Are you passing those shallow targets up?

[diggin jimmy hoffa]

Got out Wednesday for a little bit of hunting at the local city park and got one of those iffy signals that was throwing the dime VDI into the mix. Being that I hadn't really dug much, I thought that I would give this plug a shot and at least add to the coin jar.

1919 Merc, 1930 and 1941 Wheat, and a 1956 Nickel.

My first old pocket spill

This particular plug was loaded with gravel and the coins ended up being scratched from the environment that they were in.

This spot ended up being near where I found the '37 Buffalo Nickel a couple of weeks ago and also the '64 Quarter. All of these targets were within 2-3" in depth. This spot is an area that is not all that loaded with trash. Surprising, being that it is a park setting and has been hit allot.

DJH

 

[Cladiator (OR)]

Nice pocket spill--congratulations! Personally, I dig all coin target numbers regardless of depth--especially after finding a 1867 Shield Nickel lying on the surface (just covered with dust) on the corner of a sidewalk strip. You just never know. Thanks for sharing the pictures and story.

 

[diggin jimmy hoffa]

Nice pocket spill--congratulations! Personally, I dig all coin target numbers regardless of depth--especially after finding a 1867 Shield Nickel lying on the surface (just covered with dust) on the corner of a sidewalk strip. You just never know. Thanks for sharing the pictures and story.

Thanks,
As for digging all coin targets, I agree, but when you get those iffy's that bounce around and won't settle in, you should consider taking your best shot at what you hear and what you see in reference to VDI's

As for the old shallow finds, those just blow me away. My oldest is an 1877 Seated Leberty Dime that was in the grass roots of the plug. That one I could hit with my pinpointer it was that close to the surface. The funny thing about that one even was that it was at an old school about 20 feet away from a classroom window. I'm sure many people have detected that area before, as that was the only silver we have ever found there. Gonna have to take the V3i there and see if it can pull any deep stuff out.
HH
DJH

 

[jbow]

Some great finds are really shallow... I have found CW eagle buttons laying on top of the ground. Once found a roundball (old musket ball) sticking half out of the ground. In parks i've dug tabs at 7" and old coins at 3". Once dug a zinc time fuse adapter from a 20# Parrot shellabout 2" deep at a construction site after the local club and everyone else pounded it.... it had to have been "passed on" many times because the site had a "hot zone" where everyone wanted to hunt... maybe 8K sq ft... over 50 hunters... it was in that area but it was a large shallow signal, high tone... trash... don't waste your time..

Yeah... I dig shallow and I dig deep. You never know and you will be surprised sooner or later if you dig those shallow targets.

J

 

[magic]

Nice find! Sometimes you never know whats under that coil until you dig it.

 

[mickfin]

D-G-H WTG on the oLL spill, I found a 1/2 Dollar / Quarter N a Dime in one Hole thay wear Silver!!!! Mickfin