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What you might be missing by ignoring soft scratchy sounds.

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TheGeorgiaCanuck

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Went out today to the park where I got the George VI silver dime last week with the AT-Pro. Tromped into the woods and started swinging. In the middle of an area with weeds and light leaves/straw I got a faint soft scratchy signal, but I could barely hear a tiny high tone. Dug down in the soft loamy dirt 3" then swung my coil over the target again. The signal was LOUD and clear, high tone 80-81 signal, dig down some more and pinpointed with my propointer. Pulled a 1951D wheat cent coated in black grunge.

Now normally I used to pass these signals up because 75% of them usually turn out to be a TINY nail or wire. But you can't know that till you dig it. Ended up digging 3 more of these types of signals today. Got these coins, 1957 wheat, 1940 GVI penny, and a 1943 GVI penny.

I don't know why the top layer of soil seems to mask some coins, but once you move a few inches of dirt the signal spikes.

Just a tip from me for today. Dig those quiet iffy signals, you never know what you might be passing up.
 
I dig all those signals. Usually they are bits of wadded up foil at 6"+ I did get lucky yesterday at the park though. I came across a rather mid / high tone that was wicked scratchy. Numbers were all over the place. When I pinpointed, it said it was up to 8" deep. Now I've pulled silver and indians that deep at this particular spot so I had high hopes of a silver. I dug out a 5" plug and ran the pro-pointer inside the hole and the target was close by. Dug out some dirt and noticed a very very small silver plated whatzit. I ran it in front of the coil and it gave a jumpy mid tone. Before I closed up the hole, I ran the pro-pointer again. There was another signal about 2" deeper in the hole. Dug out more dirt and spotted a nickel. Turned out to be a Buffalo nickel that I missed. I've pounded this little area in the park more than 30 times. Deepest nickel I ever dug :) Just goes to show ya, those wacky sounds on the machine, sometimes they will be multiple targets in the hole and maybe one of the targets is a keeper :)
 
Good information, guys, and congrats on reeling in the sweet oldies that the others missed!
 
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