Would you dig an 11-18/20 signal ?

[squirrel1]

Went back to a spot I've pounded. I have to admit I haven't dug all of the junk signals or signals that usually only produce junk/tabs. The ground is getting dry here again and in this spot my CTX was running qt 31 in auto sensivity for the longest time in this nail pit. I had actually been in an adjacent field of this old home site and found one button, one small pistol ball, and one chewed up portion of a memorial cent and one small item identity unknown. So the sun started getting pretty hot so I ventured back in the shady home site. Didn't really expect to find anyhting. It has already given up 10 silver dimes(1 seated), 2 nickels(1 war
and 1 liberty) , 1 silver wedding band, junk metal locket, womans watch face with crystal still intact, and 30 wheat pennies. I struck a signal that read 11-18 one way and 11-20 the other and appeared to be around 5 inches. So I stuck the shovel in and turned over the plug and scanned with the detector and got a screaming 12-45. Ran the pinpointer in a little ways and out jumped a 1917 merc dime. Still curious on what I initially heard and ran the pinpointer deeper into the plug and walla a 39 nickel. I didn't find anymore targets/iron in the plug. Just goes to show you how the silver can be mask and digging a junk signal can have its benefits.

 

[Porschephile]

Would not have dug it. The depth was only reason to dig it. Pull tabs usually dont sink that low in my soil.

Congrats!!

 

[jtram]

I dug a 12-18 the other day at an old house site and it was a tower button. I am just learning and didn't know any better on the numbers but the signal was solid. So I guess a blind hog can find an acorn when they don't know any better.

Good finds and thanks for the information

 

[grouser]

really have learned that it is wise to dig ALL solid signals in a area thought to have old targets there (like an 1800's house),,,, around the trash can in a park,,,, mayby not,,,,, congrats on your hunt !!!

 

[Guvner]

I pulled a 2 war nickels out with an Etrac that if memory serves were 12-19 hunting in 2 tone ferrous about 2 months ago... I never looked on a chart to see where they were supposed to fall but that was where they were on the same day... Was hunting a on old courthouse and they were over 5 inches deep so I dug them...

G..

 

[Guvner]

Just looked at the CTX chart... Says 12-14. Not sure why I got those numbers but I did and I'll dig them again at that courthouse...

 

[sube]

My advice to anyone here if your swinging and not digging your not finding. The only way to find something is to Dig .Would i have dug that # no because i dig all 12.10 to12.15 and 12.30 to 12.50 i can't dig everything but as you can see you were rewarded for digging good find Squirrel 1 .sube

 

[ironman200081]

I must admit, I have never had junk mask a silver coin down that low.

Digging that pull tab signal is site dependant for me. At my CW sites where there is little modern trash, I will always dig 12-18/20. In most other sites, I will only dig if the depth is 5 inches or more (mostly more).

There is one spot that I hunt that was a CW skirmish ground and then later a public park. a 12-20 can be a small round ball, or more often, a pull tab. I dig based on depth at this place.

Of course, we all should always dig 12-18/20 signals because they could be gold. The folks who dig the most pull tabs also find the most gold.

 

[Big Boys Hobbies]

If it is a solid AUDIO hit it is hard for me to pass on anything but iron. I always wonder what it could have been so I dig them.

 

[mtwolf2270]

I never would dig those prior to my ctx my war nickels have hit 11 18 and 11 20 so i dig almost all repeatable in that range normal nickel and all the other coin border ranges. On home sites I dig ll repeatable because of gold falling all over the scale a park or school way more selective for me.