low tone question. ..

[Adamsr0522]

Hi all
I'm hoping someone can shed some light on something for me.

My house is about 100 years old and we have a dirt basement. My question is there is one location, not easily accessible that emits a very solid, constantly repeatable low tone.
It doesn't matter which setting is used the time always remains the same.

Would you guys try to recover what ever is there or is it likely nothing?

 

[RobRieman]

How are you able to swing a coil if it's not accessible to dig?

 

[Adamsr0522]

I can get the coil under the wood Shelf

 

[Adamsr0522]

There is old shelving unit in the basement.
It's got about 6 inches of access. Plenty for the coil but not for digging unless I move it.

 

[RobRieman]

Might be a lead pipe. What does a low tone typically indicate on your MD?

 

[Adamsr0522]

Normally nickel, pull tab ( which tend to give a very similar time, only broken) or gold ( have found one gold ring)
I actually found a lead bar in the basement last month. That did give a similar time but again, that one was broken as well.

 

[G.A.P.metal]

Metal Detectors don`t work well in side, so hard to tell

 

[Adamsr0522]

Too cold and snowy outside!
We are trapped here.

 

[bevo]

go 4 it!!!!!

 

[cudamark]

Make sure nothing is on the shelf or slightly above it (like a nail, thumb tack, etc). A detector will find metal above the coil as well as below it. If the shelf area is clean, go for digging that signal!

 

[tngirl]

It would drive me crazy til I dug it, lol.

 

[Tom_in_CA]

I agree with cuda-mark. I bet it's just something to either side, or above the coil. Based on the image you're portraying (of a very cramped area, barely able to swing, etc...), I bet you are merely hearing the edges of something at the nose of your coil (the wall, chicken mesh in the plaster, etc...), or above the coil, etc....

 

[Adamsr0522]

I'm going to take the majority vote and leave whatever it is there.

Just to much effort needed to move the shelving unit.

Thanks everyone

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[cudamark]

Try using a pin pointer. You can get a lot closer to a wall or other obstruction and it won't sound off until you get a lot closer to the target.

 

[Adamsr0522]

That's the only accessory I'm lacking at this point. .

But at some point I will revisit this.
When the wife isn't looking! !

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[ivan salis]

if you by your own statement --you found a lead bar (broken) in the basement before that gave off a low tone sinilar to the sound your hearing "under the shelf" it might just be he other part of said lead bar -- that was there pre shelf being built over it

winter time boredom aka as "cabin fever" (when you can't go outdoors ,and do stuff) is the pits isn't it ?--it makes you want to do crazy struff --like dig up your basement looking fopr gold -- sounds like you got a bad case it.--- CRHing has been known to help.

 

[cudamark]

On my machines, lead reads a lot higher than gold/pulltabs/foil. When I'm at the beach, sinkers read up around the zinc penny/indian cent are slighly lower.