old park in western GTA - 8 coins (Nov23'24)

[metalman2024]

Nearly 4 hours later, 8 modern coin yield, (3x) Loonies 2013-2014-2019, (4x) quarters 2001-2009-2018 & one almost completely unreadable, (1x) penny 1988 maybe 1983 can't really tell.

Nic-A-Date may be able to reveal those obscured dates. To buy or not to buy?

You can see in the photos that a lot of trash (and worms which were cute) at up to 7 inch depth was found, got excited at first, major bummer when revealed! Below is a nice Loonie:

As for the detection sounds, not everything that rings is a coin! I am guessing that bottle caps and aluminum pull tabs are the fool's gold of coins!

Those evasive old coins!

 

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[metalman2024]

metal detector coil too small for sure for more depth, maybe machine or maybe park is hunted out, let me know your thoughts, thanks metal-detecting community

 

[pepperj]

$4.00 for a hunt is alright.
Keep at it, the old will come.
Law of averages. Dig enough holes it's bound to happen.

7" for a Loonie is a respectable depth.

Did it sound loud or just a faint signal?

Sometimes the speed of swing has a direct influence on the processor's abilities.
There's a saying
"Go low and slow"

Who knows if the park has been cleaned pre the coinage found.

 

[E-Trac-Ohio]

Well done !

 

[metalman2024]

$4.00 for a hunt is alright.
Keep at it, the old will come.
Law of averages. Dig enough holes it's bound to happen.

7" for a Loonie is a respectable depth.

Did it sound loud or just a faint signal?

Sometimes the speed of swing has a direct influence on the processor's abilities.
There's a saying
"Go low and slow"

Who knows if the park has been cleaned pre the coinage found.

$4 in 4 hours! No, the Loonies were, 1 of them on the surface and 2 were @ 3" deep. The 7" depth was an aluminum foil cap of sorts. It was loud! I had a feeling the park was "cleaned", I chose the park on watching 1920s footage on YouTube and went to the angle shown on the video, I tried to be smart and thought I must be on to something, I was outsmarted!

 

[billb]

Very nice

 

[metalman2024]

the reach depth should be related to the coil diameter I believe - I am thinking the largest dimension of the coil is the maximum depth it can detect?

 

[Hunk-a-lead]

Nearly 4 hours later, 8 modern coin yield, (3x) Loonies 2013-2014-2019, (4x) quarters 2001-2009-2018 & one almost completely unreadable, (1x) penny 1988 maybe 1983 can't really tell.

Nic-A-Date may be able to reveal those obscured dates. To buy or not to buy?

You can see in the photos that a lot of trash (and worms which were cute) at up to 7 inch depth was found, got excited at first, major bummer when revealed! Below is a nice Loonie:View attachment 2180644

As for the detection sounds, not everything that rings is a coin! I am guessing that bottle caps and aluminum pull tabs are the fool's gold of coins!

Those evasive old coins!

great saves! well done

 

[metalman2024]

Those old parks must have been "cleaned", it just doesn't make sense that they were walked on by people from 1905 at a minimum to WW1 (they had 19th century coins in their pockets) and WW2 eras (20s change in their pockets!) well into the 1950s, they must've dropped coins, a large statistical probability I would guesstimate at least 100 coins per year fallen/tossed in horseplay, etc., but you can't even find the 1960s coins!! How many turf removals and replacements I cannot tell, removals in rolls I never thought of that before this writing, the grass "turfer" / landscaper would grab a roll with lots of coins in that rolled rug, how nice! But metal detecting makes the 2nd most sense for explaining why the old coins aren't there. I do get signals amongst tree roots and you know how tough to pull those targets out and so are left alone similarly by previous detectorists I am assuming, the laze factor kicking in. So, the tree root signals would still contain some coins. (Corrosion into nothing I didn't include but I don't believe the copper coins can disintegrate by more than 10% in 50 years and the silver, well, not at all as that is why it is classified as a precious metal.)
Other than sheer luck factors, anyone care to throw their lot into explaining the mechanism of how those much-sought after coins disappear, if the above makes sense or doesn't, and whether the real reasons are metal detector reach depth or quality? Metal detecting would not have started till the 1950s, or am I wrong?

 

[metalman2024]

great saves! well done

thank you pal

 

[Digger RJ]

Nearly 4 hours later, 8 modern coin yield, (3x) Loonies 2013-2014-2019, (4x) quarters 2001-2009-2018 & one almost completely unreadable, (1x) penny 1988 maybe 1983 can't really tell.

Nic-A-Date may be able to reveal those obscured dates. To buy or not to buy?

You can see in the photos that a lot of trash (and worms which were cute) at up to 7 inch depth was found, got excited at first, major bummer when revealed! Below is a nice Loonie:View attachment 2180644

As for the detection sounds, not everything that rings is a coin! I am guessing that bottle caps and aluminum pull tabs are the fool's gold of coins!

Those evasive old coins!

Nice!!! Congrats!!!

 

[oldmxrat]

the reach depth should be related to the coil diameter I believe - I am thinking the largest dimension of the coil is the maximum depth it can detect?

Well, yes and no. That small coil can be very effective in areas (like parks) that have a lot of junk signals. Sure, you lose a little depth, but you get better target separation.
I lower my reactivity/recovery speed unless I get into areas with lots of junk, then crank it up a bit to get that separation and find plenty where others have obviously been.
The longer a coin has been in the ground, the more likely somebody is going to get it before you get there. That's just the way it is.
Keep at it, good stuff is out there and has been missed.