F75/ Tip for identifying bottlecaps!

[bottlebum]

I'm not sure if this has been suggested before, nor do I know whether or not it has already been written

If you want to positively identify those pesky bottlecaps with the stock coil, try this.............

Sweep the coil across the suspected, cap signal , working forward until the signal is at the rear of the coil (the side of the coil that is closest to you) and then drag the coil back towards you and over the target, the full length of the coil. The resulting signal, if it is a bottlecap, will be a long, growl or grunt signal. If it is a coin or another good target, it will sound off with a short, positive signal.

Try it, it will work every time.

HH, bottlebum

 

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[tmanfromtexas]

Thanks BB. I will try that out next I get out. Does that work for both the old steel caps as well as the more modern day wino caps? TMAN...

 

[bottlebum]

Hey Tman,

Well, I was dissapointed today because I found out that it doesn't work with a cap that is sitting upside down. LOL!! Back to the drawing board.
I'm not sure about the aluminum screw caps.
HH, bottlebum

 

[tmanfromtexas]

Dont be to dissapointed. If it keeps folks from digging most of those damn things then its a great find in itself. I have also heard that if you think you have one under the coil stomp the ground. It supposedly breaks up the halo and you get a broken signal. i would rather try your idea then to stomp all over a park while detecting. That would be a site in itself. LOL. TMAN...

 

[bottlebum]

Dont be to dissapointed. If it keeps folks from digging most of those damn things then its a great find in itself. I have also heard that if you think you have one under the coil stomp the ground. It supposedly breaks up the halo and you get a broken signal. i would rather try your idea then to stomp all over a park while detecting. That would be a site in itself. LOL. TMAN...

I wish I had the energy to just dig it all. Could you imagine what a park would look like after digging every signal?

 

[Goldiver]

I will give that a shot in my bottlecap minefield. I am getting pretty good at telling the Bcaps, most of mine are really unstable signals that are not that deep. I usually dig em out anyway to clean up the area, this has gotten me some goodies too. I will dig all deeper unstable targets as they may be a good item next to something junk.

Thanks,
Steve