Stretching Your Pennies

[against the wind]

I sneaked in a 3 hour hunt after work yesterday. I hit a park that has given up some Indian Head Pennies in the past. I'm using the CTX and I'm finding that it is giving up some different signals. (If not strange).
Normally I believe an Indian Head Penny will give you a signal that can range from 12-31 to 12-38. A wheat Penny will come in from 12-40 to
12-44. In this park the Indians will be at around 7 inches. Well, I dug 7 Wheat Pennies at 7 inches.
Yesterday I dug 7 separate wheat pennies that came in at 7 inches with target I.D. numbers in the 30's. Quite unusual. One penny is a 1920 and looks as if someone tried to stretch it's value. lol

 

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[McCDig]

Congrats on a successful hunt. Maybe the VDI change is due to ground balance and/or soil moisture. I had a number of wheats recently ring up near 90 VDI. Would have thought it was silver.

 

[CMDiamonddawg]

quite a haul , took some serious effort ... digging NYC must be a trip to another World , that city is krazy

 

[against the wind]

You're right about soil moisture, we have gotten a good deal of rain. I'm enjoying the CTX. It has given up a few pleasant surprises. Anything deep, (7 inches or more), gets dug.

 

[ajaj]

The VDI is dependent on the degree of metal corrosion, soil conditions, proximity to other objects, depth, and goodness knows what. I have found that really green Wheats ring up much lower than "expected". That's why, with all detectors, the sound is the most important feature; VDI is a merely a data point in the decision to dig.

aj

 

[trapperart]

Congrats on some nice finds