Some tips for people on the forum.
Compacted soil I hunt fairgrounds old houses and parks let's look at a old fairground 1879 to present I would say the first 10 years coins well be dropped on dirt that's not compacted after that the soil starts to get compacted the first coins well most likely be the deepest this is why you well find say Indian Penny's at 3 inches and 10 inches but most well be in the 6 to 7 inch range now the 3 inch coins well be in compacted soil the 6 to 7 inch coins well have had a chance to get threw the half compacted dirt the 10 inch coins are the ones that were dropped on soil that was not compacted .
Look at it this way thousands of people walking around compacting the soil horses wagons compact the soil modern compacting comes from fair rides heavy equipment you get what I mean. So the 10 inch coin well have fewer lost then the 6 to 7 inch coins as goes the 3 inch Indian cent fewer have been dropped on compacted soil .
Now people well say I found a memorial at 7 inches deep how, this is a tip I use every where I go if you see tire tracks they may be 2 inches deep or 4 inches depending if it rained follow that tire track you well gain 2 to 4 inches in depth I get this all the time Lot's of tire tracks where I hunt .Now that memorial penny falling in that tire track is at 4 inches on day one of the drop the track fills in over time and there's your deep clad memorial.
Walk ways and paths in a park are compacted shallower coin here but look back in time how long was the path there you could have coins at depth if the path was only 20 or 30 years old just look around there are opportunity's every where if you look at it this way.
Now tree roots are one of my favorites white pine can have shallow roots 25 feet from the base of the tree maples to . The coin is dropped on the root easy target as the root grows it pushes the coin to the surface the opposite is when the root grows over a coin that was dropped before the root was there some roots from white pines well be up to 12 inches around how deep do you think that coin is .
I run all metal no disc across the root not the length of the root the reason why is any coin that falls close to the root or on the side of the root is going to end up on edge as the root grows it pushes the coin away from the root tilting it more water runs down the side of the root because it can't go through the root speeding the process up . So you have to hunt deep when by tree roots and keep a ear out for that double hit the coin on edge because this is a place you will find more if you run the length of the root your only going to get 5 or 6 inches max because the detector is only seeing the edge of the coin .
good luck sube
Compacted soil I hunt fairgrounds old houses and parks let's look at a old fairground 1879 to present I would say the first 10 years coins well be dropped on dirt that's not compacted after that the soil starts to get compacted the first coins well most likely be the deepest this is why you well find say Indian Penny's at 3 inches and 10 inches but most well be in the 6 to 7 inch range now the 3 inch coins well be in compacted soil the 6 to 7 inch coins well have had a chance to get threw the half compacted dirt the 10 inch coins are the ones that were dropped on soil that was not compacted .
Look at it this way thousands of people walking around compacting the soil horses wagons compact the soil modern compacting comes from fair rides heavy equipment you get what I mean. So the 10 inch coin well have fewer lost then the 6 to 7 inch coins as goes the 3 inch Indian cent fewer have been dropped on compacted soil .
Now people well say I found a memorial at 7 inches deep how, this is a tip I use every where I go if you see tire tracks they may be 2 inches deep or 4 inches depending if it rained follow that tire track you well gain 2 to 4 inches in depth I get this all the time Lot's of tire tracks where I hunt .Now that memorial penny falling in that tire track is at 4 inches on day one of the drop the track fills in over time and there's your deep clad memorial.
Walk ways and paths in a park are compacted shallower coin here but look back in time how long was the path there you could have coins at depth if the path was only 20 or 30 years old just look around there are opportunity's every where if you look at it this way.
Now tree roots are one of my favorites white pine can have shallow roots 25 feet from the base of the tree maples to . The coin is dropped on the root easy target as the root grows it pushes the coin to the surface the opposite is when the root grows over a coin that was dropped before the root was there some roots from white pines well be up to 12 inches around how deep do you think that coin is .
I run all metal no disc across the root not the length of the root the reason why is any coin that falls close to the root or on the side of the root is going to end up on edge as the root grows it pushes the coin away from the root tilting it more water runs down the side of the root because it can't go through the root speeding the process up . So you have to hunt deep when by tree roots and keep a ear out for that double hit the coin on edge because this is a place you will find more if you run the length of the root your only going to get 5 or 6 inches max because the detector is only seeing the edge of the coin .
good luck sube
