First detector nokta Fors core

[justinfisch01]

So I have been in the market for my first detector and I was lucky enough to find a used Fors Core at an awesome price. I have been out a couple times and have been able to locate lots of stuff. Nothing great but but trash, rebar, bullets, casings, etc. I assume it's bc of the trashy places I am detecting but I get hits constantly...so many that I don't know what's worth digging. What kind of numbers are worth digging? Also on the Fors Core do the numbers that show up on the handle indicate depth or metal type? Some hits seem like I can never find the item when I dig. Seems like it's aways still in the hole...but my pinpointed can find it. Any machine specific help would be greatly appreciated

 

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[mtsheron]

As far as the handle TID reading you see it is the return hit on the conductivity. Unless you are pressing the trigger pin point button then it is registering the depth in cm. What values are what? Well that depends on the object and in the manual it gives a rough guide for a few coins in both the US and Euro. If you bought used like you stated and a manual did not come with the detector you can go to Nokta and download it from their site and print it out.

I don't care too much for focusing on TID values rather than listen to tones only. Purely a audible hobby to me. Once you get time under your belt detecting those audibles make more sense on when to dig or not. The pure growl grunty tone is ferrous junk I say! Well, not always depending on what your target is. Coins are solid and relics like that made of iron and metals that rust will yield grunty tones and you have to know the area your hunting to know if grunts are worth digging. If you are near a battle site with severely rusted metals of historical significance then those grunts you may dig and come up with a nice find. Coins and precious metals will yield solid hard tones. Gold will be a mid tone for the most part and silver yield higher tones. Copper pennies I have been uncovering are yielding a 83-84 usually TID with a solid hard hit of a mid-high tone.

Good luck! BTW- If you hunt a lot of trashy sites you may want to invest in the small coil for sure. It also allows one to get into tight spaces.