norman maassey
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There is a lot of other site around here I would use it as long as the ground was damp. A here at now I want air driven jack hammer.
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How About A Digger Like This In A Park?
- Thread starter MarkCZ
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I used a similar device without the long handle and ended up scratching a lot of coins...found that it should only be sunk in far enough to remove the grass and roots about four inches then use your hand digger and screwdriver after that...will save you from damaging good coins.
Joe
Joe
MarkCZ
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JBE_Iowa said:
How big of a plug did the digger you used to use take?
The first one we made was 5" (Way to big)
The next one was 3" (To small)
The end result of 3.5" seems to be about right!
Where I live finding coins 100 years old is about un-heard of! and most of the silver that I find isn't going to be hurt by scratches (the melting pot never complains).
Now! however I did get to use my digger for a FULL day of detecting this past Saturday, I knew that were I was hunting I wasn't to find anything old (1930's maybe?)
Anyway, during the day I practiced and what I found with it is that with good pinpointing and watching the depth it was amazing how well I could recover coins, I had a good number of them where the plug came apart right at the coin and the coil was laying perfect right on top the dirt in the hole
I didn't scratch any either!.
I found a couple that was tilted and through my pinpoint off, but the 3.5" took the plug out and the coins were about an 1/2" back in the side of the hole, got them real fast with the Pro-pointer!
But over the years I've cut a few coins with a soil knife when the coin was tilted or on its side and my pinpoint was off.
I saw another homemade plugger on eaby the other day, this one was made from a chulking gun and the guy had welding what look like a 2" pipe on it for a cutter, that for sure is to small! Get this, he wanted $55.00 for it! LOL!
Also, its more tools to carry. I kind-a found that I could use it cane style and it wasn't to bad. I ended up with 45 coins (keepers) and that's not counting a few zinc'ers I had to through away, I dug them for effect. Also, this was the fist time out with my new to me Whites 5900 Pro-sl and by the end of the day I was doing VERY well hitting nickles!.
Mark
I made one out of a caulking gun a couple years ago. The best use I have found for it is planting a coin test plot. It is great for cutting holes of precise depth. Just drop in coin and reinsert the plug. It works for digging coins too, but I just never warmed up to using it compared with the trusty old screw driver and/or digging tool.
Jerry
Jerry