Ok guys need help with finding silver I have several old sites that I hunted I know has to have silver but all I can seem to find is a lot of wheat penny's tried everything I know to.There seems to be a lot of old nails and other iron in the ground all the penny's are around the 5 to 6 inch deep I have slowed down to a crawl with the 6 inch coil and tried different settings.I am willing to try other thing if yall have any suggestions. Thanks
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Need help finding silver
- Thread starter Mudshovel
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Mudshovel said:
Mudshovel, you are on the right track if you are finding wheats, it is just a matter of getting your coil over the silver. My ratio has been something like 15 wheats for every silver in ground that has been hunted by others. But if you are finding wheats, you are also on ground that will hold silver. I have found there are a couple reasons for this... one: by ratio, more pennies are dropped than other coins, and two: the site has probably been cherry picked (ignoring the copper signals) over the years. I have also found the CTX will find those more masked signals that the cherry pickers have missed with other machines, so again, I think the odds are in your favor and you are on your way to finding some silver. Good luck and HH.
Tim
IDXMonster
Well-known member
I hunted a farm site 20-25 times in the last 2 years to the tune of close to 50 hours total. The last time there I pulled my first silver coin,a 44 Merc. If you want to prove a point,continue on and dig anything close. If you want to FIND SILVER,go somewhere else. Set that machine up for good depth and hunt school yards and parks from the 50's and older. If you're adept at getting permissions,same for private residences....this is just MY own personal thought on the "silver" subject.
Some weird and interesting stuff can be found at farms,but not much of it turns out to be silver, for me.
Some weird and interesting stuff can be found at farms,but not much of it turns out to be silver, for me.
Jason in Enid
Active member
Mudshovel said:
You didnt say what type of site you are hunting. There are lots of places that look like they SHOULD have silver but have none. There are also lots of places which have been pounded by cherry-pickers since the first discriminating detectors were introduced. You can never predict where silver is going to be found.
I know it's frustrating, but it's all part of the game. If I am digging wheats, I stay on a site because wheats means there should be silver and I'm willing to tough it out. just keep digging!
If you are not getting any more signals there then I would go someplace else, but if you are getting lots of iron and squeaky sounds, some whispers, that are high tone, do the Sube routine, feel around the edges of any squeaky rust sounds, little tiny sweeps, maybe 2" left and 2 right. Odds are good there is a silver there, but it is more than likely lying under, or close to a rusty nail or bolt. The 'skim' guys will most likely miss it because it is masked a bit, but the CTX will hear it and show it to you. Grid off an area about 15' by 15', go over it really slow from at least 2 directions, go over it n-s and then e-w, and dig every high tone! EVERY high tone, dont get wrapped up in the numbers being displayed. If you get locked in on just digging the numbers you will miss a ton of good stuff. I honestly rarely look at the numbers til I start to dig or pin point. I dont recall 'digging' something based on the numbers, I almost always dig a target based on where on the display the target is placed, how big it is, smooth or rough edges, and TONE! Sneak up on them, surround them with little tiny sweeps, try it yourself. It works!
Thanks guys for chiming in the site I am hunting are a 1926 house a 1929 high school and a 1910 church found a 1912 wheat at the old church and around 15 wheats at the old house from the early 20s till 1950 only 2 wheats from the old school. Had a friend of mine go with me with his deus to the old house he only found 2 wheats so I am thinking it has probably been cherry picked did go the the empty lot next door to the house and found a 51 Rosie.
It is very hard to stay away especially the old house I always find sumthing when I go just not silver the lot next to it is just as old the house burned the old rock foundation and fireplace are still there it's a whole lot worse as far as the nails and other iron but did get that Rosie from there here are some other stuff from the old house I have found.
IDXMonster
Well-known member
I don't know how long you've been hunting either,but most guys want to find old coins...most guys who are coin hunters that is....Rooting around in a ton of trash and iron, if you haven't been at it long, isn't the way to go,IMHO. That old school would be my first choice, the others have not produced for me in any kind of appreciative way....ever. Have I found stuff at old churches or farms? Yes. Has it been ANYWHERE near as fruitful as parks and schools? Not even close.
underwatermetalman
Member
I find most areas have been heavily hunted, for me it is working the signal listening for the occasional high tone that sounds suspicious, you will dig nails, but, you will also dig silver. I have an etrac and I don't find the silvers as well as I do with my CTX. Keep swinging, keep digging, the silvers will show up when you least expect them in places you may not think they are.
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