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just wondering

That is a good question. I will say that I really do not think a true average exists? I have found silver at less than 3" up to 6-8". I really think it depends on the soil and other conditions. I know I have also found modern coins down around 6-8"? I wish i could give you a better answer, Beale.
 
With all the variables involved, I'm not sure a known average exists, either. I do find the majority of my older coin recoveries in the 5-8" depth range, though, on the sites I hunt. HH jim tn
 
I'm with them.

6" to 8", Sometimes they seem to be deeper,
but that's because the coin falls off the wall of
the hole and ends up at the bottom of the hole.

That fooled me until I learned better.

If conditions are bad enough, 2" or less.
 
Wow, that's a good question. I find stuff at all different depths. A '42 merc dime was at about 3" in an old church yard. A '52 nickel was about 6" at a fairgrounds. A 1901 Canadian penny was right at 8" at an old high school grass commons, it's a big pc of copper too. But I also found a big copper coin, with initials D.W. stamped on it, and it was only about 3" deep in my yard. Maybe it depends on the weight of the coin, I dunno. Which makes me ask why I find crushed beer cans 8" and deeper. A big flat pc of aluminum should be very difficult to sink way down in the ground like that. The freeze/thaw cycle should push stuff up to the top shouldn't it? More questions than answers on this one for me!

HH, twalton
 
Most of my recoveries on lawns are generally in the 5 - 8 inch range. Newer stuff is 0 - 5", for me anyways. But the older stuff is generally deeper. Now in the woods there are two normal ranges. Those where the tree roots keep old coins from sinking, and further out in the yard where they can sink deep!!! If you want old coins, go anywhere there was a house or picnic grove and look near all the old trees. You have a better chance of shallow coins there. I have found seated dimes at 2-3" trapped by roots. But some of the large cents I find out away from trees have been 11 - 12" deep. So it's location, not age that determine where the old coins end up! Try it and good luck!
 
Prevailing wind has something to do with coin or ring depth also. If hunting a yard the coins are deeper on downwind side of the house than the upwind side. The dust In the prevailing wind tends to build up the soil on the downwind side. Bill in Texas
 
I would say look at two things. In some parts of the country the soil is soft and easy digging. Coins would probably sink faster there..2. Look and try to determine if top soil has been added to the site you are hunting If there is a sidewalk it is easier to determine. If so newer coins could be deep while newer lost coins could be shallow. Just my 2 cents.....Jack
 
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