After work Friday - question on why no nickels

[log2lumber]

Quick stop at a park after work, needed a little relaxation before heading home. The park is near work in Detroit. I only covered a small area maybe 20 x 20. So many signals it took 3.5 hours. Probably never been hunted. Most of the stuff was 2 inches or less below the ground

Got my first key and first spoon ever.
8 quarters, 2 dimes, 44 pennies $2.64
Part of a utility knife
Costume jewelry - a giant P with crystals, part of an earring, a thin bangle.

I am stumped why I did not find any nickels, I am going to bring some I found before and test how they sound and read there. I never got a nickel reading.

I did find junk too which is not pictured - 2 plastic lighters, bottle caps x many, some wire , a phone charger, and various metal pieces.

Love my Garrett AT Pro and pinpointer.

 

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[Argentium]

That's a bit odd - that you would get the high conductors but no nickels - were there any pulltabs ?

 

[villagenut]

Maybe nobody ever lost a nickel there.

 

[wkrp43]

Got em notched out?

 

[bigfoot1]

someone likley cherry picked gold range tones.at pro is a nickle magnet

 

[WHADIFIND]

Yep, they gotta be there before one can find 'em. But, your taking some samples along is the single best way to learn what might be different there.

WTG!

 

[Msbeepbeep]

Any pop tops or bottle caps?

Like they said probably, notched out, hiding under something, or not there.

Nice bunch of finds!

 

[SGT Claddy]

Log2lumber on the garret AT pro nickels come up at 51 -52

 

[ivan salis]

if you got "pull tabs" notched out ...you will not find nickles or some gold items either...since all 3 items --pull tabs , nickles and some gold items basically fall in the same detection zone .."range"..

 

[Evolution]

Strange that you wouldn't have a nickel signal. Whenever I hunt a park more than half of the signals I get are nickel signals. Everything rings up near there.

 

[BigWaveDave]

looks like your on a good spot.... stick with it!

 

[Subterranean]

Run it on full sensitivity in the Pro all metal option, and you will dig nickles. As said by Sgt. Claddy, ATPro's VDI for Jefferson nickles is 51-52, (undamaged) Lincoln cents usually 75-80, dimes 80-81, quarters 84-87, for the most part on modern clad. They will be there, have fun digging. Sub

 

[log2lumber]

no pulltabs

 

[log2lumber]

I run pro zero, iron 37. nothing notched out. I don't find may nickels anywhere.

 

[The Aluminum Monster]

I run pro zero, iron 37. nothing notched out. I don't find may nickels anywhere.

Your post got me thinking. I have all the clad I found in the last four or five days piled on my bar.

$11.75 in quarters

$4.30 in dimes

$.81 in pennies (I think my beach got seeded)

$.20 in nickels

I've never found a buffalo, shield or V nickel. I think ten or eleven war nickels.

Huh. I don't find many nickels either.

 

[david680]

I run pro zero, iron 37. nothing notched out. I don't find may nickels anywhere.

Well, your settings are right to get nickels. Do you dig everything?

 

[log2lumber]

I dig everything that sounds solid

 

[creade]

Weird ,maybe it was cherry picked . You should at least get a pulltab. On the pro, it can vary ,if it's a newer one ,it's usually always a 53. I've had Nickles 50-53, buffalo being the 50-51 range. Good job

 

[CoinandRelicMan]

I vote for cherry picked all-ready

 

[Evolution]

If it were cherry picked you would find the nickels and the high signals would be gone.