My Fisher F22 will not pick up IHP's in coin mode.

[Mojave1]

It will pick them up in artifact mode. It does pickup wheaties though. I wonder if there other detectors do this in coin mode?

 

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[digger27]

It will pick them up in artifact mode. It does pickup wheaties though. I wonder if there other detectors do this in coin mode?

It is acting perfectly.
Look at the table in late 16 of the manual online.
In coin mode zinc is in but the next level down, (#4, aluminum), is a bass tone...guess where the Indians are coming in?
If you are listening for an aluminum, zinc or higher tone in coin mode swinging over one of these you will be out of luck.
That area that says aluminum is just a general reference, the composition of the Indians come in here too and they ain't made of aluminum.
Any other programs like relic or jewelry the coin, all coins, will be noticed.
Wheaties come in high like copper cents and dimes so all modes pick them up.

Me, I used an F2 and rarely notched out anything but iron...take no chances, I say.
I might not dig everything all the time but I want to know about most everything I am swinging over so I can make that choice.
Found a ton of coins and a shocking amount of silver and gold jewelry with the thing hunting that way.

You need to learn about what metals come in where a little better.
look at the positions, this should give you a good idea.

 

[eman1000]

The 1st coin I found with my F22 was an Indian. If your hunting in a spot that could produce old coins I would recommend using either jewelry or Artifact mode. The Jewelry is a little hotter IMO on coins or better yet Artifact mode in the iron and dig anything that jumps into the coin/gold range or better yet use your Mojave in the iron it will be way better at unmasking good targets.

I can't remember the VDI on Indians on the F22 but they have always been a little strange. (Other have documented this as well) It may hit in the zinc range or lower. I remember the few I found at an old site were right on the surface so It was pretty easy for me.

 

[Mojave1]

The 1st coin I found with my F22 was an Indian. If your hunting in a spot that could produce old coins I would recommend using either jewelry or Artifact mode. The Jewelry is a little hotter IMO on coins or better yet Artifact mode in the iron and dig anything that jumps into the coin/gold range or better yet use your Mojave in the iron it will be way better at unmasking good targets.

I can't remember the VDI on Indians on the F22 but they have always been a little strange. (Other have documented this as well) It may hit in the zinc range or lower. I remember the few I found at an old site were right on the surface so It was pretty easy for me.

They are showing at 48-49 on F22

 

[atomicscott]

The IH penny I found with my X-Terra 505 ID'ed as a zinc penny. Maybe coin mode notches out zincolns on the F22?

 

[Clad2Silver]

I've dug a few Indians with my AT Pro and they ring up as Wheaties......sometimes the same as and sometimes one number less than copper pennies.

 

[Slingshot]

On my F22 IHP's ring in anywhere in the 44 - 49 range. To get IHP's in coin mode just notch in target icon 4, which is notched out from the factory, while in coin mode.

 

[Charlie P. (NY)]

I don't trust "modes" - even in my F-75. And none of the icons in any detector. They'd need a thousand different icons for all the buried bits in the soil. Hang around on the "What Is It?" forum to see what is out there.

The presets and modes adjust the parameters to respond to typical coin sizes, shapes, and compositions. Old bronze Flying-Eagle and IH Cents, small fractional silvers, and other non-standard coins are outside those parameters. I like to search with no mask or notch and just a hair of iron discrimination and see what the TDI says.