 1944 S war nickel only 2 inches deep that was sandwiched between trash signals but I was able to wiggle out a 13-17 signal by going slow.
I spent two hours doing just two 15 yard long rows and got 35-40 diggable signals. Goes4ever's settings worked very well and combined with moving the stock 11" coil at a snail's pace I was able to pull the good signals out between the trash and iron and make some very nice finds. Hopefully, this may help some of the newer users out with understanding their machines. IMO there is no better machine out there for finding coins. Put the hours into using and learning the machine and you will be amazed at what you will pull out of those "hunted out" sites.
