Discrepency Question

[Narthoniel]

Howdy,

I have my new Excal 2, and am loving it. Before I had this detector, I had a Whites Prism 3, and with it, I found many good targets that read as Iron(earrings, rings, etc.). Taught me very fast to dig each and every target, and not use discrepency. Now that I have a top of the line detector, I am wondering if I should continue to dig each and every target, even if it reads as Iron. I am not sure if the quality of the machine will work better to discern Iron and other metals, since obviously the Whites did not do so well in that reguard.

Thanks for the input,
Anthony

 

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[Dixie Digger]

hello Anthony,iv owned 3 Excal's and now have the Excal ll and like it very well! i do not dig Iron targets,im after GOLD! if you run it with Disc ON but set at 0 it will null on Iron.i dig by tone's..and the lower tones is where the Gold comes in.but if you want to dig clad and copper and silver,then id dig all tones.but if you relic hunt and Iron is important then run in all metal and dig all targets. DD

 

[jeff of pa]

I have the sovereign which is the same as the Excalibur
only for land.

I dig some Iron targets & 99% are Iron but 1% have turned out to be
everything from Silver coins to Small Diamond Engagement Rings.
mixed with iron targets. (nails Mainly) . in almost all cases of this happening
I heard the Good Target in the bad one.
but it's not fool Proof. Edges of Some Iron can give good signals also.

There is no Fool Proof detector

 

[Narthoniel]

Thank you for the input. I am also looking for the gold, but last night I had a solid coin signal, and when I dug it, I found it to be a large silver ring. I have heard you can hear gold and silver with an excal, and I hope to learn the tones well enough myself. Im not sure if I should lay off coins and skip them, or just dig it all. I do like that nice pile of clad that I have accumulating.

 

[Treasure_Hunter]

If you start skipping what you think are coins your going to miss a LOT of good jewelry, other then pennies clad quarters, dimes and even nickles will sound almost the same as silverand some gold rings.

Not all gold will have the low tone we hope to hear.....Sound depends on the additional base metal they are mixed with..........

 

[SamsSon]

All detectors reach a COIN/RING depth of false signals. This depth may be at 4 inches or as deep as 9.

You can even prove this by air tests.

Simply move a silver coin out from the coil until the tone changes. The DD coils are less noticeable because they have less of a cone shaped signal (more side-to-side). This can really be pronounced with a mono coil.

Many deep silver coins will sound a lot like iron trash. This can happen without any real trash nearby. The layers of mineralized soil over the coin cause this false reading. This same thing holds true for gold.

If you have a good back and don't mind digging---digging all questionable signals is a good idea. By questionable I mean those that tend to break up slightly with maybe a hint of high coin sound, etc.

 

[neilo]

When you are using the Excalibur in disc mode it will not blank out all iron. Deep iron targets which the machine cannot acurately identify will initially give a good signal. But as you dig down to this target and get closer to it it will recognise it and blank it out. This is a safety feature of the machine to make sure you dont miss deep targets. When I use my Excalibur I turn discrim on but set to the minimum setting. Run the sensitivity in manual. Set this by gradually increasing sensitivity until you get false signals then back it off to the point they just stop. In manual sensitivity the machine detects much deeper than in auto. Listen out and dig all very low signals that sound like alfoil. Some chains and thin gold rings sound just the same. With the disc mode set to minimum dig all signals regardless. seeya Good hunting Neilo