STINKIN' LINCOLNS

[joe dirt_1]

I hate digging those rotten zinc pennies that seem to be everywhere we hunt. They have bubbles on the surface, big chunks missing off the sides and are almost half eaten away from just a short period of being in the ground. Just butt ugly coins...blah!
Unfortunatly those stinkin' lincolns need to be dug on most older sites because indian head pennies fall right in there reading just like a stinkin' lincoln. A good example of this is last summer a buddy and I were hunting the small yard of an older house and all I was digging was those damn zinc pennies at 2 to 3 inches deep. Well, I got another zinc reading at 2 inches and walked away from it cussing it under my breath. Something made me go back and dig the signal and I'm glad I did... it was a nice 1868 indian head penny at just 2 inches deep....so you will never know if you passed up a nice old indian head penny or some other desireable target by not digging those zinc signals. I do like those zinc signals that read 6 to 8 inches deep....very good odds of digging an indian head penny there. Just something to think about, especially for new hunters that might be discriminating out zinc pennies because
they didn't know they won't be finding indian head pennies either. On some sites, depending on how bad my knees are hurting, I will only dig zinc readings that are 5 inches or more. I might miss a couple of shallow indian heads once in a while but odds are it won't be a stinkin' lincoln. Do most guys dig the zincs or just pass them up? HH.........

Roger

 

[Smudge]

I have no TID because I don't like or trust them.

If you get a solid signal after you have set your discrimination, I say dig it, zincolns or not. You never know for sure what it might be.

And I agree with you, nothing sadder than seeing a dissolving coin, especially when its your own country's currency.

Even if it is a penny.

 

[phinbolt]

I will dig them till I get tired of them and will save the rest till next time out, when I tumble my coins I set all the destroyed ones in a separate bag so the they don't clog the coin counter at the bank

 

[joe dirt_1]

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[Flintstone]

All you guys need to do what i do. I roll mine and send them back to the makers. Tell them at the bank that it is money that needs to be out of circulation. They pay me for what i got and send them back. Banks always has money to send to be redone, so why not the Penney's. I have been detecting 10 or 12 years, you know how many STINKIN LINCOLNS i have sent back. So dig those things and get your money for them.

 

[Elton]

I just throw em in a box..and when my bank hangs the sign for pennies needed I drop em off. They count them and deposit to your account. Happens about once every two years.. So," I say dig em" ..... your there, and they add up.

 

[norman maassey]

Gold Or a Small silver Ring.

 

[JimGilmore]

It depends on how long I have been hunting. Early in the hunt I am feeling good. After an hour or so the knees and back are getting tired so digging the frustrating targets gets harder and I start to get picky...

 

[Darkflight]

Today I went over an area I thought I had cleaned out( with a TID machine). I was using a cheap beep n dig I keep in my vehicle .

I also have been known to ignore shallow zincs when its obvious.


I may have to stop doing that altogether. I found one I had passed by & yeas it was a zincoln at 2" just as my TID machine had told me. But I rechecked the hole before stamping it down & there was a 2nd target an inch behind it & 3" further down. It was a bent ring with an amber stone!. And it has a weak hallmark but the VDI says white gold not silver...Gotta test it of course.

But I just happened to be in the area for my daughter to use the county dental mobile clinic. I had already "cleared" that area but as it was adjacent to a playground she wanted to use after she had some minor work done. Gotta beep when I can so grabbed the detector & you know the rest of the story.

I also learned not to pass by a zinc in a productive area. A strong shallow target like that totally masks a nice deep target nearby or even a few inches away/down.

 

[Ray S ECenFL]

Gold Or a Small silver Ring.

I can attest to that. Almost passed up another penny reading and decided to dig it any way, it turned out to be a silvr ring. This hobby is like playing the lottery, you just never know....



Ray S ECenFL

 

[cuzzi25]

Today I went over an area I thought I had cleaned out( with a TID machine). I was using a cheap beep n dig I keep in my vehicle .

I also have been known to ignore shallow zincs when its obvious.


I may have to stop doing that altogether. I found one I had passed by & yeas it was a zincoln at 2" just as my TID machine had told me. But I rechecked the hole before stamping it down & there was a 2nd target an inch behind it & 3" further down. It was a bent ring with an amber stone!. And it has a weak hallmark but the VDI says white gold not silver...Gotta test it of course.

But I just happened to be in the area for my daughter to use the county dental mobile clinic. I had already "cleared" that area but as it was adjacent to a playground she wanted to use after she had some minor work done. Gotta beep when I can so grabbed the detector & you know the rest of the story.

I also learned not to pass by a zinc in a productive area. A strong shallow target like that totally masks a nice deep target nearby or even a few inches away/down.

Good deal! sometimes ill go to a "cleaned out" spot & spend a few hours cleaning out all the junk and more often than not ill find some goodies when i rescan

 

[BarberBill]

I quite passing up the zincs after reading that some small gold jewelry comes in at the same setting. The second one I dug after that turned out to be a small black hills gold ring. Now I generally dig them and throw the cruddy ones away.
BB

 

[Jerry-Wi]

Stinkin' Lincolns and pull tabs are a curse! ........ and a Blessing at the same time. Lot of good things ring up in the same range that you can miss if ignored. That said, it really depends on how I am feeling and how many times I have got up and down that day if I dig or not. When I am getting tired towards the end of a hunt I pass them by.

Jerry

 

[Hobo lobo]

If it ain't iron, I dig it.