What do war nickels ring up as one the Fisher F-2?

[coinman123]

I just got the Fisher F-2, and I was wondering what war nickels ring up as on it (VDI and item ID. I do not have any war nickels, but I do have pages of BU 90% silver coins .





Thanks.

 

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[mr helton]

I just ran mine over a pile of war nickels with my F2 for you. It locked itself at a strong "37". Hope this helps!

 

[RobRieman]

I think he was talking about a single war nickel Mr Helton so he knew the VDI in case he would swing over one. A pile of anything will give a different reading than a single coin. .

 

[mr helton]

Oh sorry I've only been metal detecting for a week and didn't know that.

A single clean war nickel on the grass with 6 inches of air between it and the detector bounces back and forth from 6 to 37-39 and reads "foil" when low and "nickel" when high. I buried it 5" deep and it did the same thing but also jumped to around 17-18 and still said "foil" at that range.

Numbers might be different when the coin has been sitting there getting corroded and leaking into the nearby soil. Not sure.

 

[RobRieman]

Good job! The soil will make a big difference in your readings for sure. I was in a ball field yesterday that they just scraped about 6 inches of top soil off to redo the turf and the wheat cents were ringing up like silver dimes and quarters. It was driving me crazy with the high mineralized soil.