Deep newer coins??Really??

[dirtsearcher]

Today I went over to my childhood home to try out my new Ace 250..I started getting beeps everywhere and starting digging nails so I change to the coin mode and soon was getting coin beeps.I was digging newer pennies at 5+ inches with several in the 8 plus range.

My question is..how does a clad coin get so deep?I'm talking coins in the 70's,80's and 90's.The house sits next to the railroad tracks...so could the vibration from the trains make the coins sink faster?I'm afraid the really old coins are deeper than I can go.I still have a lot of yard to go just didn't have the time today.

I'll say this though..that ace goes deep!!I have used higher end machines up to the MXT and this ace stands it's ground..Great job Garrett an making this one great!!

 

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[BARGuy]

Re: Deep Clad coins??Really??

Don't know that I've ever seen a "clad penny"! Can you post a pic?

Sorry, but I couldn't resist that one!

Happy Trails, DR

 

[Mr Tuff]

Re: Deep Clad coins??Really??

i have found Mercs and lots of Wheat backs at 2 in so remember not all the good ones are deep keep at it the ace is a decent machine.. MR TUFF

 

[underdogger]

Re: Deep Clad coins??Really??

In refrence to railroad tracks and vibration . I would have to agree . I have asked several md ers if They ever had luck with rail stations . I have never foud a coin over 25 yrs old near one. I have pretty much stop wasting my time because the vibration must sink any coin that much faster . Not to say old coins cold not be found . just never had any luck next to tracks . However not to say you coldn't find a cash near one or an old coin . Rob

 

[Hunthicks]

Re: Deep Clad coins??Really??

There could be something to the coins sinking from vibrations, but otherwise a coin that new must have had fill put over it in the last 20 - 30 years. With the odd exception most relics in non plowed areas are buried because soil builds up over time, dead grass, dust, leaves etc form topsoil and slowly accumulate over the object. It's not sinking, it's being covered.
If the area is particularily sandy or moist, there might be some sinkage. Vibrations would make sense.

 

[Deepdiger60]

Re: Deep Clad coins??Really??

In refrence to railroad tracks and vibration . I would have to agree . I have asked several md ers if They ever had luck with rail stations . I have never foud a coin over 25 yrs old near one. I have pretty much stop wasting my time because the vibration must sink any coin that much faster . Not to say old coins cold not be found . just never had any luck next to tracks . However not to say you coldn't find a cash near one or an old coin . Rob

Ditto ! there is a set of tracks down the road where all the local farmers would bring there potatoes to get payed and to get weighed and transported by train cars to the main station 30 miles away its not used now for over 50 years it was opened in the late 1890,s i have detected that open field 2 times where the loading platforms where and found not much at all except a lot of iron trash , the old tracks are still there they run parallel along side the main tracks vibration properly has a lot to do with it .Dd60

 

[NHBandit]

Re: Deep Clad coins??Really??

The small town I live in has an old B&M depot in the center of town. It's privately owned and being restored & turned into a museum. With permission of the owner I spent a day detecting there last year and found 4 Indian head pennies & a 1872 Canadian quarter. The quarter was found next to where the tracks used to be. All 4 Indians were found directly below the ticket window in a small area.

 

[dirtsearcher]

Re: Deep Clad coins??Really??

There could be something to the coins sinking from vibrations, but otherwise a coin that new must have had fill put over it in the last 20 - 30 years. With the odd exception most relics in non plowed areas are buried because soil builds up over time, dead grass, dust, leaves etc form topsoil and slowly accumulate over the object. It's not sinking, it's being covered.
If the area is particularily sandy or moist, there might be some sinkage. Vibrations would make sense.

Well I know the yard hasn't had fill put in..I am 35 and the small sidewalk that goes from the back porch to the garage still looks the same.My parents bought the house in the 60's and I know no one has detected it since then.My dad told me he found an old buffalo nickle and a chinese coin with the square hole in the middle while in his garden one day so i know the old stuff is there.

 

[creeper71]

Re: Deep Clad coins??Really??

i have found Mercs and lots of Wheat backs at 2 in so remember not all the good ones are deep keep at it the ace is a decent machine.. MR TUFF

I have found some Large Cents at 2 inches or less...

 

[hammong]

Re: Deep Clad coins??Really??

Don't know that I've ever seen a "clad penny"! Can you post a pic?

Happy Trails, DR

Sure you have, every penny from 1984 and up is zinc, clad in copper. I'm sure that's not exactly what they meant, but it's not exactly what you expected either. =)

Greg

 

[Hawkeye P]

I've been hunting an old farm with a huge yard that's on a dirt road. I've found 1970s era coins and pulltabs at 8" or so. I know for a fact that the yard has never been "filled," but if you watch the cars buzz down that dirt road, you can see all the dust blowing into the yard. I'd bet that a little bit of dust for every car that goes by, over 30+ years, is going to make a difference!

On the same token, I've also hunted a yard on the shore of a local lake. Recently, the next door neighbor removed an old sidewalk that led from the house to the lake. Guess what - 6" under the sidewalk they removed was ANOTHER sidewalk! Guess they just put another one in when the original sank into the ground - then again, maybe there's a 3rd sidewalk another 6" down!

I suppose there can be many reasons for items to get buried. Heavier stuff (like the cement sidewalk) will sink faster and deeper than light items (like a pulltab!), but if you're adding soil to the top (like in the dirt road case), it doesn't matter how heavy the item is, it's going to end up deeper.

 

[IAsoldier]

You'll be surprised how deep it will go. I stopped at a park in CB and was finding Clad at 8-10" also. It also helps to get a bigger coil like the one I use alot. HH later

 

[prolab69]

Im pretty sure a coin will keep sinking untill it reaches a point where the dirt is the same density as the coin, ever hunt a place that your shovel just sinks in so easily? it also takes time for coins to maneuver around rocks and roots. but then again....when im in a field or out in the woods and find a memorial at 6+ inches i start to think someone is placing pennies in the holes where they dug good targets....but thats just me.

 

[Cool Hand Fluke]

Re: Deep Clad coins??Really??

In refrence to railroad tracks and vibration . I would have to agree . I have asked several md ers if They ever had luck with rail stations . I have never foud a coin over 25 yrs old near one. I have pretty much stop wasting my time because the vibration must sink any coin that much faster . Not to say old coins cold not be found . just never had any luck next to tracks . However not to say you coldn't find a cash near one or an old coin . Rob

A few years ago was working a large field that was about 600 feet from a railroad station established in the 1860's. I dug an 1854 half dime at about 5 inches. Not sure about the vibration theory, but it is intersting.