are the low TID numbers ever any good?

[pasttarg]

when i ignore the 01 02 03 TIDs i often wonder if i should dig em ,so can they ever be any good?

[budwieser]

Always found them to be iron myself mate.
Neil

[TinDigger]

I think the issue may be that gold can often register in some of these low numbers so it's always a bit of a risk ignoring based on numbers alone. The tone does tend to be subtly different between gold and iron though (or at least that's what I have found playing around burying gold rings and lumps of iron in the back garden). A lot depends on shape, size and depth as well - that's where the skill and familiarity with your machine comes in.

[Koala]

there's no simple answer as target ID changes depending on lots of parameters

for example a small copper/Nickle that's normally around the 40s can drop to 10-20 when next to a nail

So can thin lead or small gold drop that low. Don't know never tried. I would expect so. I have never tested as the fields around here are full of those square bent nails which normally come in around the same area.


You can never cover the ground 100% its not worth worrying about. Just something for the next detectorist


you can always work in all metal mode. Which is useful if the field are quite. Or is already detected to death. But normally isn't too efficient time wise.

[pengles]

On my Deus anything up to 6 has always been iron, also anything up in the 90's is invariably rusty iron although if it's a clean signal in the 90's there's a chance it's silver. Just my experience.

[Phil2401]

As above but in my opinion trust your ears more than the TID numbers - if it's a clear two-way signal that doesn't blow your ears off (particularly if it gives a good pattern on the XY screen), then it's worth digging...

Phil

[john Colin]

On my Deus anything up to 6 has always been iron, also anything up in the 90's is invariably rusty iron although if it's a clean signal in the 90's there's a chance it's silver. Just my experience.

Yes trust your ears, I had a signal at 97 but it just sounded so clean and pure it had to be investigated, just as well as it was a silver flatware fork weighing 49 grams.

[pasttarg]

i was worried because the tones were not an iron grunt to match the low numbers but higher in tone

[Chilgrove]

Last year I found a lovely gold posy ring that was showing 22 on the display. The XY graph was just about vertical, just a smigen off to the right so I dug it. Glad I did. First thoughts were obvious : coke. But no.

[Thunderace]

Hi,I recently was getting a hit of between 20 and 34,The pinpointer was saying iron or nickel,but the reading was consistent so I dug it,Turned out to be a nice condition early medieval token/coin

[Thunderace]

The medieval token I spoke of was pewter or lead and was shown in a earlier post today

[pasttarg]

i did some tests on wads of pure gold leaf and they are very low around 31 32 mark and the XY screen was vertical

[Oxgirl36]

Yes But very rare.

If it sounds good then dig it

Found a hammy yesterday with a screen indicating iron on the XY screen (no numbers) but a sweet, if quiet, ‘dig me’ signal. The TID, the XY screen and the sounds are three separate pieces of info that you put together to make a decision to dig. The audio always trumps everything else though