XLT & 350 sniper coil

[Elton]

Took Xlt to older park," I knew pulltabs were a plenty". Hooked up 350
coil and started hunting.Lots of targets still came thru in the trash
zones.That was expected,pull tabs have been thrown there for years along with every other imaginable trash item. Managed to pull a couple of wheaties at about 4" between the trash. Thats the good part. Pulled zincs and new dimes..here's the part that puzzles me. I got about 10
good solid 82 hits.Each time I dug these they were pull tabs with the little tab bent over the round part.Tabs were a good 5 inches in depth
and everyone looked like a clone of the last tab that read 82. Any one
else found any of these tabs.Once out of the ground they read pulltab just fine.Low numbers and icon for pulltab.Is this a trait of the 350 coil, or a trait of that little tab bent over.Any advice would be appreciated just curious why a tab would read 82 in ground, and pulltab out of ground.

 

[Gunnar of bradford MN]

ITS THE DEPTH of the tab also when i find half of a tab it comes in as a nickle every time i use a m-6 but the depth sems to change the v.d.i for some reason

 

[Monte]

If I may, let me give some examples of a few of the instances I've dealt with in recent years, and I can assure you I've encountered them on many occasions in the over 4 decades I've been enjoying this great hobby. First some comments on your post:

"Managed to pull a couple of wheaties at about 4" between the trash. Thats the good part. Pulled zincs and new dimes..."... Personally, I favor the performance of the 4" coil on a slow-motion, quick-response model such as a Classic III SL, Classic ID or IDX Pro. Matter of fact, the 4" coil works so well on those models that I like to keep one so equipped at all times.

Now, I am not saying that they do not work okay on an XLT or an XL Pro (both moderate-to-faster sweep type models) because with proper set-up they can do just fine. I've found White's 4" coil, as well as those from other manufacturers on different model;s, to be a "must have" for my personal battery as they are excellent performers in dense trash, I especially like them in iron-littered sites!

"...here's the part that puzzles me. I got about 10 good solid 82 hits. Each time I dug these they were pull tabs with the little tab bent over the round part. Tabs were a good 5 inches in depth and everyone looked like a clone of the last tab that read 82."... So, that's actually a good thing because it shows you that the XLT was providing very consistent TID info from similar targets under the conditions you were encountering.

Did you notice if the zinc cents, 'wheaties' and newer dimes read slightly higher than these bent-over pull tabs?

If the pennies and clad dimes you found were all in the 4" or less depth range, and the bent-over ring-pulls were all at about 5", then it is possible that the depth of the targets played a little bit in their higher-than-expected TID read-out. However, it could also be due to:

 

[Elton]

Monte:
Thank you, and the other posters. First off let me state"You never ramble" you just give good solid advice and pass on lots of experience.
You were right on about the ground. saturated to about 2" and dry as a bone below that. I tried something else since this post. I tore off the little bend over and placed it back in the ground 3" in depth."Bingo" close to a proper reading.I know that it was a difference in original conditions but I wanted to see if the tab made a difference removed from the round part. It did. In conclusion I think the Xlt was seeing the target as bigger than a tab, so rang it up as a larger coin type item. I did watch the graph with the tab on more in right side of reading area...with out the tab more in the middle area of graph. The combination of the two parts making up the tab made it read very differently. I will be going back this weekend and will try your style of hunting and see how much it makes a difference. I am sure it will.
Thanks again for your post I really appreciate your time.
Elton