Target ID numbers on these detectors ?'s

[88junior]

Has anyone ever sat down and made a chart out with what coins and relics read typically on these machines? If not that may be me a good winter project. If it has already been done please point me in the direction or if you guys have any in your head rememberized fill us in and I'll right it down for the future chart! Later Guys and Gals

 

[Elton]

You would be better off burying some coins in your dirt and see how they read. Even that might not be the same as coins buried for years. Depth will make a difference too.

 

[Sailorman]

There's pretty extensive charting for gold and silver on the Etrac from recovered targets. Not aware of any for the other machines!

 

[hershey1]

U.S Nickle typically 58 - zinc penny ( dated after 1982 ) typically 78 - copper penny, clad dime typically 83 - U.S Quarter 85 - Fifty cents 87- Old Silver Dollar 89 - U.S. Silver Eagle $1 coin 91. Civil War bullets 50-58 - Buttons can be anywhere. Cannistor balls usually around 48. Junior call 915-633-8354 and they will send you a manual. You will like the 5 inch coil in trashy spots.

 

[steve herschbach]

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[Monte]

Take your unit(s) and all the search coils you have for it (them).

Select maybe a half-dozen modern and older-use sites that hold a lot of targets.

Take a note pad.

Grid some areas and search them with the coil you mainly use. Locate some naturally-lost targets and pinpoint them. Re-sweep the target and note the VDI numeric reading. Jot it down.

Next, change detectors and coils and sweep over the same target, after a proper GB at the site, and jot down the VDI reading for the same target with different coils

Continue searching for as long as you have decent, huntable weather. Log all VDI readings, and identify the recovered target (after checking with any/all coils) and the depth. Also, log the Ground Phase for the site where each recovery is made.

Be sure to log ALL targets, desired and junk, with the other information. Work at least the half-dozen sites, and grid them to hunt each grid completely.

Also, not if you had a jumpy or inconsistent VDI reading, making sure you dig those as well.

Finally, share that info with readers as it might be informative to them as well as you.

There are so many variables that can alter even a good target's VDI that you can't make a habit of referring to any ''list of lock-ons" or it will end up being a bad habit.

Just my biased and experienced opinions.

Monte

 

[sekypaleo]

In my ground (mild to moderate mineralization) 58 cal Civil War minie balls run 74-81 on my G2