What would you do?

[acasto]

Here's the scenario.

Location. 1885 school grounds with buildings from the 1920s still standing. Tons of old beaver tail pull tabs that hit in the 56 to 63 range.

Your tools. Fisher Gold bug pro and Teknetics Omega, 5"dd, 10"concentric and 11"dd coils.

Would you run the GB and the 5"coil? With every sweep you get 8-10 targets.
Run the Omega with the 5"coil and notch out pull tabs?
Run the Omega with the 10" coil and notch out pull tabs?
Run the GB and disc out up to 63 and miss all the nickels?
Something all together different?

I did find my first 1964 coin, a nickel, today using GB and 5" coil, but it was real slow going.

Thanks for any suggestions.

HH
Tony

 

[JimGilmore]

first off when you say swing I'm wondering how much you been using that GB with the 5"?
Go slow and just read the meeter... With that many targets I would try a very high setting go very slow and pull the high signals out. Ten start thinning the targets down....speed is not your friend.

 

[acasto]

Jim
Not sure what you mean, as I did not use the word swing. I did however use the word sweep, to indicate the movement of the coil.

Thanks for the input none the less.

 

[Big Boys Hobbies]

I would hit it with omega stock coil first. The G2 with 5" coil. I think I would dig the tabs.

 

[hershey1]

Set your Disc. at 80 yes 80 go through and get all the silver. Then if you want to go back and look for nickles and gold set your Disc. back to 40. Works for me and my G-2. HH

 

[acasto]

Thanks Bart and hershey, thats what I was looking for.


HH
Tony

 

[JimGilmore]

Well I did mis quote you when I said swing for sweep. The point here is that I have spent 6 months using the GB and the machine shines that you can just take the coil and sweep from side to side rather slowly and see each target .
But in a target rich enviornment you can set the disc high and pull targets that are good signals with ease. Then as you thin the targets lower the disc. to continue getting every coin there is.....The 5" coin does make this easier....
Most solid "58" will be nickles..often if it flips between "56",or "58","60" it will be pull tab parts or ring tab parts.
But my point is that you can go nice and slow and read all those targets.