When is a pulltab not a pulltab?

[togamac]

I spent an hour and a half on my favorite lake sandbar today and dug a lot of pulltabs. They come in at a solid 56/58. There were so many that I considered not digging them after awhile. What have you guys and gals found besides pulltabs when your VDI is showing 56-58??

 

[mudslingers8]

Silver Bracelets, Silver necklaces, gold rings, pull-tabs & Junk!

Mudslinger

 

[TheGeorgiaCanuck]

Consider yourself lucky, I dig pulltabs and I get ones with 6 different numbers. Ranging from 38 to 78. And that includes the 3 old types.

 

[artman60]

I gotta agree with the Georgia Canuck, I've found them from 51 up to mid 70's. At certain area I will stop digging specific numbers if I find it's always the same thing. At a sports field I hunt (found my first two gold rings ever, there with the Pro) a 43 is always the foil top to a creamer that comes from the donut shop. I did dig a hundred or so before I stopped digging them, found nothing else at 43 there. the gold rings came in at a 45, and a 46, so I may be cheating myself by not digging the 43's, but too many of them there. Artie

 

[TheGeorgiaCanuck]

Sorry I meant 48-78. 38 is either foil, tiny gold or iron.

 

[mudpuppy]

Yeah, what TheGeorgiaCanuck and Artie said...those tabs do tell you a lot, the older ring style beavertails are older, so they should not be there if somebody detected the place...listen to the softer high 30's and low 40 signals where a gold chain can hide...its a soft signal that does not hold on when you raise the coil. Of course so does little bits of thin foil...The modern square Sta-tabs mean there were girls there...guys dont tear tabs off cans, only girls and kids...so if theres a lot of tabs, you are in the place for the small 2gram rings, bracelets, earrings etc...also if there are plenty of tabs, there had to be plenty of guys around there too, so now you are looking for the heavy chains and rings as well! Oh the Horror! if you are gold hunting you gotta be in those 40's on up...a few of the guys did some great videos back when everybody got started with these pros...plenty of tabs in the water is a good sign, theres gotta be some gold in there hidden and protected by them...Good Luck!
Mud

 

[grumpysrb]

Most pull tabs I have found come in at 52/53 and don't sound as solid as a coin normally would, so I don't dig that number in trashy areas, unless it sounds different. Beaver tail tabs I have found to come in very differently depending on whether the ring is attached or not. A 67/68 if attached, around 46/48 if not and have found just the ring part at 53/55. You just have to dig everything or pick and choose. Or you can dig for sure targets, and go back over the area and dig iffy targets. After picking out coins the first time you can concentrate on more difficult good targets.

 

[Johnny Cache]

I got out for the first time in a loong time today. I went to a baseball diamond to hunt for a lost wedding ring lost by a friend of a friend, white gold with diamonds. I am primarily a coin shooter, and never hunt sports fields. Those pull tabs are truly a nightmare lol! I was thinking of asking the same question as togamac, I was quite frustrated. I don't know if I could dig nothing but pull tabs all day. I didn't find the ring lol...

 

[grumpysrb]

The ring most probably would have sounded and had a vdi much different than a pull tab. I'd go back, using your smallest coil. If it is there I'm sure you can find it. I like to start at the edge of the court and work my way around, moving a rod length further away with each pass.

 

[gregp]

When you dig it up and say,"huh, that's not a pull tab." That's my experience anyway.

 

[TheGeorgiaCanuck]

Drop your sensitivity to the 2nd notch, then you won;t go much deeper than 2-3" The ring shouldn't be that deep at all.