Calling Silver

[HunterMF]

My Ace 250 is pretty accurate but it seems to read silver when in fact it's a rusty nail. I adjusted the sensitivity on it, but it seems to read silver every few hits. Is this common?

 

[John-Edmonton]

The electronics on a metal detector are programmed to ID a target which is coin sized. A large target or tiny one may not read accurately. All detectors have to deal with this issue. It's not that the detector read the target wrong, it's a case of the nail has the same conductivity as silver and that's what the detector read it as. This is normal and is common with all of us. As you get more proficient using your detector, you will learn the little tricks (not in the detector manual) which help identify junk.

 

[HunterMF]

Thanks John. I started to realize that certain nails/objects are giving certain signals and there are little things I'm getting used to. I appreciate the help!