Deepest Nickel ever

[Larry (IL)]

Rob and I got to do a little hunting over the weekend while on a holiday camping trip and I found a 1910 V nickel at an honest 8 inches deep. I had no idea that I was digging a nickel, I just knew something was down deep and I wanted to find out what it was. The old park we were hunting in has been well hunted and other than surface clad, the older coins were really deep. The VDI was bouncing all over the place, I remember seeing a +1 and a +78, and the rest was everywhere in between but I had a good repeatable audio. The pinpoint was 22.5 dominate and depth read 7.5, didn't try the Analyze screen though, seldom do. That is the kind of signal I would normally pass on thinking it was deep junk, but finds were few and I needed to dig in the dirt... Not far from the nickel find came a 1902 IH at 9 inches as well. I ended up with a couple of silver dimes, the V and Indian, a junk ring and hand fulls of clad and the usual odds and ends.

The program was the Hi Pro, three frequency, correlate, filter was 7.5 Band pass and I had the Recovery at 80 at the time. I was playing with recovery speed and even spent some time with 2.5 single frequency which is what I was using when I found the IH. It sounded real good and when I switched back to 3 frequency to check dominate frequency, I could still hear the IH, just not as sharp as in 2.5. Like Magic said in another post, the frequency bars were all about the same on the IH. I was really pleased with the performance of the V on deep coins and if we were at another location, we would have found a lot more, but with the temp's in the 90's and humid, a shady old park was a good place to hunt.

 

[jimpugh]

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[Larry (IL)]

I was using the D2 most of the time. I started off with the 10X12 but when I started using single frequency 2.5, the D2 seemed to work better and just left it on for the rest of the hunt. The D2 will probably be my stock coil for most hunting from now on.

 

[nw1886]

When you said a deep nickel and I read 8", my first thought was "That's not deep?". Then I tried to remember one that I'd retrieved from that depth and....came up short! Low conductors...need love too!

 

[nw1886]

Your post Larry got my curiosity up and realized I still had my detecting notes from the early '70's. I did find a 1919 Buffalo Nickel at 8" using a Garrett DeepSeeker. (What a beast but it did do well for me!) Imagine it would be smart to come up with deep nickel ring program for the old sites. You know a lot of it is still "down there".

 

[magic]

Very nice dig Larry.

 

[UtahRich]

My old White's always excelled at finding deep Nickels. Using a good old White's Eagle I with the standard 8" coil I retrieved old Buffalo and V nickels at 7 and 8 inches on a regular basis. And I am positive on the depth because I was using a Hole Hog and there is nothing like the sight of a Buffalo Nickel looking up at you from the bottom of a 7.5 - 8" inch core hole. Sometimes I would have to remove an inch or so of dirt from the bottom and UP would come the coin.

I've had quite a few other brands and models since then, and I still don't believe that any have matched or even come close to White's for finding nickels. Why is that Larry?


Rich -

 

[Larry (IL)]

I don't know why Rich and I'm sure many have found 8" nickels before, but I have not paid much attention to the deep nickel signals before last weekend, I guess I was bored and was looking for SOMETHING to dig and surprised to find such a deep nickel. If I didn't have my nickel audio set to sound like a dime, I would have walked right over this one too. I'm sure I have developed bad habits over the years with Tone ID and have trained my ear to ignore the tab zone.

 

[UtahRich]

If I didn't have my nickel audio set to sound like a dime, I would have walked right over this one too. I'm sure I have developed bad habits over the years with Tone ID and have trained my ear to ignore the tab zone.

Larry,

I first suffered from Cherry Picking Disorder (CPD) trouble back when I bought my first serious detector, a Teknetics Mark I way back in '85. It had target tone ID and I didn't find very many nickels. It's replacement, a White's Eagle I, was great at finding nickels and other low conductors. My current detector has target tone ID and I really have to focus and listen for the lower tones associated with nickels. It is the down side of a feature that can help in many situations.I decided that the next time I go out and hunt an old house, I am going to turn off the Tone ID and see if my nickel finds improve. It is doing okay right now, but I think it can improve.

Best of luck to all,

Rich

 

[Larry (IL)]

Thanks for joining us Rich.

 

[Neil in West Jersey]

I was beginning to think that the V3 did not go as deep as my DFX, as I have not found any coins deeper than about 7 inches. Part of the problem is that one never knows if they are missing deep coins or there simply aren't any deep coins under the coil.

Well yesterday I was scouting out a new site (Best Data, low filters ) and I got a nice solid penny tone at 9.5 inches, and out popped a clad dime, my deepest coin yet with the "v". Even though it was clad, it gave me renewed confidence that the V3 is a very capable detector.

Congrats on your finds!

 

[UtahRich]

Thanks for joining us Rich.

My pleasure! It is fun to browse around the FINDMALL neighborhood and see what is going on. Nice group here in V3 forum.

Rich

 

[Rob (IL)]

Part of the problem is that one never knows if they are missing deep coins or there simply aren't any deep coins under the coil. Been there done that Neil. I know you will get the best out of your V because you are spending the time to learn your detector. Congratulations on the 9.5 coin.

People just have to realize that all of us will not get the same results in our different soils and all programs that are posted will not work for everyone. If you are not experimenting you will not get the full potential of the V.[attachment 164088 Reading.gif].........Rob