Popular Post DukeBoxer Posted May 1, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted May 1, 2018 My neighbor has been coming over my house asking for a snow shovel I have since he knows I'm moving. Saturday he came over and I gave it to him and asked if I can detect his front yard quickly. My neighborhood was built in the 50's and I've found silver in almost every yard I've been to. My first target was a 28/29 and sounded like it was right on top of the ground. I dug down a little and saw a silver edge and grabbed the coin and I didn't realize what it was at first but I saw the queen and a date and realized it was a Canadian quarter, 1963. That's all the good stuff I found there Later that night I went back to the baseball field that I found the white gold band in and got this horrible sounding signal (Park 1, 50 Tones) I thought it was just big iron so I dug it to see if I was right. It was down pretty deep and when I got it out it was still not a great sounding signal but then I realized why. It was on edge and I was catching it off the edge of the coil, not in the center. Again I pulled it out and saw a silver rim, this time it was a 1952 Washington quarter. I also found 2 junk earrings about 3 feet apart, the first one I found rang up as 18 and I swept around that area and got another solid 18 and dug the other earring. Pretty funny that I found both but I used the ID from one to determine where the other one was. On Sunday I went to an old baseball field (on the 1940's map) that's kind of overgrown now. My cousin just got an equinox 600 and I was helping him out trying to learn it. He yells over to me "What's a 17" I said I have no idea but if its solid dig it. He did and yelled over that is was a 1943 P nickel. I was telling him how awesome it was that he dug that and that it was a coin that was still eluding me. Then right after I said that I got a solid 14 and dug it and it ended up being a 1942 P nickel, sweet! About 5 steps back I got a 25/26/27 signal and was hoping for a silver dime and out popped a 1924 Merc. After that I walked to where I thought the infield was and got a solid 12. I thought maybe an older nickel but out popped another 1942 P war nickel. Now that's 3 that all rang up different. We were both in Park 1. He was in 5 tones and I was in 50. Later on I got a solid 18 and got a shield with a cross, fleur de lys and lions on it. I typed that into google when I got home and it turns out it was part of a brooch from the 60's. Last, I got a 20/21 but it was reading deeper so I dug it and it ended up being an old toy car. Here are some shots...If you've read this far and are interested in the car it's all yours. Otherwise I'll probably toss it...Oh, my cousin also found a flat button with loop on back (shank I think it's called) that rang up a solid 22 he said. I dont have a picture of that though 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steveg Posted May 1, 2018 Share Posted May 1, 2018 GREAT job!! NICE digs!!! Those "odd" and "varied" readings on the war nickels? It's not the Equinox's fault. There's something screwy with the composition of war nickels, or at LEAST with the way war nickels will read -- on ANY detector. USUALLY they read near the nickel range, but some read higher, and some MUCH higher. One of my hunting partners has dug two of them in the last couple of months that -- on his CTX -- read all the way up into the penny range (12-43 on his CTX). I have heard of this from many others, as well. All the ones I've dug read right near the nickel range -- right at nickel, or maybe a notch higher. However, they can range ANYWHERE between nickel and a penny signal...strangely... Anyway, enough of that! Congrats on the super digs! Steve 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DukeBoxer Posted May 1, 2018 Author Share Posted May 1, 2018 Thank you! I remember you or someone saying that about the war nickels. I think it was the S mint mark ones that I read about but I see some are ringing up different with all mint marks. I happened to find some that my grandmother had in a nickel book and they all hit as 13 on the ground. Very weird but we recovered them! and they're in pretty good shape Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bado1 Posted May 2, 2018 Share Posted May 2, 2018 Great hunt and write up! Thanks! Jeez, now I wonder how many war nicks I've passed on because they read a 14! EVERY 14 I've ever dug is a pull tab. Even if it was mostly 13 that bounced to 14 a time or two. Dean 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GB_Amateur Posted May 2, 2018 Share Posted May 2, 2018 23 hours ago, steveg said: Those "odd" and "varied" readings on the war nickels? It's not the Equinox's fault. There's something screwy with the composition of war nickels, or at LEAST with the way war nickels will read -- on ANY detector. USUALLY they read near the nickel range, but some read higher, and some MUCH higher. One of my hunting partners has dug two of them in the last couple of months that -- on his CTX -- read all the way up into the penny range (12-43 on his CTX). I have heard of this from many others, as well. All the ones I've dug read right near the nickel range -- right at nickel, or maybe a notch higher. However, they can range ANYWHERE between nickel and a penny signal...strangely... Yep, we've discussed this before. I wish I could get my hands on one that reads the same ID as a penny. If someone has one, see if you can get an x-ray fluorescence (XRF) spectrum run to see if the 'missing manganese' theory holds. I have a roll or two of warnicks in my safety deposit box. Next time I'm in it I'll bring those home and run air tests on all of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cal_Cobra Posted May 3, 2018 Share Posted May 3, 2018 I've dug two war nickels so far, and I too noticed that 35% war nickels TID about the same as a regular US nickel. Kind of strange, every machine I've used in the past, they TID more into the lower end of silver Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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