Having read all of the posts on this forum and following the various issues/topics closely. I would like to get some opinions/feedback on what is the average depth relative to finding relics. I personally lean more to the coin and jewelry shooting end so I never really got into documenting relic finds and their associated depths. I know on most coins it is between 6-8in when detecting newer sites, though when detecting old places that hasn't had any sort of redevelopment activity the average will be at 4-6in.
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Depth
- Thread starter pineapple
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jeff@middlesex
New member
Well I hunt plowed fields so I can't say as the ground is disturbed. But even in that state they are still 4-7" deep
BuckeyeBrad
New member
I usually check depth by the length of the digger I use, a Predator, which is 11 3/4" long and I've dug a few coin sized targets that were about 1" shy of that. Decent signal too.
Pineapple,
I haven't been able to do any relic hunting with the T2 yet. I've used it mostly on parks and private property. Deepest coin was a 9 inch wheatie. I did dig a quarter sized copper tag at a solid 9+ inches. It was a very solid loud hit. I am sure I would have been able to hit it another inch deeper if not close to 2 inches. But, with the way ground acts at times that's a total guess...
I did get out for about 30 minutes on Monday until the downpour started...
I dug 2 wheaties and some clad. One of the wheaties was beside pulltab type target. My initial angle was so both targets were laying parallel to each other. The T2 spit out a short high tone followed by the pulltab signal. When I slowed down my swing I could separate them. If I walked to the coin side I only got a coin hit on the first little bit of the coil. That's pretty dang good as I was clipping along at decent pace as targets weren't that plentiful there. I forgot to dig the pulltab to see just how close it was. Before the downpour I was working my way over to an area that is quite trashy but I think the T2 with it's oblong coil will do very good at. There's also an area of this park I've dug seated coins... I haven't got over in that area yet either. But this park is a good 4 blocks long.
I am on vacation next week and will hopefully get a chance to do a head-to-head comparison of at least my T2, Explorer and X-Terra 50 in my soil. It should be interesting. I plan to mark targets and do some note taking. I plan on going to a park I've pounded pretty good. Nice thing during the week there's rarely anyone around there because it's out of the way.
-Bill
I haven't been able to do any relic hunting with the T2 yet. I've used it mostly on parks and private property. Deepest coin was a 9 inch wheatie. I did dig a quarter sized copper tag at a solid 9+ inches. It was a very solid loud hit. I am sure I would have been able to hit it another inch deeper if not close to 2 inches. But, with the way ground acts at times that's a total guess...
I did get out for about 30 minutes on Monday until the downpour started...
I dug 2 wheaties and some clad. One of the wheaties was beside pulltab type target. My initial angle was so both targets were laying parallel to each other. The T2 spit out a short high tone followed by the pulltab signal. When I slowed down my swing I could separate them. If I walked to the coin side I only got a coin hit on the first little bit of the coil. That's pretty dang good as I was clipping along at decent pace as targets weren't that plentiful there. I forgot to dig the pulltab to see just how close it was. Before the downpour I was working my way over to an area that is quite trashy but I think the T2 with it's oblong coil will do very good at. There's also an area of this park I've dug seated coins... I haven't got over in that area yet either. But this park is a good 4 blocks long. I am on vacation next week and will hopefully get a chance to do a head-to-head comparison of at least my T2, Explorer and X-Terra 50 in my soil. It should be interesting. I plan to mark targets and do some note taking. I plan on going to a park I've pounded pretty good. Nice thing during the week there's rarely anyone around there because it's out of the way.
-Bill
Thanks guys for the replies, though what I am looking for is a AVERAGE depth. I know I have cataloged well over 100,000 coin finds in the past years and based on the data collected the average coin find sits at those depths I noted in my previous post. I am more curious as to what the average depth is for relics. I'm sure in any case coin/jewelry/relic we all find those that will be down deep, but when I set up my machines (sensitivity) I try to base it on where the highest yield potential will be at. I'm sure you will also note that at different depths the audio will differ somewhat also, thus I like to tone my ears to that certain tone that will yield the most finds. Thanks in advance for any help.
I'm sure you will also note that at different depths the audio will differ somewhat also, thus I like to tone my ears to that certain tone that will yield the most finds. Thanks in advance for any help.Mike Bearden
Member
Most relic sites we hit will have period bullets and buttons in the 8-11" range depending on WHERE they are found. In other words, if we hit pockets of relics under the tree canopy then they will be the deeper finds and the open fields produce the shallower goodies, Belt plates and larger items don't tend to go very deep, unless we're digging hut pits and find them there... but that's a different ball game altogether
Hope this helps.
Mike
Hope this helps.
Mike
Thanks Mike that's good info to know. I was writing up some stuff that required I address the relic hunting aspect of detecting and since I am not one of those that does that type of detecting I thought I'd ask the guys/gals that did. I have found some nice relics, but they were all accidental and resultant of me looking for coins. Again, thanks for the info.
Ed in SoDak
Member
At least around here!
You can find old stuff right at surface down to a foot or better. The whole area is a geologic uplift, sitting on granite, surrounded by slates. Stuff from the 30's or even older can sometimes be found only an inch or two deep, while in other areas siltation, pine needle deposits, flooding, etc., can be layered several feet over the bedrock you can spot exposed just a few feet away.
Mining excavations can place items way down in the pile, or have them popping out of the other side.
Consistently inconsistent, as I often put it!
-Ed
You can find old stuff right at surface down to a foot or better. The whole area is a geologic uplift, sitting on granite, surrounded by slates. Stuff from the 30's or even older can sometimes be found only an inch or two deep, while in other areas siltation, pine needle deposits, flooding, etc., can be layered several feet over the bedrock you can spot exposed just a few feet away.
Mining excavations can place items way down in the pile, or have them popping out of the other side.
Consistently inconsistent, as I often put it!
-Ed