Rain makes a difference

[smartmoney]

One of the oldest bits of advice that I received back in the early 80s was to detect after a good rain. Well Tuesday it paid off. It has been so dry here for the past several months but on Monday we had a good 2-3" of rain. So first thing Tuesday I headed out to a well worked park and concentrated on one area. I worked a grid pattern going north/south, then east/west, even ne/sw. I was there 4 hours and got 3 barber dimes (1904, 1908, 1916), 7 indian heads (1899,1901,1902,2-1905,2-1906), 19 wheaties, and several clad coins.

 

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[K Zack]

You had a Real Good Day.
It looks like a good hunting spot also.
Happy Hunting
Kevin

 

[smartmoney]

Thanks Kevin, yes its a good spot but Im sure it was a beauty of a spot 40 years ago.

 

[CoilFisher]

Nice work!

How big was the area?

 

[natepen]

Very true, I went back to an area I thought I cleaned out a few days ago after it rained and found all sorts of stuff I missed.

 

[Papa Bear]

It rained here yesterday...I am all over it!!

 

[Giant056]

Moist ground does make a big difference, congrats on the nice old coins

 

[Valley Ranger]

Yes, rain most definitely makes a difference. I found a Confederate Block A button last December after some soaking rains. I had been over that same ground at least a dozen times with the same detector. But this time that button rang out loud and clear on my MXT. It was about 6" or so down.

 

[Orbitz]

Yes it does make a difference, I went out after the big rain and found a 1964 silver quarter at a spot I know Iv'e been over
several times, right in my own yard
HH

 

[Ifoundit69]

Nice Scores! But the rain thing holds true sometimes I have spost where the wetter it is the worse the ground is making a detector unstable so you have to back the gain down and end up loosing depth and when dry its nice a quit and good penetration on the depth . So all depends on the spot and the soil ....

 

[Coinstriking Michigan]

Dang...Excellent haul. That's what I call good detecting.

 

[xXx]

I actually conducted an experiment of soil conditions. What I found is that dry, OR frozen, soil holds an object, such as a coin, at a deeper range. However, when rain was added to the soil, the object, coin, was actually pushed toward the surface. Objects will move up and down in the soil throughout a year. Enough rain will even push a coin from deep to the surface.
xXx

 

[Woodland Detectors]

Very nice silver haul!