Ray in CA
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- Oct 11, 2007
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- Location
- Quincy, CA
- Detector(s) used
- Minelab Safari with SEF 8x6; coming soon: FORS Gold+
I have to take my mother to a doctor's appointment today, so this morning I drove to the next town over to get some coffee and on my way back decided I had a few minutes to detect a small strip of grass next to the old Masonic lodge in town. The building was erected in 1909, so I knew there had to be something still in the ground, and this morning proved that hunch.
This time, however, I learned for a certainty that the Safari's Target ID can, at times, truly lie to the operator. I got a choppy, jumpy +34 value on the screen, but my detector was humming that silver "flutey" tone that I've learned to listen for in all metal ferrous tone mode. And sure enough after digging out a 6" deep plug and scanning the bottom end, the target ID value jumped to +38...silver range!
I'm beginning to get the impression that the Safari is cleaning up after previous detectors one coin at a time, particularly in the 4-7" range.
HH,
Ray
This time, however, I learned for a certainty that the Safari's Target ID can, at times, truly lie to the operator. I got a choppy, jumpy +34 value on the screen, but my detector was humming that silver "flutey" tone that I've learned to listen for in all metal ferrous tone mode. And sure enough after digging out a 6" deep plug and scanning the bottom end, the target ID value jumped to +38...silver range!
I'm beginning to get the impression that the Safari is cleaning up after previous detectors one coin at a time, particularly in the 4-7" range.
HH,
Ray
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