OK, my 2nd question

[JCWhite]

Belongs in this section of the forum because it is related to my Prizm V performance. I have been getting better at listening to my tones and I have noticed that when I get a repeating tone in all directions that is the same and the indicator says it is a coin it usually is. But other times I get a signal that is one tone in one direction and another in the other direction. I have seen a lot of this especially 25 cent , then 1cent back and forth. when I dig it is usually tin/steel/junk. Is this normal? I know this is a confusing question but had to try and ask anyway

[bigbillinsc]

and it sometimes confuses the wife as well....i dont pay teh tones any mind... i use very little discrimination... if the tone repaets.... I DIG.... yes i dig TONS OF JUNK.... but i also have a silver cross, several silver rings, and gold earings in my treasure chest for the year....my ratio of junk to keepers is pert near 10 to 1.... but i dont mind.... im out to have fun and if i dont dig it all i will wonder if that could have been that dollar gold piece i been wantin so bad....

[JCWhite]

So BigBill do you try and make sure that it is the same tone that is repeating or just dig it all.

[bigbillinsc]

doesnt have the dif tones like the przm5... but there is a slight change in the sound of the tone when you hit a desirable target. but as a rule... i most ofetn hunt with discrination set to nails only... and dig it all. this has paid off well 4 me. the first time you hunt a place that has lots of ttrash you will clean it out. go back especially after a good steady rain. work it slow with your sensitivity turned up. most of your finds will be keepers. (yes i count clad as keepers). and to even better amaze yourself go back again afetr another good rain and you will still find stuff. the diggin will be less... the finds will be fewer but they will be better quality finds.... my school of thought on this. (some will agree and some will not)

with all the trash in ground (pulltabs, nails, beaver tail tabs, beer caps, soda caps ETC.) the deeper older coins get a lil hard to find. by cleaning out the trash now you open up a field of view for your machine. it wont hit on the trash becasue the trash isnt there. now clad has been in circulation in this country since 1965... thats 42 years.... so as you go deeper you r coins will get older. and when you go back other times of course the coins have to get older because you have already cleaned out the newer stuff. this is hobby of learning, PATIENCE, learning, tenacity, learning, ambition, and oh did i mention learning.... if you use proven search meathods... wether they are mine or some one elses, as long as they are proven to produce. if you learn that machine and what it is telling you,,, combine those together you will make good finds. be patient.


my wife still gets a lil miffed when i put the coil across the back of couch and wave dif things in front of it just to hear what that machine sounds like, i will look at the display and let my kids wave junk in front of coil watching them and seeing how far away the coin is from the coil. i will watch the depth indicator and the bar graph ID. and trust me kids wont run a target nice and slow nor will they hold it flat as they sweep it under the coil. very good test technique. just a few tips. i hope they help

[Deadonthehead]

Interesting reading here. Not sure if I could dig on every hit but I may give it a try. Last year I had a email pal I met online at a relic hunting club near by. After exchangeing emails for a while he and I decided to meet at a school to see what we could find. Forgot what he had but I was working a small plot as he stood there listening to my prizm 5 and he wanted to go behind me with his. It was a whites but I don't remember what model. With mine I got a hit but decided to not dig it. He went over that same spot with his and he showed me a graph display and he said, I bet you thats a quarter or half dollar because he said " it was in the range" so he dug. It was a silver quarter. The rest of that day I dug everything. Went home with very little. I always have that in the back of my mind when I don't dig. Somtimes I wake up thinking I need to go back to that spot. It's like it is haunting me. lol.............. I love this hobby.

[Buster]

As Bill said ...It always pays to dig all signals...Buster....

[anne]

It does pay to rely on your instinct as to what the sound is telling you, but as a general rule it will be junk if tone not the same in all directions or even cuts out.

[EPC Guy]

Originally Posted by anne

It does pay to rely on your instinct as to what the sound is telling you, but as a general rule it will be junk if tone not the same in all directions or even cuts out.

I've found this to be true with my Prizm 3 as well...as a general rule...but will dig (especially in areas where I'm seeing very little trash) the signal even if it's not the same in all directions...that's how I found the silver ring I told y'all about a couple of days ago...so instinct and experience plays a big part in a successful hunt as well...