longbow62
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I have been using a Nokta Impact for about a year now. I feel I have enough experience with it to be confident what it's telling me. I guess my dirt is decently mild. Most of the time I have one to two bars on the mineralization scale. At worst three bars. I could dig a lot of what I call iffy beeps, but I usually don't because I hunt a lot of high trash areas. If I was hunting a field or area more trash free I might probably dig more iffy signals. The definition of a iffy beep to me is one where the numbers fluctuate to a degree or the tone itself may not be pure. This could be due to masking or depth I suppose. Actually there are a number of things that might cause numbers to jump around or the tone to be not quite right.
What I am trying to get at here is when I dig what I consider iffy beeps with the Impact I have yet to dig a coin. It's really kind of like I am wasting my time digging anything not a solid signal or tone so for a long time I just don't dig a target I am not confident in. My junk piles are a joke compared to some of the pictures I see on here posted with finds. Heck when I look at my trash most of the time it's all coin like trash and even then not much trash at all. With my trash the number was solid along with the tone telling me it was a coin.
With the Impact in 14khz in my dirt quarters are going to hit 87-90. Most of the time they read 88-89. Dimes can be 79-81. Most of the time silver dimes read 80-81. If I dig below 87 not a quarter or above 90 not a quarter. If I dig a VID under 79 it's not a dime or over 81 it's not a dime. Pennies have a wider range of numbers and I don't dig all of them unless I am in the mood to do so, but even with pennies I know it's a penny. Now nickels are another matter, I just don't dig nickel signals much at all due to square tabs.
Bottom line is I am frustrated in figuring out if I am missing good targets by not digging enough iffy signals? Or due to the high trash places I hunt it would just be a waste of energy and time.
What I am trying to get at here is when I dig what I consider iffy beeps with the Impact I have yet to dig a coin. It's really kind of like I am wasting my time digging anything not a solid signal or tone so for a long time I just don't dig a target I am not confident in. My junk piles are a joke compared to some of the pictures I see on here posted with finds. Heck when I look at my trash most of the time it's all coin like trash and even then not much trash at all. With my trash the number was solid along with the tone telling me it was a coin.
With the Impact in 14khz in my dirt quarters are going to hit 87-90. Most of the time they read 88-89. Dimes can be 79-81. Most of the time silver dimes read 80-81. If I dig below 87 not a quarter or above 90 not a quarter. If I dig a VID under 79 it's not a dime or over 81 it's not a dime. Pennies have a wider range of numbers and I don't dig all of them unless I am in the mood to do so, but even with pennies I know it's a penny. Now nickels are another matter, I just don't dig nickel signals much at all due to square tabs.
Bottom line is I am frustrated in figuring out if I am missing good targets by not digging enough iffy signals? Or due to the high trash places I hunt it would just be a waste of energy and time.