Why do they signal so high?

[Jason in Enid]

I braved the cold weather today and got to meet wildbill for a hunt. Old park that I know has some silver hiding in it. Very last target was coming in as a dime at 9 inches on my E-Trac. I dug down six and it was still in the hole. I dug down to 8 inches and it signal right under my pinpointer. I could already see the silver rim in my mind. 9 inches deep... perfect dime reading... aluminum tax token! Why the heck do these things register so high and get my hope up like that?

It was still a fun hunt, but I won't be happy until I pull more silver from there. I was really hoping WildBill would find one today.

 

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[Digginbingo]

tax tokens are cool. but I know the feeling

 

[PikesPeakCharlie]

Everytime I find one,I just tell myself,,,, if it had been a saloon token ,I would have found it !! ,,,, bout all ya can do

 

[BuckleBoy]

I don't know. My lifestyle is digging everything that reads foil or higher.

But I do really like your avatar photo.


-Buckles

 

[ivan salis]

its due to how a metal detector "reads" what its found -- via "electrical conductivity " -- you see differant metals have differant levels of electrical conductivity -- however some metals "mimic" one another -- a pull tab made of aluminum has just about the same amount of "electrical conductivity" as a gold ring * -- a squashed deep aluminum can has about the same amount as a silver 50 cent peice -and a aluminum tax token from the 30's about the same as a silver dime -- some folks actually collect those tokens and might trade you a silver dime for it --so not a total loss.

the depth guide is also "guessing" being it set up for coin sized items -- bigger items might read as "shallower' and small stuff as "deeper" than the actual range .

basically the machine is make a semi educated "guess" based upon its programing that this "reading" means this and that reading means that. --some machines are better "guessers' than others --and often they cost more $$$

 

[Lookin]

Tax token is better than can slaw!

 

[Jason in Enid]

Tax token is better than can slaw!

Yes that is true!

The strange thing is that a similar sized peice of can slaw would ring much lower on the VDI scale. I think it may have to do with the fact that it's round with a hole in the middle. The E-Trac seems to have a real love for things with that shape. Has anyone else noticed this?

 

[shanegalang]

I recently dug a 30s era tax token. It was in an area where we find a lot of civil war mini balls and round balls. The token rang in the same as one of those bullets. It was refreshing to find it amongst the other stuff. Dig everything......tax tokens are cool Shane

 

[illinidigger]

The strange thing is that a similar sized peice of can slaw would ring much lower on the VDI scale. I think it may have to do with the fact that it's round with a hole in the middle. The E-Trac seems to have a real love for things with that shape. Has anyone else noticed this?
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I think the shape has alot to do with the higher reading. Washers, brass and iron ring up good on my Explorer. Bent nails,etc. all sound different than the same material in a decent shape. As far as tokens, alot sound just lower than a coin and come in between pull tab and coin. I always dig these signals because Id rather dig a token over a coin most of the time. Holed tokens always sound great.