You ever have one of those places......

[Pastor bob]

where you know there has to be good coins, but yet all you dig is dig is deeeep clad. AHunter and I went to a turn of the century park that used to be the schools football field as well. We had several deep signals and every time but one it was a late 60's, early 70's dime or penny. We did pull out a silver Washington (1964). A man came over to ask us if we found anything and he told us that park used to hold tractor pulls on the old football field. That explains why all the coins there were newer and deep.

 

[bik-il]

Yeah,
Had spots like those that looked good on paper.
But hope springs eternal, even after digging a 8-9in memorial penny for the umpteenth
time. You'd think id learn, but old habits die hard.
It's all part of the fun... sometimes!
HH

 

[Big Fang Coin Biter]

Do note that if the cald is deep in disturbed ground, the goodies may be shallow or any depth. I dug a nice seated dime at about three inches on a curb strip. Deep coins were stinkin' Lincolns right around there. I was shocked to say the least.
HH - BF

 

[gunsil]

where you know there has to be good coins, but yet all you dig is dig is deeeep clad. AHunter and I went to a turn of the century park that used to be the schools football field as well. We had several deep signals and every time but one it was a late 60's, early 70's dime or penny. We did pull out a silver Washington (1964). A man came over to ask us if we found anything and he told us that park used to hold tractor pulls on the old football field. That explains why all the coins there were newer and deep.

I doubt the clad was deep due to tractor pulls alone. Deep clad usually indicates the area has been re-graded, landscaped or re-sodded. Simple as that. I don't subscribe to the theory that coins "sink" in the ground over time. I have found too many colonial coins at less than five inches to think they really sink. These finds have been in the sandy soil of coastal MA and the dirt of lower N.Y. state. It is I believe more a case of soil being added that accounts for deep coins.