No problem exahab. If it helps any, here is some more VDI info that I came across on last weekend's run at a local Middle School:
Ground conditions: Mostly low/cut grass on flat terrain with moist dirt (not muddy, just moist). With a short hill overlooking track/baseball field (found a bunch of clad on the hill, most likely from people sitting watching games)
Coil: 5" Teknetics SharpShooter
Settings: 70 sensitivity, Discrimination dialed up to 16 to eliminate big iron, D3 on tones (just my preference), Frequency 1
VDI Findings:
56-58
Clad Nickel spot on each and every time. If its solid its 99.9% a nickel. Had a few that deviated down to 54 when doing a walk around the target and those ended up being foil.
78-81
Zincolns. If I'm in an area that is not turning up old trash or older type finds, I avoid digging these numbers; but, if I'm in an older area or an area with history definitely dig them because I have popped up (2) Indian heads in this range before. Otherwise, very good chance of it being a Zincoln.
82-83
Copper Lincolns. So far each time I get a solid 82 or 83, it has been a Copper Lincoln and possibly a Wheatie. Didn't hit any Wheaties this past weekend; but, when I have they are usually 82s or 83s solid. I would also have the occasionally jump up to 84.
84-86
Dimes and varying other items. Anytime I get an 85/85/86 its a definite dig. I usually pull up clad dimes; but, have in the past pulled up my silver mercury finds and silver rosies in the 84/85 range. About a month ago I popped up a nice little silver ring which was showing a solid 86. I do also get the occasional copper penny jump up into the dime range; but, its a jump and if you do a circle sweep around the target you will see that it mostly stays by the 82/83 range.
90-92+
Quarters. Had a great hunt in terms of quarters. Managed to pop up 54 quarters to my surprise (was a 4 hour hunt). It was pretty much take a few steps and bang...solid 90/91/92 and another quarter. Did have some higher 90s show up and found that either I was retrieving can slaw or a pocket spill. I reached the conclusion of automatically digging solid hits from the range of 82+ because even though I find my share of can slaw, etc in the end the percentages are in my favor of pulling up clad or possibly silver.
Hope that helps..post up your findings with configuration
Below are two wheats, two silver rosies and a merc that I found with the Omega about a month back. Wheats were solid 82/83 and rosies/merc were solid 84/85
