Digging iffy signals scores me an Indian head penny!!!

[Goes4ever]

well I went to the park today and decided to dig everything, I dug the normal can slaw, pop tabs, about a buck in clad, was about time to go and I said one more target then I have to meet my wife for lunch.

well I get this signal at 3" deep that bounced back and forth from zinc penny to iron, I almost did not dig it because I hated to end the day on a piece of trash, but I also knew IH pennies have been dug here before and my ace registers them as a zinc penny. So I dug it, and boy am I glad! I got this super shape 1898 IH penny and this rusty nail was RIGHT BESIDE it............goes to show you digging them all does pay off!!!

 

[Graw]

n/t

 

[Goes4ever]

yes that is where zinc ring up for me, give it a test, get yourself a copper penny (pre 1982) and a newer one and air test them, they should show under different notches. I dig ALL zinc signals because 3 rings I have found have also rang up as a zinc penny

 

[treasurefiend]

Cool man!!!
And at only 3", here we have to dig down at least 6", but beleave it or not, memorials are found that deep too!!!

 

[Goes4ever]

yeah I dug several modern coins today at 4-5" but the thing is you NEVER know how each individual coin will sink

I never dig coin signals because of depth, I dig em all!!!!

 

[treasurefiend]

It depends on what Im looking for at the time. Just clad, I dig all the coin targets, but old coins, I dig only deep ones.

 

[Graw]

n/t

 

[Uncle Willy]

Yeah the nail confused your tector. IH's, which are mostly bronze, register below cent on the scale. Ain't you glad you dug it?

Bill

 

[Uncle Willy]

Not all old coins are buried deep. I've dug coins from the 1700's at two inches or less.

Bill

 

[Uncle Willy]

Yeah there is no set depth for old coins, just wherever Mother Nature decides to deposit them.

Bill

 

[Goes4ever]

and this paricular park is real hard clay, I have not dug anything there deep at all, I assume things don't sink very fast in clay

 

[OzarksMike]

Sweet! I've ignored a lot of bouncy signals because they all seemed to be junk in the past. Guess I'd just better dig everything, too!