Question on hunting silver part 2

[kregh]

Rarely have I hit any clad deeper than 5 inches. (ACE 350 w/ stock DD coil and a sniper coil)

So my question is - on average - at what depth do you typically find silver coins? I know there are a lot of variables at play here - one would think the older the coin - the deeper it must be - but I don't think that is really true - then again - I haven't found any - so I am asking the crowd what their experience has been.. Thanks in advance for the responses!

 

[MrGee]

Too many variables. In clay soil I've found them an inch or two deep and in sandy soil I've found them 5 to 6 inches deep. Last summer I found a 1959 quarter on top of the ground. Too many variables. All I can say is....they are where you find them.

MrGee

 

[fongu]

What little silver I have found has been at different depths, so it just depends on the soil conditions. A farmer recently moved an old house and I asked the man I buy my honey from to ask him about me metal detecting the land where the old house used to be, because I didn't know him or his phone number. I rode by there the other day on a honey run and the land was plowed and planted in watermelons. Any coins on this property are probably pretty deep and maybe some were brought to the surface by the plow. It's another lost opportunity, I guess. Then you have the subject of small caches that someone buried and they are usually deeper than the surface unless the land was turned or plowed. Good luck with the silver.