HELP Burlington Co NJ

[chlsbrns]

Hello! We need advice on what detector can do a large area fast.

My elderly neighbor is allowing us to search for & keep 2 generations of buried coins, jewelry, ect buried at multiple locations throughout her property. Her husband & father in law buried jars of stuff for decades. Probably over a century.

Its kind of a funny story. I go to her home weekly to help her out & take her shopping. I was complaining that my hubby wasted $25 on a metal detector. That's when she told me about the buried jars & said we could keep them if we find them!

She lives on about 15 acres that is mostly cleared ground. She is aware of & has watched him bury the stuff while she washed dishes.

My husband has been looking with a metal detector that he got at a yard sale for $25 but hasn't found anything. He thinks the stuff is buried deeper than what the detector can detect.

Any suggestions on what detector to buy?

Maybe some trustworthy locals could help detect?

 

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[chlsbrns]

No such detector?

 

[ret-detector]

I would suggest contacting Big Boy's Hobbies, or Kellyco for advice from an experienced salesperson.

Good luck searching...:

 

[Keppy]

What brand or kind of detector does he have ?

 

[chlsbrns]

Thanks for advice ret but I don't trust salesman as much as people who actually use.

Keppy its a Fisher m-scope 1212x

Thanks!

 

[ChrisNJ]

I'm game for a try, but not sure how deep I could locate a jar full of coins.

 

[chlsbrns]

Chris that's the problem we don't know how deep. The property was farmed when he was alive. I'm assuming that he was smart enough to dig deep enough so the farm equipment didn't unearth or break the jars.

Is there an average depth that farmers turn the soil over?

 

[Keppy]

Thanks for advice ret but I don't trust salesman as much as people who actually use.

Keppy its a Fisher m-scope 1212x

Thanks!

Well that is a very good detector and will go about as deep as any VLF detector... But a PI detector will go deeper than a VLF detector so could be you want to get a PI detector....................If you think it is real deep you might want to go with a 2 box detector

 

[chlsbrns]

Thanks keppy I'll look them up to see what they are & do.

I also don't know how big the jars are or how full?

 

[Charlie P. (NY)]

If I was looking for something the size of a buried jar of coins of unknown depth . . . but assume over three feet . . . I would go with a Fisher Gemini III Two Box detector.

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[chlsbrns]

Thanks everyone for the advice!

I'll have my husband read up & decide what to do.

Thanks Again!

 

[RJH02]

If it's below the plow line than that's about 18 in.

 

[chlsbrns]

Thanks RJ!

I'm sure all of the jars are below the plow line. But I wonder how far below?

I guess any decent detector would detect a mass at 24 to 36 inches?

 

[bigfoot1]

nope....24 to 36" is really deep for most of the equipment most of us use.Ground penetrating radar would have no trouble though.Try to rent(dont know if possible)oor hire machine with operator.sometimes ya gotta believe enough to put out a little to hit it big.

 

[jerseyben]

Sent you a PM.

 

[Mzjavert]

You need to not only look at the machine, but the coil size. In this case I'd want a min. 12" coil, and a 15" coil if you can afford both.

As far as Machines I'd look at a White's TDI SL with a 12" coil. It is pricy at $1299.95 MSRP. As someone else suggested a two-box machine might be helpful--White's model is TM 808 and is $799.95 MSRP. You wouldn't be able to pinpoint and would have to dig a fairly big hole. I've never used a two-box unit and personally would try a traditional machine with a large coil.

I'd also take a serious look at a White's MXT Pro and get a 15" MXT Max Search Coil to go along with it.

If you do find it, I hope that despite her offer, you share it with her. Good luck!

 

[chlsbrns]

Thanks Mz for the advice!

I got a private message to check out http://www.accuratelocators.com pulse induction.

They have a demo detector that is priced less but still expensive. It has a large square coil & other coils.

Being that there are numerous jars that were buried it may be worth it to spend the money.

 

[blackbeard1717]

I love to hunt that area

 

[chlsbrns]

My hubby doesn't want to spend to buy a pulse induction from accurate locators unless it can be used to find other similar quantities of items.

My neighbor said that her husband buried at least 1 jar a year for over 50 years plus an unknown number of jars buried by his Father.

I think that is enough to justify the purchase but he is insisting on using it elsewhere to find something significant. I hate him sometimes! Lol!

Can anyone point me to something on this forum that is within driving distance & may be interested in using the accurate pi to help find whatever they are looking for?

Any help is appreciated!

 

[DizzyDigger]

My hubby doesn't want to spend to buy a pulse induction from accurate locators unless it can be used to find other similar quantities of items.

My neighbor said that her husband buried at least 1 jar a year for over 50 years plus an unknown number of jars buried by his Father.

I think that is enough to justify the purchase but he is insisting on using it elsewhere to find something significant. I hate him sometimes! Lol!

Can anyone point me to something on this forum that is within driving distance & may be interested in using the accurate pi to help find whatever they are looking for?

Any help is appreciated!

If time is short, then that is your best bet for a truly successful hunt. Using the kind of equipment
needed to locate objects over 3' deep requires experience. Finding a member here that has that
experience would benefit you greatly. Not that you couldn't find a cache yourselves, but to find
numerous ones you'll need some one with the experience to know what that machine is telling them.

Whatever you do, please, please don't call anyone named Savage!