Am i doing something wrong?

[Frankn]

Wow. I would have thought just the opposite. I thought the many layers of leaves would make objects be deep.

I think the thing is, they are only counting soil depth. There are usually several inches of decaying leaves on top.
I use a 3 tine rake in the woods. it is much faster on the recovery. I checked out an old trail that use to lead to an old church and found an Indian heat at 3" soil depth after removing the decayed leaf cover. Just a thought, Frank...-

 

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[Tom_in_CA]

I live in Los Angeles right now but I don't know of anybody else around here. I know there are clubs but I don't know much about them or if they would help. Most people around here hit the beaches but as far as the parks and other areas I seem to be the only one.

Tiburcio: I know a fellow in Los Angeles area, who in the last 5 or 6 years has gotten THOUSANDS of silver coins from the parks down there. At present, he has got a new trick up his sleeve and is getting silver coins off some certain beaches down there. No, not storm erosion hunting (when you'd typically think the older coins are turning up on the beaches). If you get on the kinzli forum, read through past posts, and you'll pick up on some clues, and meet guys down there who are, in fact, finding silver coins.

Dirt-scratcher makes a good point too, about old yards: southern Ca is FILLED with post-WWII sprawl neighborhoods (built late '40s to late '50s). If you work some of those yards, their old enough to have silver coins, yet will most likely be virgin. Start with some of them, to get the hang of turf silver strategies. THEN progress on to the hard-hammered older parks.

 

[tiburciovasquez]

Thx everybody!

 

[BARKER]

Hi; Simple Question.: What is your Discrimination set at ?? The higher it is set the less stuff you will find. It will also have a tendency to decrease your Depth because the detector can not ID the deeper targets as well so it blocks them out. RULE OF THUMB: Kill your Discrimination.!!!!!!! Some detectors have a Mode toggle switch that lets you choose between like SALT, NORMAL, RELIC, BLACK SAND etc.. Make sure to set that Switch to the PROPER setting. That will effect your ID as well as the tone signal you get as well. This is the best advice I can offer you. Me, I dig EVERYTHING regardless of what the ID says. You will be amazed ok. Good Luck. If none of that works send the detector in to be checked ok. PEACE:RONB

 

[Jesse James]

As for me, I didn't find any silver my first year and a ½. Then BAM. About 15 silvers in one summer. A few already this season. I did upgrade my detector and invested in a Pro pointer. But I'm not sure what actually changed my luck. I've proven beyond a doubt though, after all the trips I've made to various sites, some of my best finds come from my town. Very odd the way things work sometimes.

 

[admrose]

Search old elementary schools (repeat: OLD. Do not, repeat, NOT attempt to detect at a school that is still in use let alone in session). Kids are horrible with keeping their hands on change and even less interested in picking it back up. My only silver Roosie came from an old elementary school as well as 30 more clad dimes.

 

[CoinKracken]

Get out more and do it more hours and hours. I would love to do that sadly I am short on time and I have a job.


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[OhioDigger24]

Good advice everyone... Good idea Charlie P.

 

[OhioDigger24]

Sure... I have permission to hunt a super old farm that was founded by my wife's family when they migrated from Germany. I've just been trying to hone my skills a little first

 

[OhioDigger24]

What kind of detector are you using ? Also it can depend on your area, are there a lot of other detectorists in your area, and was the past population high ? Plenty of old towns and parks out west, but they never had the population numbers that say east coast had. Or considering anything that was easy to find could have been dug up by old timers like me back in the 70's and 80's, I still find silver, but certainly not the volumes like back in the heydays. But its still there, probably out of reach of most machines now, since back then I'd find coins in my area in the 6-10 inch range, so I'm guessing the oldest coins now..per my area are in the 10-14 inch range, but there are a lot of variables to that, for things like frost heave. I'll help you anyway I can, but I need more details, machine, experience with said machine, and style of how you use it, that way I can offer solid advice. Mike

Thanks Mike! I have a coinmaster pro. Been at it for about a year and a half or so. I usually mark off a 10 x 10 area and sweep all directions swinging like a pendulum

 

[airscapes]

Thanks Mike! I have a coinmaster pro. Been at it for about a year and a half or so. I usually mark off a 10 x 10 area and sweep all directions swinging like a pendulum

I hope you don't mean literally like a pendulum.. the coil has to stay flat to the ground at all times..
Read this it will help you a lot Truth About Search Coils

 

[Frankn]

In reality, no one swings back and forth! To keep the coil flat, they swing in a 'U' shape around the front of them. They wind up with a zig zag pattern. Also keep it low, but don't touch the ground or vegetation if you can help it. That causes false signals. Frank...-

How is this for 4 hours work. Thats a 3 ct ruby in that gold ring.

 

[George (MN)]

What detector(s) are you using, and with what coil(s)? I don't even know what country you're in, let alone if your ground is highly mineralized or if most of the places you try have extreme trash. If you detect in small towns, incomes are usually low, so these people might look for a coin they dropped. Big cities have large numbers of detectorists with top of the line units, & the big cities often renovate their parks every several years, using bulldozers, & dirt & grass is removed & /or added. Detecting of most public spots like schools & parks started in the '60s or '70s most locations, likely thousands of times. It's been a few years since I've found a silver coin, but in late '70s they were found in many parks & schoolyards. Best wishes.

 

[George (MN)]

Cincinnati had 4 parks in 1860, but between park renovations & the passage of time making things deeper, I don't know what we should expect from these oldest places. I've often thought maybe the best public places could be parks & schools just old enough to produce silver. If you get to know exact dates on these places it can pay off. Here in new suburbia, I got 11 silvers at a 1963 park & 3 silvers at a 3 acre 1964 park.

 

[George (MN)]

I think some people do things in the woods that they don't want some others to know about. Also, sometimes a narrow path through the woods is the shortest route to walk/bicycle between 2 places.

 

[George (MN)]

The AT Pro is an excellent detector but you need to make sure you have a good manual ground balance & check it fairly often. I got a clad dime down 7" that IDed as dime every pass. This in moderately mineralized soil that was very dry/hard

 

[JunkShopFiddler]

I hunt all the obvious places as you do. I found 12 silvers in the last 6 months of detecting. I have also dug nearly 450 dollars in clad, nickles, and cents. And counting the piles of trash, nickle signals, and iffy signals, In these last 6 months I have dug about 8000 holes in my local parks and schools...that equals about one silver for every 650 holes. I have been detecting for over 30 years and the best advice I have found is just keep diggin' and kill it with overwhelming numbers of holes. (The older the places the better of course).

Here where I live we don't have oceans, beaches, battlefields, or 200-plus year old historical towns. All we got here is dirt...and all I do is just keep diggin' in it.

 

[airscapes]

Here where I live we don't have oceans, beaches, battlefields, or 200-plus year old historical towns. All we got here is dirt...and all I do is just keep diggin' in it.

Brings to mind a post apocalyptic movie scenes !

 

[CoilyGirl]

Don't forget to go S-L-O-W and to listen to those almost silent yet good tones. My oldest silver was a 1916 Mercury dime and I was hunting a yard that had grass almost knee high. The signal was very faint but I knew it was a good one. Searching the perimeters of a so called hunted out spot has helped me to find more,most people search the center of yards and parks .

 

[m bryan]

Frankn, I used to live at 545 Rock Springs. I think that's my ring I lost.