Find a Penny,, Dig a penny? >> Or similar denoination

[Icehouse]

Hello all.

I was wondering how many detectorists when they find a denomination of coin which is very slight like a US penny or similar do you dig it?

Whilst I do not understand a person not digging any denomination of coin no matter how big or small, I have heard that some choose to neglect digging the miniscule denomination of coins like the US penny and such?

Do you dig? Don't you dig? What is your reasoning?

Thanks for any response

 

[JB(MS)]

I dig them but you're right, some people don't dig zinc pennies. My hunting buddy is one who doesn't, and he's missed some nice finds because of it. A lot of indian head and wheat pennies ID as zincs here, but so do a lot of big gold rings. I've found several big boys highschool class rings that I returned and several big mens gold rings that ID as zincs, including the one in the photo with the quarter that's 18 kt with 1.5 kts of crushed diamonds and appraised for over $1,500. The rings in the other photo also ID as zinc cents, haven't been able to return the class rings in that photo so far. Bottom photo is 30+ pounds of pennies I've dug, mostly zincs, that need cleaning before the bank will take them.

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[silversmith]

It depends. If I'm in a hot place, finding lots of coins (and it happens, one place I visited I filled both front pockets bulging with coins during my lunch hour!), I'll skip zinc pennies, my Bounty Hunter discriminates between Zinc and Copper pennies. If I'm a hungry area I dig every thing! The detector I want will have a trigger on it. When I find a coin and pull the trigger it'll just suck the coin right outta the ground!

 

[dobbie]

a penny is a penny and they do add up and as JB mentions. lots of rings come up zinc as well. I just found one yesterday that registered zinc. though it didnt have any diamonds, it did have a nice piece of oynx in it. though it was only half the ring.....Stupid lawn mowers.

 

[coinhog]

I leave nothing behind, zinc or copper,, they all add up,,

 

[silversmith]

Once upon a time, I would have said "who wants half rings!" But one year detecting out at Rhoding Park, I did find a nice large silver ring chopped by the lawnmower. And, a year or two later, I found the other half!!! So, ya just never know! It's all variable. On another occasion, detecting an early "Hooker House" in the Sierra, I got a good signal and dug up a really mint Indian Head Penny! I moved on,................................dumb! Another member came along behind me and found a nice ladies
SILVER ring virtually in the same hole! So, no matter what you say or do, logical detecting usually doesn't work.. Now a days, if I find a silver coin or ring on a hunt....I'm a happy camper. In other words, sometimes it's best to stay in a small area and be thorough! Other times doing that will cost you a lot of time, for nothing. Ya just gotta let your on board karma, or what ever it is guide you. We all have that to some degree. I quite metal detecting with a guy who had much more than his share of what ever that is. I had the latest state of the art metal detector and he had an old original Coinmaster. He always beat me badly! He found silver coins laying on top of the ground.
Bummer Hey, ya know, this kinda reminds me of fishing. Same principle.

 

[BarberBill]

I dig em. 100 still makes a dollar and as people are generally less likely to look very hard for a penny after they drop one, we'll always be detecting more pennies than other denominations. Also, some tid machines id them and dimes in the same basic way and I've been pleasantly surprised quite often with a penny that turns out to be a dime. And, they still are more fun than pull tabs or bottle caps.
My two bits,
BB

 

[ZincolnDigr]

I hate them, and I avoid them. I dig the copper only. Those rotten zincs stay where they are!