The "0" VDI

[Gadget]

I've heard folks say that they dig 0-VDI signals because they may be gold. I'd have to say that 100% of the "goose eggs" that I've dug up have all been foil. I'm curious how many of you have found gold on 0 & 3 VDIs.

 

[Jackpine Savage]

In C/J mode you can tell the small foil bits by the ratty sound they give when using the 6x10 DD coil and disc set just below 2. Anything with a little more size or mass should give a clean tone. Saves a lot of time.

Tom

 

[WJW]

I dig all signals from 0 to 22. I have never found gold at 0, but I have found gold at 2-4. All of my 0 signals have been foil and there have been a lot of them. I will conitnue to dig the 0-VDI's though. You just never know. I run my MXT in Relic mode and set the discrim at the 9 o'clock position. HH
Bill

 

[ralph]

I usually ignore 0 vdi,however a couple months ago,while wading knee deep water,I got a 0 hit that was an unusually strong signal. I dug it - a class ring with initials engraved inside (dont know what metal it was made of). I went to the library,found the yearbook for that school and found the name of the owner,then used phone book to find her. She had lost it 5 years earlier. She cried when my wife returned it to her.

 

[Gadget]

I've never found anything good under a VDI-8 (playground sand finds excluded), so good to know there's still hope for the lower ones.

Tom, I've noticed the ratty tone in Relic on occasion and had that figured out. Haven't tried the C/J trick yet. Will give that a go.

 

[Jackpine Savage]

Yup it will work in relic as well and some prefer that. The thing to remember is to set the disc to just start to eliminate whatever the bothersome trash is, not to silence it completely. The DD coil helps when you are down in that range of small tiny junk as it is not quite as responsive to it as the concentric.

Tom

 

[boxtopp]

I did dig one just lately in a friends front yard.
It was a iron nut sitting on top of wheatie.
Normally in relic mode iron gives a nulling sound, but with that
penny underneath the bolt it gave me a positive sound beeb.
Go to show you just never know unless you dig it.......Eric
Masking will do funny thing.

 

[gerber]

I haven't found anything at "0" either, and this is usually my litmus test about whether to dig or not. I notice that I get pull tabls sometimes that will register high in one direction, and then 0 in the other--this has always been trash. I have found gold at 6-8, so I still dig this range; but below this, I have yet to score anything other than trash. Of course, at the beach, I dig everything positive.

HH,

Dan

 

[ralph]

I forgot to mention that I was using a 2 x9 hotfoot coil (double D) from jimmy sierra.