$4.04 in clad, a Token, and Ring

[pplinker]

Went to the city park today, nothing old there, but still a lot of fun to hit lots of targets. The ground was extremely dry. My hand digger just wouldn't cut it. Actually it needs sharpened. I have a small, half size shovel so i was carrying that around to make the u-plugs. Self conscious about that, but that ground was hard and i put the sod back so you couldn't even tell anything was dug.... Nobody around till the mowing guy on the other side of the fence stopped his tractor and got off.... I'm thinking oh no, he's gonna run me out of here. But turns out he's a detectorist, too. Just wanted to know what i was finding and what kind of detector i had (705).

The ring doesn't say gold on the back. It's black, but shiney on the edges. The detector read it like a dime, 38. Don't know what the token is, it says no cash value on the back. Then there's a picture that looks like some kind of a dragon. It doesn't show up good in the picture.

Question: Does real dry ground make your depth indicators read deeper than it actually is? It kept saying like 3 arrows yet the coin would be barely under the ground.

 

[7centsworth]

Glad you got out . looks like you had a good time. I like that token.

 

[Beale]

Congrats on the very nice hunt! I have seen where the depth indicator will be off also on shallow targets, Beale.

 

[xwyokid]

Yea, my 70 often misreads very shallow targets. But, I hardly ever pay much attention to the depth arrows. I concentrate more on pinpointing when I believe I have a diggable target. Nice finds , I like them tokens.

 

[Furious T]

Nice haul of coins...you really have to work for them when the ground is hard. Congrats.

 

[TURNMASTER]

I think the 3 arrow thing has to do with how close you are to the "sweet spot" of your coil. If you are off a couple inches then it registers 2 inches deeper.

I think that is how it works. Don't know it for fact though.

Jeff

 

[pplinker]

Thanks for the information. That would make sense about the sweet spot. I can't wait to go back, there's a lot of ground to be covered. They have a couple of ball fields there; i went to my little cousins soccar game there today, so i saw where the spectators sit. Not necessarily around the bleachers, they go out on the field where they can get the best view. Want to go back early morning during the week when there's no games and go over the field.