THE ATP CANT SEPERATE BETWEEN COINS AND SILVER/CLAD

[HenryWaltonJonesJr]

Zincolns 76...wheats, copper pennies and clad dimes 82...silver dimes 84.........clad quarters 88...silver quarters 90...things Ive dug that read the same as zincolns...silver rings, tokens, 1911 Canadian large cent, just to name a few.

This sounds exactly what I get here only the zincs can ring in from 75-79 and clad quarters ring in at 84-86.

 

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[lookindown]

This sounds exactly what I get here only the zincs can ring in from 75-79 and clad quarters ring in at 84-86.

Yeah, zincolns with corrosion will come in higher and lower than 76.

 

[CMan1]

If you can dig then dig it. The scrap is getting heavy and the items are increasing.
Coin jar getting full and waist line going down.

 

[david680]

Tone, tone, tone, then VDI. But if you are not willing to dig the "wrong" VDI, or just dig trashy signals, you are going to miss a lot. I wouldn't have dug 2/3 of the IHC's I dug this year if I went by VDI. And I would have missed a number of the silvers. I almost think if anybody ever asks me too help them pick a detector to start with, I'll recommend a machine with no VDI, just tones.

 

[Higgy]

I almost think if anybody ever asks me too help them pick a detector to start with, I'll recommend a machine with no VDI, just tones.

I still swear to this day that I have found more good targets with an old Tesoro than any new Fisher or Garrett that I have had. I cant remember the name of my old Tesoro now but it looked very much like the current Lobo, but it had a round coil and it wasn't a gold detector. Back then, that MD was a dream to use. It was light, well-balanced, and rugged. The more you swing, the more you find. Audio is everything. I'd love to see a top-end detector that is so audio excellent, that it becomes the new buzzword in our community.

Oh wait... we have one. Its called the Deus. I'll be getting one right after Christmas. My wife gets funny about anyone buying something for themselves before Christmas. No biggie. It aint like I'll be doing much ground-pounding with it right now anyway - its snowing right now as I type this.

 

[david680]

I still swear to this day that I have found more good targets with an old Tesoro than any new Fisher or Garrett that I have had. I cant remember the name of my old Tesoro now but it looked very much like the current Lobo, but it had a round coil and it wasn't a gold detector. Back then, that MD was a dream to use. It was light, well-balanced, and rugged. The more you swing, the more you find. Audio is everything. I'd love to see a top-end detector that is so audio excellent, that it becomes the new buzzword in our community.

Oh wait... we have one. Its called the Deus. I'll be getting one right after Christmas. My wife gets funny about anyone buying something for themselves before Christmas. No biggie. It aint like I'll be doing much ground-pounding with it right now anyway - its snowing right now as I type this.

I have the AT Pro now, but previous detector was a Bandido. Nothing fancy, you had to listen. Funny thing is, I generally run the AT Pro on Pro All Metal notching out anything below 35 or 40. And I listen. I like having the VDI, but I don't pay a whole lot of attention to it.

 

[John-Edmonton]

VDI numbers, as is audio, colors or anything else you want to extrapolate to the various changes the receiving coil observes are all just a probability, based on US coins and other typical targets common and sought after. These are programmed in a lab, under ideal conditions. Because there are so many existing variables from one matrix soil to another, EMI and many other mentioned variables, and the fact that countless junk mimics the same conductivity of good targets, there is only one way find out what's under that coil, and that is to dig it.

And after you dig thousands of junk targets, you begin learn how to distinguish large targets from small targets, shallow targets from deep ones and become sensitized to those nice soft whispers, which often times turn out to be the "BEST" targets. The best odds working for you are based on your experience using a machine. And I am talking about hundreds of hours.

"When you get to the point of learning your metal detector to the point where you tell it what's under that coil, not the other way around.....then you have mastered it well!"

 

[Professor of Engineering]

I think of the VDI numbers as a "best guess" reading. I listen to the tones and dig everything that sounds good. Unfortunately, many of the goodies we seek live among the trash.

 

[Sandman]

Listen to John...