To find the impossible find....

[Maryland Searcher]

I cant find the finds it tells me to find!!!

The ground is saturated with melted snow. I got in a few hours at a new site just up the road where an old house (1900's) and dairy was. I stomped around for a few and pulled a wheattie from under the clothesline and two memorials. Then it happened.

I started getting good signals of pennies and dimes and jewelry. I was using the jewelry and coin program. After digging deeper than it told me (by at least three inches on a 3.5" dig) nothing would show on the pinpointer. I sifted through all the dirt that I dug out and finally had the pinpointer go off but I sifted through all of the dirt and couldnt find a thing!

I even brought home the dirt the XLT was reading to put it in a container, wash and strain and settle. Right now I have still not found anything but the plastic container is still reading with my MDer and the pinpointer still acknowledges somethin is there! Maybe just suspended iron or something? I dont know.

Any help would be appreciated

 

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[Charlie P. (NY)]

Were you wearing a ring?

Sensitivity set too high?

I have found nichrome wire from broken lightbulbs are almost invisible to the eye but read like good targets. One site I hunt has summer carnivals and, apparantly, the bulbs get broken and disposed of but the wire remains

 

[TreasureTales]

Mineralized soil?

 

[Maryland Searcher]

I was thinking about mineralized soil also, but I get such a high reading it would be remarkable I think. I thought (since I am new to this) that the ground around here is saturated and has a lot of salt from the snow removal. I knew salt would mess with readings, but since the soil has been washed and rinsed so many times I figured that would remove it.
Ive also noted that the depth readings on my XLT have been underestimating themselves. I get half inch readings and dig until I reach about 3.5 or 4 inches. Nothing before that even with the pinpointer.

 

[TreasureTales]

You might try contacting the manufacturer for info. They have heard it all and can answer it all. Most maufacturers are very happy to help.

 

[bruizr]

try dragging a magnet around in the dirt. that would find any ferrous metal at least. bruizr

 

[Zincoln Miner]

what coil are you using(what size)?is it clean?did you do a d.c. phase reading on the soil?
is there bird shot in the soil?

I know water saturated ground bumps readings on my xlt.the water changes the conductivity profile of targets.

my 5.3 coil will pick up lead debri no bigger than a match head.

good luck call white's

 

[Maryland Searcher]

DC Phase reading? Not familiar with that. Newbie here. Just starting the learning curve on the XLT. Stock coil but planning to get a smaller one that will narrow down the targets a little better.
Today the ground is a little less saturated but not by much. Reading started to come down to the proper levels. Let me know what the DC Phase reading is and I will adjust accordingly to see if it helps.

Thanks for the support guys and gals!

 

[Zincoln Miner]

d.c. phase is an on/off pro option.it shows a vdi # reading for the soil during pinpoint.
do you have a coil cover,there maybe dirt that needs to be cleaned out.