Abandoned a good signal

[RobRieman]

I'm guessing a old galvanized pipe set in concrete from the old monkey bars. Yeah I've done that.

 

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[flakefinder]

Well my AT Stays pretty close to the VDI # on a coin or token unless it is getting toward the limit of the depth for the machine. Dimes are 81-82 95% of the time and quarters are 84-85. Pennies fluctuate a bit since you have the copper cents and the zinc cents. Also the older IH cents are different from the Lincolns. Nothing wrong with disagreeing with me as long as we can both agree that I am right LOL!

I have to agree , the VDI doesn't fluctuates much on a coin that Is 6 inches or less , but any deeper they will !

 

[Kodiak43351]

Did you lift the coil about 8to10 inches off the ground and still get a signal? If so it is something big. Not sure if someone asked you that yet. I get those signals all the time at old home sites. Found a nice broad ax head with a signal like that.

 

[relish]

I always raise my coil 6-12 inches over the target....if you still get a good strong signal , then it's probably a large piece of metal or can....also turn on your iron audio and listen to the response.....depends on the area you are searching....if it's old you may have a relic.....or CACHE.....dig and learn....good luck.

 

[lookindown]

Sorry Choppadude, but I'm going to have to disagree with you here. The chances of any good target below an inch or two staying within one or two VDI numbers is VERY slim with most VLF machines. Most of the coins I dig fluctuate up to ten VDI numbers or even more depending on the depth. The only time it stays right on is when I swing it over an unburied coin. Usually, if it spikes into the high tones, I dig it, if there aren't any other red flags. Sometimes it turns out I be a coin, other times it doesn't, but I can't leave a site knowing I could have left something behind. Just my $.02

The AT pro locks on to coins at depth...it wont change more than two numbers down to 8"...it wont change at all on coins 4 to 5 inches.

 

[lookindown]

I had a nice high tone on my atpro yesterday in a sand tot lot that read 6-8" down at medium sensitivity. The reading was 85 and sometimes flashing 90. After I dug 10" I turned the sensitivity up and nearly blew my headphones off and now read the max of 10" deep. I dug another 6" and was hitting roots and old dirt. I had to let it go for now but the signal was still strong. I was afraid It was going to turn out to be some old utility line. The community was only built in the 30's but was a hunting preserve back at the turn of the century. Should I go back to it or is it probably not a coin that deep?

Its a beer can....or a jar of silver coins.