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Granted, I may never come acrost a coin burried deeper than seven inches, but If ever I do, I'd like to find as many settings that will at least margionaly I.D. it as possible. Then I'll at least feel confident that I know which way is up or should I say down as far as depth goes. Any targets I find at seven inches or less get a good hit in virtualy every setting I can come up with.
So what I'm asking all you kind folks for is if you have found coins deeper than me, what settings did you use, what size and material was the coin, and aproximately how deep was it. Any other details about soil conditions, temperature, powerline proximity stuff like that would be good too, and no details are too trivial for me.
 
I think you are pounding on a very good question. A primary problem that has troubled me with forum post is the idea that you one can buy a detector and go out and find those ultra deep coins right and left. Don't you find it interesting that so few people can take you on a hunt and show you a hole with an ultra deep coin in it that they just found?
HH, Cody
 
Use deep ON...Volume and gain 10 so you can hear the deepie is a good start..Sens. as high as you can get in manual and still have a stable unit.In my neck of the woods I feel the Explorer is a 10 inch plus unit and have dug silver dimes where the depth indicator was empty and indeed they were a foot deep..Most forget the digital reading which usually never lies even on the deepies. Cross hair screen on extreme deepies or partially masked targets may indeed not fall where you would expect it on a particuliar target. No secret programs ...only ones that work for your area..As far as pictures of deep coins I can always dig a deep hole drop a silver dime in it. I like to travel light and a camera is at best excess baggage..Most silver coins in our area are usually 6 inches or more deep so either your coins don't fall as deep or you are walking over them..
 
coincide with the digital readout...I mean aren't they just different representations of the same thing?...thanks, Ray.
 
Yes, you are correct. The crosshairs and the digital screen are the ferrous/nonferrous and conductivity readings.
HH, Cody
 
I agree with Dan and would like to add a few things. Get good at IDing by sound alone it helps alot. Gain at 10 is where I run my Explorer and highly recommend it. I usually use manual sensitivity and push the sensitivity up on the Explorer until it starts getting unstable and then back of 1 or 2 numbers in sensitivity. I have experiment with manual vs. auto and have had hits in manual sensitivity that auto wouldn't even give a peep on. In my area, how a deep coin sounds varies from site to site. One of the sites I hunt the very deep coins sound like a square tab or slightly below that even. At the another site the deep coins don't seem to 'fall' in sound ID like they do it others. My only guess it's due to mineralization, etc.
Just to give you an idea on the Explorer and experience vs. less experience. My buddy and I hunted a park this summer. He owns an Explorer II and I have an Explorer I. I have owned my Explorer for four years and he has had his one year. 90% of my find in this park we hunted were over 7 inches. There was very little trash or coins up to 7 inches which tells me the park had been detected heavily before or backfilled (which it does seem like the case). My hunting buddy struggled alot. If I would find 35 wheaties and 4 silver coins he would find 5-10 wheaties and no silver. IMHO, my advantage is I go by sound and sound alone. I never look at the display. My buddy on the other hand is a always looking at the LCD. I am definitely not saying I am a better hunter than my buddy but only trying to prove the point that experience on the Explorer is invaluable. Try digging targets that are hitting slightly below where your coins come in. Depending on the site, I also dig the hits that are barely hitting and I can cross n/s e/w.
-Bill
 
Certainly don't have the Electronics background of some posters and I use the digital numbers and crosshair location as a double check. For some reason if its deep and reads a 28 or 30 Conduct majority of time its a silver coin, while the crosshair may jump around and land in several places including the top right area where silver coins usually do.In reallity Explorer gives you 3 ways to determine a target and have to agree with Bill W. tone is where its at and when I hear that familiar tone I look at the meter. Of course I am a silver coin hunter and those going for nickels and gold rings would have to be on the alert for lower tones.So in reallity tone, digital reading and finally crosshair location determine to dig or not..May be the oddball as many just use the crosshair as their main identifying factor to me its the least accurate especially if extremely deep or partially masked..
 
i have hunted much of pa., and va. is the same way, lot's of deep coins, 8, 9, 10, 11" deep.
you know, we're probably better off with these guys not believing the depths we pull coins from.
just more left for us to find. <img src="/metal/html/lol.gif" border=0 width=15 height=15 alt=":lol">
 
what do you think?
it's down about 9", at an angle, solid repeatable signal, couldn't miss it. but, pinpointed off-center due to it being situated at an angle, stock coil.
it's a 1913 barber dime.
some areas don't have deep coins, others do.
sometimes people just don't know how to detect them.
i seriously doubt that the 8" coil would have gotten it.
so what do you think? do you think it's BS? do you think i planted it in there.
 
I have seen that posted a couple of times and that is nice silver and at good depth from the looks of the digging tool. I am going to leave those 12" dimes for the younger guys that can swing the stock or larger coils.
I talked to the engineers for two of the best machines on the market and they told me that 7 to 8" on a dime was about it for the stock and small coils. My guess is the deeper coins such as a half will push the 12" mark very easy. When I state depth it is for a dime and not on a half dollar or even a quarter.
Anyhow great find and good hunting,
HH, Cody
 
and i can prove it. i don't care what top engineers say. they can come hunt with me and i'll show them a thing or two. maybe they can talk the talk, but when it comes down to getting dirty, maybe they only go as far as getting dirty from lead pencil dust.
if they said that, it's very misleading and a crock in my opinion.
anyway, thanks for the kind comments.
 
I believe it is real and the stuff is out there. I am not sure what I posted that you disagree with. I think 8 to 10" is going to be hard to beat on a dime. If I am wrong then need to change my belief and understanding of how deep we can expect to find a dime.
I very much appreciate knowing what others are doing. I don't think I am going to do any better than 8 to 10 on a dime but sure have no problem with other getting much deeper.
HH, Cody
 
i found one at 11", so did my brother, and some others i know.
what i disagree with is your constant harping on how dimes can only be detected so deep, and that very few coins are deep, or deeper than 7".
i found in the last year, approx., 500 i would say, coins that were 8-10" deep. i dug 'em buddy. whether you believe it or not.
maybe you don't have coins in your area that are that deep, or maybe with your coil and settings you can't get them, but that doesn't mean they're not there or someone else can't get them.
 
Don't read the post when you see it is mine and about depth is all I know to tell you. This is what you have on a public forum. All participants have a right to their opinions as long as the post are not personal. I am not at all offended that you do better on depth. If you find hundreds of coins at 12" that is great.
HH, Cody
 
They are talking the lock on solid signals that ID correctly and not ones you learn to listen for, you know those weak signals that give a blip evey few times the coil goes over them with the smart find jumping all over, but yet we know it is a good signal.
I have got dimes at 10-11 inches with my Sovereign and a 8 inch coinsearch coil. One of my dime with the Explorer was 11 inches that was one of those signals you knew something was there and it was deep. I used the X1 probe to help retreive it and dug a little at a time while a detecting buddie watched and measured it with is digging tool.
This is why I think when the Engineers say 7-8 inches that would be a solid lock on signal both tone and ID, not those we the users learn to listen for by Experience.
Rick
 
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