pipesmoke

[pipesmoke]

Any tips for setting Whites V3i to find silver. 99% of the coins I dig are clad. Did find a 1935 walking liberty half, I think it was dumb luck !

 

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[luvsdux]

I you're finding clad you should find silver, that is, if it's there. it's been fifty years since silver coins were minted. That's a long time for detectorists to find them and there isn't any renewal.
luvsdux

 

[Carolina Tom]

Dumb luck is awesome.

It's not the machine (or settings) as much as it I the spot. If you are finding clad, then you will find silver, IF it is at the place that you are hunting.

 

[Charlie P. (NY)]

The biggest trick is to hunt where there are silver coins. So far there has not been a detector constructed with the feature that points you to just those sites.

Maybe in Long Range Locators?

 

[pipesmoke]

Thanks , I'll try harder. Maybe even read the manual again !

 

[Charlie P. (NY)]

Point being a detector doesn't know one metal from another. It's just a device that measures relative resistivity and conductivity in relation to the surrounding soil with parameters set to favor flat & round coin shaped objects. EXCEPT iron, ferric minerals, cause a negative phase shift while other metals - lead, gold, silver, aluminum, cause a positive phase shift. A clad quarter of 93% copper 8% nickel looks JUST like a 90% silver 10% copper "silver" quarter to a detector.

Better detectors will have better programming and decision making circuits, but they still don't know silver from clad when it comes to dimes and quarters.