Dumb Question? I hope not.:biggrin:

[Yaridnac]

Hi guys, out of curiosity. If you ever find a cache or hoard of coins and they're plenty of them. Would your X-Terra 70 would show a number? or it would show OL (overload)? It has happen to me about 3 times and I didn't dig thinking maybe it would be something I shouldn't dig?
What do you guys think?​

 

[BarnacleBill]

Most likely any detector with an overload feature will react similarly. Your best bet is to raise the coil & determine the outline/size and possible ID. The other thing to keep in mind is where you are at geographically and what is the likelihood of a buried cache. i.e. A large signal found along an old stone wall is more interesting than one found in the middle of a playground.

HH
BarnacleBill

 

[xwyokid]

I tried that the other day with a coffee can full of mixed coin spread out on top of the ground and buried in a plastic sack about 12"". The hole was 12" deep but the sack was about 3"-4" from the surface OVERLOAD!!!!!!

 

[Digger]

I agree with BB. Most (maybe all) detectors with the overload feature will react similarly. However, you asked about the X-70 and that is where the difference might be...... Use the Prospecting mode to size and shape the target. Unless it's a jar of coins under the backseat of a buried 56 Buick, you will eventually get the coil high enough to trace an outline. Keep iron mask minimal in case the cache is in an old iron pot! No one else offers that capability. JMHO HH Randy

 

[BarnacleBill]

http://www.findmall.com/read.php?55,648250,648250#msg-648250

 

[Goes4ever]

frst off no one is going to bury a cache 3-4 inches deep, I would think it would be a minimum of 12" at that depth I do not think you would get an overload. Am I thinking correct here?

 

[Digger]

Depends on how big of hurry the person was who buried it. And keep in mind, the depth it is initially buried, compared to the depth it may be today, could be quite different. Erosion or grading around the old site might be two reasons it is not very deep today. On the other hand, if it was buried in an undisturbed timber, years of leaf decomposition could make it deeper than it originally was. JMHO Randy

 

[thedeserttortoise]

I found a cache... thought it might be silver at first. I even had it assayed. It turned out to be lead used for babbit bearings on the old locomotives. Someone had hoarded about thirty pounds of it and buried it beneath their floor in an old adobe. The assayer told me that in the late 1800's lead was a valuable commodity (bullets, window seating, pipe joining, etc) and that people buried anything of value as the doors and windows of the period were not very secure. When I found it the only part of the original dwelling that showed was the perimeter foundation. I was on my way home and just kind of swinging my detector about half heartily when I heard a faint signal. A huge mesquite tree had grown up and around the chunks of metal over the years and I was only able to dig out a small piece before dark. It was about 16 to 18 inches down and surrounded by tree roots. I came back the next day after being assured by a friend that the small chunk I had already recovered was silver. It took me about two more hours of digging and sawing tree roots to recover the rest. Like I mentioned, it turned out to be about thirty pounds worth. The point though is that the signal was faint. There were about 12 to 15 pieces in an area of approx 1 1/2 sq feet. They ranged in depth from about 15 or 16 inches to about 20 inches. The only real overloads I experience are usually surface items or massive junks of aluminum and iron within inches of the surface.

 

[Yaridnac]

Thank you so much to for your replies. Next time I should pock around instead of keep walking. ​

 

[Carolina Phil]

An overload signal is most likely a large and shallow target, so retrieving it wouldn