Advice to all the newbies...let's talk about zinc and gold!

First hunt..

First hunt yesterday with the new AT Pro. Only dug repeatable signals in standard mode. They all sounded the same to me....bing bing bing, dug til I found the coin. I tried Pro mode and found two coins, but all on the high tones. It sure seems like it's gonna take awhile to figure out all these different tones on this machine. Does that seem to be the natural learning curve? Thanks for any who respond. :grin:
 
First hunt yesterday with the new AT Pro. Only dug repeatable signals in standard mode. They all sounded the same to me....bing bing bing, dug til I found the coin. I tried Pro mode and found two coins, but all on the high tones. It sure seems like it's gonna take awhile to figure out all these different tones on this machine. Does that seem to be the natural learning curve? Thanks for any who respond. :grin:

Wouldn't worry about the tones that much. Dig everything, or at least everything but iron.

PS: By don't worry I mean, it will eventually become second nature. I'm in my 2nd month and its now becoming recognizable. Meanwhile it really doesn't matter what tone it is; if its a repeatable signal dig it because the machine can tell you one thing and it be another. I dig unrepeatable signals too and get coins. Sometimes the soil conditions fool the machine.
 

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Very well said digger..
My moto to is similar to yours..
If you don't dig it you'll never know..
Only takes a minute and can surely make for a great day of hunting versus a just all right hunt..
5 rings for me since getting the AT Pro in January..
Sonnydigs
 
Some of the zinc signals I dug on Friday turned out to be 3 Civil War Bullets & a percussion cap. :D Besides gold zinc signals can also mean lead on the F2.
 
Wrote this on 11-9-11
Today is 12-29-11 and I have to edit this thread with my newest gold find!
See my newest post, # 84 page 5.



Tons of newbies onboard, lately, more coming on every day.
Welcome to one of the best hobbies you will ever have, and to the best forum on the net regarding this great thing we do.

I know plenty of you have lots to learn, and it can be very confusing when you are just starting out.
Hang in there...we all went through this stage, and with patience and practice the confusion fades away and the real fun begins!

We are after all treasure hunters, aren't we, each and every one of us.
What could be more exciting, fun, and rewarding than that?

This post is about something I learned a while ago, and since there are so many new people here now I thought I will pass it on.

This is about digging all those stupid little zinc signals.

Hate doing that?
Sure ya do...or you will.
I mean, who wants to break their back or their knees digging a silly zinc penny, right?

There are so many of these compared to most other signals, besides the trash ones, that is.

The problem is, if you pass these by 100% of the time, and make no mistake lots of hunters do, well, you might just be missing something good... real good.
Maybe even one of those once in a lifetime finds.

When it come to zinc, there are so many things in this world made up of this metal besides modern pennies.

I myself have found pins and jewelry, tokens galore, including this one that is one of my most cherished finds.
It was 4 inches deep and showed up on my F2 and sounded just like a zinc penny.


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It is huge and interesting and rare.

In many searches on the net and in all the token sites I can find, I am the only person to have posted a picture of this particular one from the city of Birmingham.
The company that made and distributed this in 1922 had stores in other cities and states, but I can't find any other evidence that anyone around here, or anywhere, ever dug a Birmingham one up before.

On another forum, one member told me there is a well respected book about tokens on the market, and the author mentioned that there are some others in existence.
5 others...that's it!

Did I mention thrill of a lifetime?
This is what I meant!

Now lets talk about another metal we all seek...GOLD!

You need to know that this is the metal that can be found here, there, and everywhere under the ground we search.
Unfortunately for us, that is also exactly where it could show up on our detectors...here, there and everywhere!

Depending on the size, shape, and soil conditions it can be found anywhere, from almost near iron all the way up into the silver side.
The type of karats have an effect on this too.
The purer the gold the more conductive it is so if you are lucky enough to come across something very rare like 22 or 24 karat gold, it could most certainly behave just like a clad or silver dime and quarter...also very high conductors.

As you will see if you read these forums that for the most part, gold is going to be found in the foil, nickel and tab areas because a large amount of gold objects and rings and pendants are the size that seems to fit in these areas, well.
But not all of them.

The bigger pieces and rings might, can, and frequently do show up right where our least favorite coin to find does also...zinc!

I have been telling people for awhile to dig that zinc.
I have done this since the day I started in this hobby and I will do it till the day I can't lift my detectors anymore.

Here are three, (now 4...bonesquat just joined the club!), reasons why from some members and myself about why it is a good idea to do this.

All of us used the great little F2 to find our prizes, but no matter what you swing the rules are the same.
Do a search on the net and you will find many others have dug zinc and have been surprised, with all kinds of detectors, too.

Basically, all the whistles and bells in the world can not ever tell you 100% what you are really scanning, and you will never truly know till you dig your target and hold it in your hot little hands.

Read the threads, look at the pictures and decide if you want to be one of those "cherry picker" type of hunters or like me, a "dig it all'' kind of guy.

It's a hobby, do it the way you want and enjoy the heck out of it, however, think about some of those zinc signals you already have, or in the future, might pass by.

The words I live by doing this hobby are simple...

"Dig it all...you just never know!"

HH



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You see? DIG THAT ZINC!

I prefer to see me as not a treasure hunter but a history hunter, i suppose each to their own but id rather find a $10 relic then a $20 piece of silver....but thats what keeps a lot of people doing this, its the treasure hunters who think they can find an ingot before the adverts are the ones selling their machines three weeks after buying them
 
I'm new but I never pass up any zinc signals.
My hands hurt like hell and I got a pocket full of pennies but even if I didn't find gold I would rather have a pocket full of pennies over a pocket full of trash, even though I usually end up with a few pockets of trash + I'm still confident and love finding anything of value.
 
I've never understood why people complain about zinc being junk. With zinc I almost always find a penny, artifact or jewelry. Its nickel that tends more often than not to be trash. There is absolutely nothing wrong with pennies guys. They pay off your metal detector purchase a lot quicker than pull tabs do.
 
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