More schooling in iron with AT Pro.

metaladdict said:

I have ignored nail tests with the Atp, I didn't know with a nail on top a quarter that it only
jumps the vdi up a little higher and no high tone! Shoot! I bet I missed a few goodies.
We don't have a lot of iron sites out here,there are some but now I am learning
I might have to dig much more.

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kajunman said:

You have to decide what kind of hunter you want to be. I dug mixed signals on Saturday and pulled 3 rings. Two precious metal and one pot metal. Every hunter misses potential finds. But it's not always the detectors fault. It's more of the hunter being picky and missing the goodies.

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tnsharpshooter said:

Well,
At Pro is not alone here in doing.

Real challenged nonferrous targets,,when they are "fringe" detectable, a lot of detectors when this happens, ID will be driven down closer to iron range, and tone can follow.

If a person is digging just textbook tones and or textbook ID signals, they are indeed likely leaving some nice goodies behind.

Now, the ID of a target doesn't always get dragged down to near the iron range.

A nonferrous target could get dragged down lower but not overly lower.
For example, a silver dime masked somewhat by iron could give a tab reading, or nickel reading.

Lots of variable here with any detecting scenario, and with each model of detector.

No absolutes here.

Cherry Pickers take note.

If a site has good detecting history,,meaning some nice finds have been unearthed, I will open myself up to digging less and less textbook signals.
Will I dig some junk?
Certainly.

But you have to do this to eek out the finds.

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