" I never dig nails.... ever! "

[relic nut]

I heard of someone making this comment once, and here's my thoughts. He either misses a lot of good stuff ( and I'd love to hunt behind him ) or he's full of it. What's your thoughts? I've dug iffy signals that I thought was a nail and it was something good, and have had great signals turn into a nail. Only sure way to know is dig It. Sometimes it pays off, sometimes not. We all dig alittle junk. It's part of the game.

HH, Relic Nut

 

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[relic nut]

LMAO!!! I know some people like that.

HH, Relic Nut

 

[Tom_in_CA]

Af-flit, great video ! I'd show my wife, but she'd go bizzerk saying I was insinuating something. Doh!

Relic-nut, Everything you're saying is true. That "those who pass nails" have "passed a goodie" no doubt . But consider it this way: In Las Vegas, if you're playing blackjack, and you have 20 in your hand, do you "hold" or do you take another hit ??

If you say "I'd 'hold' ", then I'd turn the question back-on-you: Why hold ?? How do you KNOW the next card might-not be a 1 or an ace card ? So therefore you should take another hit, "just to be safe" right ?

Do you see ? Sure: You can strip-mine all the nails out of a ghost town site "lest you miss a goodie" if you want. Go ahead. Be my guest.

 

[relic nut]

Af-flit, great video ! I'd show my wife, but she'd go bizzerk saying I was insinuating something. Doh!

Relic-nut, Everything you're saying is true. That "those who pass nails" have "passed a goodie" no doubt . But consider it this way: In Las Vegas, if you're playing blackjack, and you have 20 in your hand, do you "hold" or do you take another hit ??

If you say "I'd 'hold' ", then I'd turn the question back-on-you: Why hold ?? How do you KNOW the next card might-not be a 1 or an ace card ? So therefore you should take another hit, "just to be safe" right ?

Do you see ? Sure: You can strip-mine all the nails out of a ghost town site "lest you miss a goodie" if you want. Go ahead. Be my guest.

I agree totally. Sometimes I dig those signals and sometimes I don't. Depends on where I am and my mood. But to " never" dig them is a mistake.

HH, Relic Nut

 

[Jason in Enid]

unless you are only hunting tot-lots for surface finds, you are going to at least dig an occasional nail. Anyone who says they NEVER dig them is a liar or they miss a LOT of good targets

 

[Ammoman]

I cry when i dig them, my wife cries when she breaks them. Either way, nails suck!

 

[bill from lachine]

relic nut,

Most machines read rusted nails as a decent target....I pretty much dig most repeatable signals....yes I dig more than my share of junk but once in awhile I get lucky.

Regards + HH

Bill

 

[Chizzy]

Digging signals around any building will get me a nail or two..........especially the aluminum roofing nails...........

 

[Garrett424]

My detectors often see highly oxidized nails as silver/high range coins. So you bet I dig nails. Once the air hits them they go back to a low grunt but I'm not gonna' pass over a possible silver coin because it might be an old nail. I'll take my chances and do the extra work any day.

And yeah, I'd like to follow behind that guy who never digs nails too.

 

[Tom_in_CA]

..... But to " never" dig them is a mistake....

Same logic as Blackjack : It's SOMETIMES a mistake to not take another hit when you have 20 in your hand. But the ODDS ARE: It's going to be a mistake. The only exception is if you are card-counting eh ?

 

[NC Digger]

I dig more trash then I care to admit, but when I am at the old house lots and find a coin and hear those sweet tones, I dig it all. Anyone need any nails?

 

[gold panner]

Thanks for this thread I am new and it answers a lot of questions. I have been finding a lot of square nails and they read like good hits probably because of the oxidation. when I swing over them I occasionaly will get low numbers mixed with high. My question is will coins and silver do the same meaning will a dime and quarter not always be a high reading? but will the reading occasionaly bounce around? I have only found two silver coins so far and that was because they were both solid hits.

 

[NC Digger]

Thanks for this thread I am new and it answers a lot of questions. I have been finding a lot of square nails and they read like good hits probably because of the oxidation. when I swing over them I occasionaly will get low numbers mixed with high. My question is will coins and silver do the same meaning will a dime and quarter not always be a high reading? but will the reading occasionaly bounce around? I have only found two silver coins so far and that was because they were both solid hits.

I think you might have answered your own question. As I dig nails because they sound good, I also remove the trash from my digs and hopefully will reveal the hidden treasures around them. Hope that makes sense!

 

[sugarcreek]

Those square washer roof felt nails, and rusty square nails are hard NOT to dig, they sound so promising. I have dug a few good targets with iffy-ish good signals, so, you are going to dig some nails even if you TRY not to...

 

[beerguy]

I dig way fewer nail since switching to the CTX. I dig all signals that indicate either good or borderline good, and that gets me a few nails. Yesterday I dug 3 nails in 3 hours.

I dig more foil and can slaw, but in my single frequency days I dug a lot more.

 

[Carolina Tom]

It depends on how I feel... if I feel good, I will dig it all. If I am tired, or just not in the mood, I will get more selective.

I have proven it time and time again... the more holes you dig, the treasure you find. About 40% of my keeper coins are NOT good signals!

 

[relic nut]

I don't see what the problem is. I never dig nails. EVER, I only dig gold and precious jewelry and money. ALWAYS. Sometimes though, the money, jewelry or gold is a nail, a pop tab, a piece of junk... Go figure. Little liars... all of them.

But yeah, I never ever never dig nails.

Skippy

That's right. We don't dig nails, they just turn out to be nails.

HH, Relic Nut

 

[Loco-Digger]

Most of the nails I pull are from being near a good target. After I pull the original target from the hole or plug, I rescan the hole with the pin pointer and when it goes off I dig what it's beeping for. More times than not it's junk iron or a nail, but one never knows.

 

[eyemustdigtreasure]

I was on a dig on a fort, where one guy dug cut nails all day, in one area...!
What do you do, when you're assigned a certain section of the place...? Dig it!
He didn't mind he said, and found quite a variety of nails, even some hand-forged ones (the true "Square Nail"), - verifying, for sure, the carpenter's shop location, which was on an 1850's map of the fort.