How deep are older coins like silvers and wheats underground

[coinman123]

I have a Bounty Hunter Pioneer 202 Which can only get a consistent coin signal down to 6". In a month I have found $10 or more in clad, 7 wheats, 1 barber dime and a buffalo. The Barber dime, 1 wheat and the buffalo were in the same hole. A weird thing is I have found two surface wheats and one wheat a inch down in gravel, I assume the surface ones were recently dropped. But what I was really wondering is how deep are those older drops (pre. 1965).PS I live in New England

Thanks,

 

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[Sandman]

Coins can sink or stay on top. Mostly leaf litter composts and just covers them and the depths can vary from location to location.

 

[cudamark]

As Sandman said, they can be at all depths. I've poked a seated dime on top of the ground and dug Memorial cents at 10". Type of ground/soil, moisture/rain, temperature extremes, erosion, foot traffic, lawn mowers, aerators, rototillers, gardening, seeding, planting, etc will all have an effect on how deep targets will sink (or rise!)

 

[badpenny]

Yes, I agree with the above comments too. I dig a lot of coins most fall in the 2" to 4" range and I dug some 1800 stuff too. I can't remember how deep the deepest coin I dug was but I am guessing maybe 8". Funny I checked my backyard today and dug about two bucks, nothing great and I can tell you the deepest was around 4".

 

[matrix master DBA]

I dug a 1980 Lincoln the other day at 6 inches! I would have bet the farm it was a wheatie. You never know!

 

[DeepseekerADS]

It really depends on where (geographically) you are at.

The soil of Ohio & Michigan - I call it black sponge cake. Not unusual to hit 10-12", even on recent coins. Once found an IH at 1" down, and a balled up cigarette pack at 13".

Now, in the red dirt of Virginia & NC, you cut the flap and you're 3" down and facing red clay. Found a Franklin at the bottom of the 3" flap. They don't go far below the sod - rocks & clay below that.

So...... depends on where you are at and what you see.....

 

[ClodChopper]

I've been detecting since Feb '13. I dug my first silver within 2 days of detecting...less than 4". I dug my first wheatie 2 days ago at 10". 'Old' does not mean deep! Learn to understand signals.

 

[luvsdux]

No reliable answer to this question. Too many variable from location to location. The latest silver dime I've retrieved was just barely under the surface.
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