Some May Be Lost Forever?

[miserman]

I like going back to the farm fields year after year hoping to find a few targets that have been turned up after another season of being plowed. As most hunters realize coins can be moved around enough to then be detected. After several seasons of detecting,most of the fields seem to dry up. The question is “is there a lot more coins that have been plowed under many years ago and are too deep to ever be found.” Crotal Bell pieces are a good indication that the answer is yes. I have found many over the years that are broken in half but the other half never shows up. The smalls pieces I can see never being found but what happens to the other larger parts?

 

[sasquache]

Love finding crotals bells even if there in pieces! History of the Good old days

 

[Hauptmann aD]

Well, there can be many or there can be none.
An eye opener was a hoard of thin medieval silver coins on a field, each only around 0,5 grams. We thought to have searched very hard and got no signals anymore besides some random rusty iron.
After that the archaeologist arrived with an exvacator and after each stripe removed ground we found more single coins.
During the months after that (second) dig I still managed to find almost 30 more coins on the still unploughed ground around. (Some samples attached.)

 

[JCR TX]

I speculate that in the absence of a shallow hardpan layer, coins & other smaller items can remain beyond the reach of the turning plow. Anyone who has rehunted a worn out site after a Dozer has scraped 6 or more inches off can concur.