At what point would you discriminate out pennies?

[swizzle]

I have an X-terra 30 and I can discriminate out zinc pennies and still pick up wheaties and indians. An X-terra 70 should be able to do the same. Swizzle

 

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[Shortround]

Pennies make dimes and dimes make dollars! Besides, I love to dig pennies. I would never disc them out.

 

[Woody14]

NEVER! Heck even some of the newer pennies could be the mother load
Such as the 1955 double die'd date. Good condition $825.
So you never know, get em all

 

[swizzle]

The chance of getting a double die in the field isn't all that great. I think I've seen one post in the last 5 or 6 years where a guy found a double die. And how many of the newer zinc double dies would even be worth picking up in the wet sand, which is primarily where I hunt. I always hunt for double dies by picking up rolls at the bank and searching them with a good magnifying glass. The roll coins will always be in better condition then the ones I've seen come out of the wet sand after only 2 or 3 years of being tossed around by the waves. I'm not condemning anyone for digging up pennies. I'm more concerned with spending the extra digging time to improve my chances of uncovering a pocket of dimes and quarters or even an extra ring by the days end. We have a Walmarts that sells 25 or more detectors a year and it seems like they all hit the closest beach which is 20 minutes away. There's definately competition in the area for finds and the pennies may help to slow them down enough so that they miss the sweet spots I'm looking for. I'm not a speed hunter and I like to cover a decent amount of ground whenever I get a chance. If I was in the woods searching around a cellar hole then I would definately dig the penny signals. I guess its a matter of preferance and location. This year they are draining the lake down to fix the dam and I want to maximize the time I get out to play. It might not be this low again for another 77 years. Swizzle

 

[warsawdaddy]

At The Point of No Return!

 

[Stainless Steet Rat]

I get readings of 55 to 68 for zinc pennys with most of them reading 62-65. I get high 50s on those thin(corroded) zincs so I don't ever notch them out I just ignore the signal if I am getting a lot of thin ones. Pull tabs are what I get tired of diggin but I like rings and nickels so I just can't ignore them.

 

[Jack(IN)]

Never, larger gold rings

also hit in the penny range, hate to discriminate a zinc and the fellow behind me dig a mans gold ring!!

 

[eathabs]

Never, they all add up.

 

[MEinWV]

You really can't scrim em out! Unless you just hate to dig holes!

 

[DFX-SE Gregg]

Obviously this is a choice for you to make. I dig pennies because I keep a log and want to find over 5500 coins this year. The problem is even the wheats I find are usually in crappy condition. But the problem with skipping them is the penny may be part of a coin spill! There may be quartes, dimes, rings with it.

 

[rayray3]

Funny this was brought up.

I did just this very thing today at a park. This park must have never been hunted. I couldn't take 1 step without finding 3-5 coins. I found so many pennys I decided to pass on em. The dates on all the coins were newer than 1975. It was raining light so i didn't have much time as i though, So i just went to the silver. I found more quarters than dimes and nickles. Pennys were on the surface many times I just gave up and went for the good stuff. Ended up with $5 bucks in change in less than two hours and I still didn't get em all.

So if its all newer change and your time is constrained, i think then as i did today, would discriminate pennies. I wouldn't do it if i had all the time in the world.

 

[rcasi44]

My first 14k man's band read as a zinc penny, around 57 on my MXT. My avatar ring which is really big also was in this range. I don't like the zincs but still dig them. Rob

 

[Ima Swinger]

Don't knock the aluminum cans....they're worth 1 1/2 pennies right now.

 

[Ray S ECenFL]

Personal choice.. My two cents worth:
If you are hunting a area that may have older coins, dig the pennies. If no olde coins are being found and tons of pennies, then that is the personal choice. Quite often I will pass up the pennies in an area that will not produce older coins, but if my XLT says penny/dime I will dig it. Have found silver ring that showed up as penny/dime. If it says bottle cap/penny, most likely I will not dig it unless it is very slow day.

Just my two cents...

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