If you find clad with the depth meter 1/2 way, what does this tell you?

[greasecarguy]

a.There has been fill
b.The silver will be deeper
c.Move to another spot
d.none of the above

 

[James N.D.]

Seriously though, it's either that or it has been filled in. Even though it's been filled, the Older Coins can be still detectable if you go slow and listen for them Deeper Hits. I wouldn't just up and leave right away but work the area and who knows.....maybe you will find a spot that hasn't been filled or turned and start popping out Oldies one right after the other. Depends on how Old the site is too. Good Luck and HH.

 

[BlackX]

Fill, silver deeper (soft ground can do that) or, as James said, the ground could have been turned. The half-way point on the meter is often my cut-off point depending where I'm hunting. There's one ballpark I hunt where part of the field I'll find clad that deep or deeper but another part where I've found a seated and barber that were about the same depth. Found an large cent there early on but can't remember how deep it was. But once--near the seated/barber area--found an unrecognizable large copper way the hell down there--like 12-14". Basically, it's hard to tell what's going on until you spend some time in the area. YMMV.

 

[Eu_citzen]

It would tell me to dig.

 

[dewcon4414]

If you are finding clad at about 6 inchs there has been some kind of movement. But like James said, you kind of have to know the area you are hunting. If its old and you know theres been old coins found there who knows maybe that movement will bring some of the older coins to the surface as well. Sometimes there are pocket that werent dug when the dirt was moved around if you hit one of those it could be pay day. If your hunting spots are limited you need to work all the area... otherewise its like saying im not going to work areas where there is a lot of trash. Normally you can tell as you are digging by change in color and compactness of the soil if its been moved.

 

[NealNoIN]

Clad has had up to 45 years to sink to the hardpan. The silver could be right there with it at the same depth.

 

[NiagracountyNY]

Im in Ny state ,The frost here can go several feet in the winter.We get huge shifts in the ground some winters.I personally think this effects coins sinking and being brought back up even.I was wondering if anyone up North here had a thought or 2 on this ?Since u are using an Explorer You should be able to reach the silver anyways,just gonna take some slow Hunting.

 

[electroman680]

This is a bit off the topic, but......

Could be you need to add another letter to your list.

E. You could be using a larger size coil (WOT etc.)

My reason for adding this is that I personally love to use my WOT 15" coil....However it frustrates me that now coins at 2" read half way down the depth scale. I wish someone (Minelab) would come up with a setting where you choose your coil size and the CPU would adjust depth accordingly. If anyone has a solution, I would love to hear it. This is why I love the Pro coil so much.... the Depth is very accurate....

As far as the above scenario, I choose B.... I think the silver would be below the clad, unless the ground was roto-tilled.

Happy Hunting

 

[Erik in NJ]

Yes, the change in the way the depth meter works is sooooo frustrating and such any easy fix in the software - I don't understand what they were thinking. I believe my little SunRay coil does the same thing, used it once and not since because of the same problem. I often hunt by depth and look at the depth meter a heck of a lot more than the cursor location.

 

[bigolhorns]

It tells me the coins sink fast. I live directly across the street from a city park in northwest Oregon. I have lived here for 32 years. The ground has not been turned over, filled or any kind of movement in that time. Clad coins can be 10" deep. 2005 coins can be 4". If you go to this park in the winter it has standing water. If you stand in one spot you will begin to sink!
Silver is tough to find in this area anymore, it's waaaaaaaaaay deep. 20 years ago the silver was already very deep here, the Compass machines from that time were at their limit in finding it and they were deep machines.I have to watch for sidewalk tear-outs and turf removal to get silver now.

 

[AUDuke]

Since pull tabs have a lower specific gravity ( weigh less) than coins and DIRT how do they sink?

 

[James N.D.]

blown around, soil erosion and also the big one.....mowing the grass. If the site is mowed and not bagged, then the clippings tend to keep accumulating and this helps in the process of Coins and Pull Tabs to sink just as far as some Coins do.