Skunked, pull tab question.

[Kosh]

Hello from the great white north. Upstate NY here, not bad today about 35 degrees. Drove south until I could no longer see snow (about 20 minutes). Monkeyed around at my wife's grandmothers a bit, found a really old looking nail in the woods but that was it.

I then drove about 10 minutes more south to an old restaurant on the river. The ground had a little frost in it, nothing major though. Ground had a lot of clay in it though. My GTP 1350 was going nuts every 2 seconds. So the ground is loaded with targets. I only bothered to dig the decent signals though as again the ground was hard digging.

Long story short I got skunked, I found some junk and a few old pull tabs. When did they stop making this particular type of pull tab? I found 2 of them about 6 inches deep. Is this a sign that this spot has not been detected? They of course sang out like silver loud and clear so I dug them.

 

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[XL-PRO PRO]

Those were discontinued in the early 70's.Depending on where I'm detecting,I may or may not dig pulltabs.In a junky park,I'll usually ignore them but on a beach or older site I tend to dig all positive signals.Here is a ring I dug in a previously hunted yard.If you don't already know,smll gold rings sound very similar to pulltabs.(10k-6 diamonds)

 

[smartmoney]

I remember using these when I was a kid (late 1970s). They are pretty much everywhere. They were usually discriminated against by the early detectors so thats why you will still find them everywhere.

 

[Kosh]

Ya they are very close to the gold indicator on my GTP 1350. I don't mind digging them really. Its those rusty nails and other rusty pieces of iron that ring near the middle of my tone that really drive me batty. I think I am digging a good target and then I see rust in the soil and right away I know its gonna be a nail.

Foil is another story all together.