xterra 70 on pennies

[1goldsniper]

Hello,
As with others I am just learning the xterra 70. It hates to find the newer pennies. With the high coil they read 32 but one has to work to get a consistant signal out of them.I am sure it is an operator error but haven't located what I am doing wrong yet.
Quarters-42
Sacajwea dollar-42
are all goood solid signals except the cheap new pennies.
Any thoughts?

 

[Macaco]

I hate clad pennies. I rate them up there with pull tabs and bottle caps.

If the x-terra ingnores zincs then that is just another factor in its favor in my opinion.

How is it on solid copper pennies?

 

[plugger]

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[gsitexas]

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[Monte]

also read almost identical to the modern zinc cent. Given good conditions, only the newer, pre-zinc Lincoln's read higher (those from the early/mid-20's thru 1981 and some 1982.

Challenging ground environment and/or masking targets can affect ALL TID readings so you have to make sure you understand what responses you're getting from a particular site before you put trust in the display readings. It doesn't matter what make or model detector you're using.

Monte

 

[Digger]

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