Pick a number any number. I have a 9 g 14 carat gold Ring that rang in at a 21, a 2g. 10carat gold ring that came in at 11. Here is a video by gigmaster That explains what he gets on his machine.
https://youtu.be/oDGZskI53f0
Great thread and great replies Gary. It’s a lesson in digging by method, and a piece of that method for me is the “coil lift test”....a form of 3D sizing. I know how the coin SHOULD react from a certain distance given a certain coil...does it? A depth indication of 6” and still getting a good signal 6” off the ground doesn’t add up, and you know this. It’s easy to get in a hurry and skip a step of the analysis! BTDT! But you wound up doing just fine with the rest of the hunting, I would say that a straight nickel signal is also a good indication of the common 14K medium men’s wedding band. For ME...and it took me just a couple of rings to notice this...the signal itself seems “tight”...”compact”...VERY solid yet abrupt. This is true on my IDXPro, Explorer AND CTX. I have a nice selection of rings and to the best of my recollection, most, if not all, had this characteristic.
I agree. When I have experienced that it is usually big iron and quite deep. Big iron will give you a false positive on your machine.
Fine gold can come up as low as 2 but not sure about above 21...
Foil can come up anywhere from 6 to 14.
Lead can come up anywhere from 6 to 20
Decent size bullets or musket balls can come up from 15 to 20
Aluminium can come up anywhere from 24 up but usually has quite a harsh sound to it..
Thanks to
everyone who offered tips on this thread, just wanted to let you know your ideas are not ignored, I try to keep them all in mind when going back to hunt.
Unfortunately my hunt today was really shortened by unexpected rain so I only got roughly maybe an hour instead of the hoped for 2 to 2 1/2 hours.
I checked the futurecast radar and should have had at least 2 hours before rain, but futurecast is not foolproof, right after I got to the motel permission and was ready to unload my equipment it started raining, got back in my car and waited it out and it stopped in about 10 minutes, got out and hunted for roughly close to an hour, then started raining heavier, loaded up the car and it had stopped but looked like it could start right back up anytime, so went to stop by grocery store on the way home and it still didn't start raining again till about an hour and a half later !
Hey, it was worth it even for an hour an even without any good finds, I look at it as an "outdoor classroom" lesson learning what I find when digging some of those lower signals I ignored previously. (besides, after getting used to regular hunting again, it's somewhat tough going several days without even a quick hunt
)
Some of these were lower signals, though at least one of them was a 26 I couldn't pass up
The bottlecaps, pull-tab and nail is obvious, the other 2 things are a piece of foil and maybe a hairpin
Hoping my next hunt will be a little longer and maybe even surprise me with some gold from also digging some of the lower signals, hey, I know ya gotta pay your dues with digging some trash when looking for gold, but it don't hurt to hope