alright! First off, thank you thank you so much for at least putting the effort! I really really appreciate it! So i have run the code with the revisions, and i get a small light up from the LED...
i believe the serial monitor is giving me the highest value of 4 when i touch the wire...and so i tried putting that code
Ok, yes my value was a bit high then but it changes with the resistor. If you put in a larger value resistor then you get much bigger numbers and you can sense proximity to the sensor. This varies quite bit though due to where your body is/who else is in the room!
Glad the code works for you.
out of curiosity, how can i make the more visible?
i really really appreciate all your help!
If you change the ledPin to another pin, 8 for example then you can put in your own LED with a resistor from that pin to ground (Gnd - next to pin 13). The on board LED cannot be any brighter, it is just there as an indicator for testing.
Mowcius