Ronstar
Well-known member
After pounding the city park and the “vein of coins” I have come to some intetesting observations.
I specifically was hunting in HistoryRevisited’s coinshooting program so this is what I experienced in my conditions. All coins were in the 5-7” range except one quarter and one dime which were 2” or less.
The first old coin was a 1902 IH penny which rang strong 46. Because of this find I started a methodical grid search with this find being ground zero. The nearby 1917 Merc also rang a strong 46 one way and 47 on the return sweep. I dug a couple clad dimes and Memorial pennies which also rang strong 45-46 numbers.
The next two Indians also rang 46 as did another clad dime and a 1910 Wheat and a 1918 wheat. AS DID A BUNCH OF PULLTABS AND BEAVERTAILS.
The three quarters I dug rang 51-52 as did EVERY SINGLE BOTTLE CAP SHOWN.
I know we dig what we dig but this was a lot of work and slow swinging over three days. These bottle caps specifically had clear sharp tones, others had the detectable chirp or tone jump as the coil swept pass. These caps showed full non ferrous while the others had maybe one or two bars ferrous. Have to assume now that not all caps are made of the same materials. The aluminum stuff all hit 45-47 and of course non ferrous. These were dug because pinpoint indicated 5 bars deep as did all the old coins.
Now, I made an observation with some revelation occurring. Where the old coins were had different grass and the ground was moist and easy to dig. Where the scrap was, was for all intent and purposes on the outer edges and much drier and sparser grass growth. Was the better soil/grass fill dirt? There was a five point spread in the manual ground balance numbers, the nicer soil was lower (28-29) as compared to 33-34 for the drier soil.
Could those type ground conditions screw with the VIDs? I wish I could have known what was being dug before it saw light so that I could have made a comparison of settings and numbers or even had a second detector to redo my sweeps.
Im a bit frustrated because the F75 is better at IDing coins vs trash but then again the Legend is finding more coins along with the trash.
BTW, you can literally follow that coin path and thats why I called it a coin vein. Why others didnt find these is only speculation but then who cares cuz I DID. Maybe they notched out the trash numbers not realizing there were coins there too???
Its endless isnt it!
I specifically was hunting in HistoryRevisited’s coinshooting program so this is what I experienced in my conditions. All coins were in the 5-7” range except one quarter and one dime which were 2” or less.
The first old coin was a 1902 IH penny which rang strong 46. Because of this find I started a methodical grid search with this find being ground zero. The nearby 1917 Merc also rang a strong 46 one way and 47 on the return sweep. I dug a couple clad dimes and Memorial pennies which also rang strong 45-46 numbers.
The next two Indians also rang 46 as did another clad dime and a 1910 Wheat and a 1918 wheat. AS DID A BUNCH OF PULLTABS AND BEAVERTAILS.
The three quarters I dug rang 51-52 as did EVERY SINGLE BOTTLE CAP SHOWN.
I know we dig what we dig but this was a lot of work and slow swinging over three days. These bottle caps specifically had clear sharp tones, others had the detectable chirp or tone jump as the coil swept pass. These caps showed full non ferrous while the others had maybe one or two bars ferrous. Have to assume now that not all caps are made of the same materials. The aluminum stuff all hit 45-47 and of course non ferrous. These were dug because pinpoint indicated 5 bars deep as did all the old coins.
Now, I made an observation with some revelation occurring. Where the old coins were had different grass and the ground was moist and easy to dig. Where the scrap was, was for all intent and purposes on the outer edges and much drier and sparser grass growth. Was the better soil/grass fill dirt? There was a five point spread in the manual ground balance numbers, the nicer soil was lower (28-29) as compared to 33-34 for the drier soil.
Could those type ground conditions screw with the VIDs? I wish I could have known what was being dug before it saw light so that I could have made a comparison of settings and numbers or even had a second detector to redo my sweeps.
Im a bit frustrated because the F75 is better at IDing coins vs trash but then again the Legend is finding more coins along with the trash.
BTW, you can literally follow that coin path and thats why I called it a coin vein. Why others didnt find these is only speculation but then who cares cuz I DID. Maybe they notched out the trash numbers not realizing there were coins there too???
Its endless isnt it!
