Deepest target ever dug

[Herb Jones]

What was the deepest target( not trash) that you've ever dug (that was accurately
Measured)? What was it, how deep was it, which detector/coil was used?

 

[Rick(ND)]

I have had one that many wont believe, but had a guy watch me dig it and seen what depth it was. It was a barber quarter with a buffalo nickle right below it at 14 inches around a very old merry go round in a old park. I didn't have a tape measure with me so we used my Lesche digger and my Sun Ray S-1 probe I had on my Minelab Sovereign XS with the 12 inch Sun-Ray coil on it. The other guy said it was 15 inches, but I think it was 14 myself. With the probe which is probably the best on the Sovereign as in all metal you can get a signal when you are around 4 inches or more from the target, so we know it wasn't on the side and fell down as I was around a foot deep when I got my first hint there was a target there from the probe and just took more dirt out until I got it.
I got this while going very slow and listening to the tones change as it took me over a hour to go around this small merry go round as I had to go so slow. I also got a merc at 8 inches and several wheat pennies that were just a tone change. I learned alot that day and seen going very slow if you are in a well worked area and listen very close if using a Sovereign so you can hear some of the tone changes. I tried this at a old park in Fargo we have given up on for old coins and even surprised me at what I was able to find by going knowing the Sovereign and going super slow. I think this was the deepest of any detector I have used and even beat the Explorers I have tried, but that is me and my hearing of the targets. Had a Teknetics T2 I picked up a Franklin half at around 12-13 inches down in a area we all hunt many times before as I hit it just right in order to hear it. The reason it was so deep is this area floods every spring as it is by the Red River at a walking path.
The secret in getting the older and deeper coins is knowing your detector well by using it, finding the older area where these can be found even though everyone tells you it was worked out years ago, they got the newer coins and what I like as they got rid of the newer coins and trash so you can concentrate on the weaker signals that are deeper targets. Go slow and pay attention and dig those deep iffy signals.

Rick

 

[JBM1]

So many factors come into play with this subject.

On some detecting forums it can cause WW3 to break out. Jerry.

 

[Jackpine Savage]

Very similar to Rick's find, a token about quarter size at and un-measured 12-14" in an old park using the Minelab Musketeer Advantage with a 15" WOT coil. Deep and in iron. Also a British large cent at an old one room school house site around a foot or so also with the Advantage sneaking em out of iron. Big coins deep? use the Advantage.

Tom

 

[bootyhoundpa]

Ive had simular results to rick with my sov gt and excal... gt in farm field indian head penny at least a ft deep.. once got a dime at the beach estimated 15 inches deep , ya i know,blew my mind too.. large cents between 12 and 14in deep... when conditions are right and you chase whisper signals every once in a while you pop out a very deep good target,but this is more the exception than the rule... met a guy who claimed to have dug a large cent at 18in deep with dfx and as far fetched as it sounds i believe him...

 

[REVIER]

In the good soil in Missouri using the F70 with the 11"DD coil and sense and thresh maxed in disc but not using boost I got a signal that was decently loud, solid and repeated from two directions.
Not only audio but I had repeating VDI numbers every time which was unusual because on something this deep the screen would usually just go blank.
When I used the pinpointer I was shocked to see depth numbers on the screen I had not seen before...jumping a bit but they went from 10-14".
Even though I was in a park and usually never dig that deep in that kind of site I had to go after this one just to see if something was actually down there.
There was...not a coin but not exactly trash either because it was a thing, it was the thumb ringer off of an old bicycle bell.
I measured that one when I got down there, every bit of a measured 15".

Coins in good soil I dug a few in the 9-10" range.
In extremely bad soil mineralized and infested with even more iron using the 5" sniper coil I have gotten down to the 8-9" level and dug a couple coins, a V nickel the deepest.
A remarkable feat if you knew what we were up against around here.

 

[Hoser John]

Gemini 2 double box- Pattons Campgrounds out in the Mojave in the 80s about 15' to find a huge spoked wheel. What a hoot-John

 

[Dan-Pa.]

15-16 inch walking half in recently drained lake bottom...Using a CZ and would never had dug on land as just scooped the wet sand with a sand scoop...Sand was still wet and signal was loud and clear....

 

[oneguy]

On coins I can't seem to bust thru that 9" with my etrac but have dug a few at 9". Everyone says to open it up and run higher sens in manual but then I seem to end up doing more work digging junk or falses so I usually stick with auto +3 for a stable hunt and still manage to squeak out some nice coins in generally hunted out public areas???? Maybe in time with more experience with my machine I can do better on depth...........

 

[daddyflea]

This post has too many variables to mean a lot such as how big your target is. With my Etrac I am always chasing crushed cans at 12".

My Deepest was about the same for the Etrac and the V3i which is quarters at between 10 and 11"

I routinely get Wheat pennies at 9 to 10" but this depends on the ground. My ground just does not allow targets much deeper and almost all of these targets are smaller coils.

 

[RLOH]

14 inch deep large cent with original Explorer. Was about ready to give before the Merlin pinpointer finally signaled I was close.

 

[JJames1610]

With a Garrett 2500 about 18 years ago i dug something from field close to an old farmhouse that was about 13 inches i am guessing, but that is very close to what it was. It was about the size of a half dollar. With a hole in the middle of it. It had some of the glass still around it. On the top it had patent numbers with a date of 1880. I never did figure out what it was. Still have it to.

 

[Mega]

So many variables its just not not worth mentioning any figures,quoting a single coin depth is a total waste of time,one is not going to get any depth on say a roman minim which is crazy small as i could on say a UK Cartwheel penny which weighs 1oz,the orientation of the coin in the ground,ground conditions and also things like nulled signals from close proximity too iron and many more can cause.

Most detector with the same size coil ie 10-12'' dia are pretty even these days on finding the same size coin targets which on the whole these coins are pretty unified in size and weight,but artifact and hoards are not all the same size so the depth of these cannot really be quoted as such,i could say that i hit a Brone Age Palstave axe at 24'' with a machine and this is mainly due to the massive size of a axe head and also it being Bronze,also a hoard of BA axes or tools could be hit with a specialised machine say a Pulse with a large Mono coil at greater depths or even a twin box setup.

Most folks who have posted have mentioned coins and these have all been within say a few inches of one another,but these are pretty reliable figures i guess,but hunting for artifacts or hoards is a different ball game,you just cannot give any figures and even if you do most folks would call you a liar and vastly over exaggerating so no point in quoting any real depth figures anyway.

Detecting is very similar in many aspects to 'Fishing' exaggeration wise it was 'that deep or it was that big' honest

This is why i dont quote figures,i would rather be out detecting as you dont find items stuck behind a computer screen.

 

[ironsight]

This tread should of instead been titled: 'Deepest Coin Ever Dug?

 

[daddyflea]

I found a true nuff 6" 1939 Nickle today and that is deep for a Nickle

 

[hairymonsterman]

You know who's talking B/S about depth when they say they got a coin at a silly depth that far exceeds the air test value of their detector on samecoin.

 

[REVIER]

You know who's talking B/S about depth when they say they got a coin at a silly depth txhat far exceeds the air test value of their detector on samecoin.

Not all the time.
Crazy amounts like 8" to a foot maybe but a gain of several surprising inches is definitely possible.
I can see a scenario where someone tests a coin inside, with WiFi, florescent lights and all kinds of things hampering and affecting depth results then taking that same tool to an open site with no interference and soil with just the right amount of moisture and beat those indoor amounts by several inches on the same target.

I have read many posts of owners using several brands that have gone deeper outside in real world conditions than they ever saw inside with air testing....I am one of them because I experienced this myself.

Air testing indoors has its uses and many do it for a few reasons but most that do it usually take depth results with a grain of salt because none are ever done under sealed and protected perfect laboratory conditions where you can scientifically and accurately measure data.

 

[slingshot]

You know who's talking B/S about depth when they say they got a coin at a silly depth that far exceeds the air test value of their detector on samecoin.

I found an 1800's dollar coin at a MEASURED 12" with an AH Pro. That's right- a TR discriminator set at PULLTAB discrimination. I could even lift the coil 2" and still get a faint signal. It, and several other finds, made up my mind about the halo effect a long time ago. This detector required setting the threshold just right to get a quarter at 5" air test. No B/S.

 

[hairymonsterman]

Thousands of live digs on youtube, how many are coins over 12" ?

 

[407floyd]

Found a silver quarter at 12" in sandy soil and an Indian Head with the nicest patina at about the same depth in dark sandy loam, both with a Whites DFX and the standard 9.5" coil.