Still no Silver with 705

[chuckciao]

I have had my 705 for about a week now and am still finding lots of clad, even in areas that I hunted multiple times. My problem is how to find the silver. I try to hunt in parks that are the oldest in my area, early 1900's but still.... no silver. I am using the stock coil 9" -7.5 Mhz. I can usually set my sensitivity to a max of 24 and my ground balance reading is usually between 27-36. I also use quality headphones. I usually hunt in coin mode in #2 pattern with 99 tones.

Assuming silver is there, can anyone offer suggestions on settings, coils, etc. that can facilitate my finding silver coins? Also, does a silver coin target have a different TID? Will it sound differently than clad?
Thanks
Chuck

 

[Beale]

Silver can be very hard to come by. You will find it when you least expect it. I will say this most of my silver has come from private land with permission. Heck I hunted for 3 or 4 months before finding my 1st silver. I know guys that find it 1st day out, and others can go quite a while. Keep working try old schools, parks, but most of all try to get on some older private home. Good luck to you, Beale.

 

[kiwi-jim]

I'm not an expert,but I have found a fair amount of silver over here,my experience has been that large silver comes up a solid 42-44.Where as the smaller threepence and sixpences the tid's fluctuate between 16-44.Generally I find anything that reads up to 44 is worth a dig.Try turning around the object 180 degrees you often get a more solid reading.It took me 3 months to find my first silver, I guess its just a matter of "when in doubt dig it out" Hope that helps.

 

[Goes4ever]

I use an etrac now but last year I used the xterra 70 exclusively, and I dug 110 silver with it last year. BUT I hunt old homesteads, mostly farms 98% of the time. I just don't like parks. I do hunt old schools when I can find them and one 1916 school last year gave up about 20 of my 110 silvers. I think I found one or two silvers in parks last year. Knock on some doors and ask permission to do private yards, almost every old house will have silver.

 

[Digger]

As to hunting in Pattern 2...... some of the finds that I've made with my X-TERRA, that I wouldn't have using Pattern 2 include a US 3-cent nickel, a US 3-cent Silver, several old Indian cents that read as low as 24, at least a half dozen small gold rings that read 4 or 6. Don't get hung up on using preset Patterns. All Patterns are easily adjusted by simply pressing the accept/reject pad for that TID number.

As to not finding silver..........The US stopped minting silver coins in the US in 1964. Many of us started detecting around that time, or shortly thereafter. The detectors we had then were not good discriminators, so we dug pretty much everything that beeped. We hunted parks, yards, school grounds, church yards and just about everywhere else you can imagine. Frankly, it didn't take as much imagination to find a "good spot" then, as it does today. So here we are, 46 years after the last silver coins were minted. And people have continued detecting, even with no silver being minted. And many of them are hunting the same parks, yards, schoold grounds, church yards that we've been hunting for over 40 years. To find silver today, it takes research, patience and perserverance. And a little luck now and then don't hurt either.

With all things being equal, a silver coin will read the same as a clad coin of equal value. But if you look at the coin chart in the FAQFAQ section, you will see that all coins are not created equal. Again, I've hit IH cents as low as 24 and as high as 34. I've dug silver dimes that read a 36, some at 38 and others at a 40. If you don't want to take the time to go through the FAQFAQ section, here is a link to that US coin chart. http://www.findmall.com/read.php?55,1130228,1130230#msg-1130230

The 99 tones you referred to is actually 28 tones. That represents one tone for each of the 28 notch segments. Therefore, if a target has a TID value of 36, it will produce the tone assigned to notch segment 36. No matter if it is a silver dime, a large gold ring, an old $20 gold piece, a wheat penny or a screw cap...... if it says 36, it will produce the tone associated with 36. There are some subtle differences in the "harmonics" that you will hear if you are using less rejection. But for the most part, clad dimes will sound just like silver dimes.

Keep at it. If you're finding clad, you're doing something right. Just a matter of getting your coil over the silver! HH Randy

 

[Terra1959]

After just one week, - dont be concerned.
if u walk over it with the Xterra u will hear it loud and clear in Patt. 2.
I find lots of silver but can go for a month or more in between sometimes
At other times u get multiple silver in a day.
I even found a 1943 Mercury dime down here in Australia...a US soldier during WW2 probably lost it.
Keep going and research areas where people congregated in history.
happy swinging

T59

 

[chuckciao]

As to hunting in Pattern 2...... some of the finds that I've made with my X-TERRA, that I wouldn't have using Pattern 2 include a US 3-cent nickel, a US 3-cent Silver, several old Indian cents that read as low as 24, at least a half dozen small gold rings that read 4 or 6. Don't get hung up on using preset Patterns. All Patterns are easily adjusted by simply pressing the accept/reject pad for that TID number.

As to not finding silver..........The US stopped minting silver coins in the US in 1964. Many of us started detecting around that time, or shortly thereafter. The detectors we had then were not good discriminators, so we dug pretty much everything that beeped. We hunted parks, yards, school grounds, church yards and just about everywhere else you can imagine. Frankly, it didn't take as much imagination to find a "good spot" then, as it does today. So here we are, 46 years after the last silver coins were minted. And people have continued detecting, even with no silver being minted. And many of them are hunting the same parks, yards, schoold grounds, church yards that we've been hunting for over 40 years. To find silver today, it takes research, patience and perserverance. And a little luck now and then don't hurt either.

With all things being equal, a silver coin will read the same as a clad coin of equal value. But if you look at the coin chart in the FAQFAQ section, you will see that all coins are not created equal. Again, I've hit IH cents as low as 24 and as high as 34. I've dug silver dimes that read a 36, some at 38 and others at a 40. If you don't want to take the time to go through the FAQFAQ section, here is a link to that US coin chart. http://www.findmall.com/read.php?55,1130228,1130230#msg-1130230

The 99 tones you referred to is actually 28 tones. That represents one tone for each of the 28 notch segments. Therefore, if a target has a TID value of 36, it will produce the tone assigned to notch segment 36. No matter if it is a silver dime, a large gold ring, an old $20 gold piece, a wheat penny or a screw cap...... if it says 36, it will produce the tone associated with 36. There are some subtle differences in the "harmonics" that you will hear if you are using less rejection. But for the most part, clad dimes will sound just like silver dimes.



Keep at it. If you're finding clad, you're doing something right. Just a matter of getting your coil over the silver! HH Randy

Randy,
As usual, thanks for your excellent comments and advice regarding my quest for silver. I continually use your tips and tricks info. sheets that have been extremely useful in becoming familiar with the 705.
Chuck

 

[mapper65]

I have a local park that I've hunted at least once a week for the last 4 months or so. I had never found any silver in this park. My Mom & Brother also have hunted this park for about the last 20 years or so. My Mom found one silver about 10 years ago and that's been it. I believe that it was a Roosevelt.

About two weeks ago I had a good signal and dug down about 6 inches or so and came up with a 1911 barber dime......my first barber! We are all still shocked that the barber was there and it has given us new hope for possibly finding more silver. You never know when you are going to strike silver but as the others have mentioned, you need to do a little research and put yourself in an area where you increase your chance of finding silver. Just remember, where you find wheats, there is a good chance that there may also be silver.

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