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Recently traded my 9" coil for an 11" and went out to the good ol' park to see about any deeper targets. We started off in the same area where we've pulled a few Barbers from, and maybe 15 feet from where I dug a 1909 S Wheat earlier this year.
First coin to get dug with the 11" coil was an 1882 Indian cent! This was target #4 for the day, after digging a nail, a deep foil ball, and some other aluminum - which is par for the course at this place! We dig many, many junk targets - but the occasional old coin that hides amongst all this junk - the coins are usually pre-1920 and well worth the effort! The Indian was 8" deep, and didn't have any special sound to it - usually when the pinpointer indicates in the center of the hole ~95% of the time it will be a non-ferrous target, and when the pinpoint wanders off to the side a little, usually means a deep nail.
We hunted for another solid hour with nothing but junk between us, then I found a fairly consistent signal that started to pinpoint off to one side. It didn't have a "silver tone", rather it was just a normal non-ferrous hit IIRC.... I still take care of these "wandering pinpoints" since there can be coins mixed in with junk that will make the target "look" like iron when you go to dig. I was grabbing handfuls of dirt and passing it under the Deus, and finally one handful sounded off with a loud high tone - I saw the silver edge, ran to the car to get some water, and then Mike and I rejoiced upon seeing a Seated dime! My first! She's very worn and had some rust spots, but to me there's always something special about your first type coin find. First time I dug a Barber quarter I was shaking - and you never forget the experience!
Two feet away out came a 7" deep 1905 Indian cent - not sure how we missed it but there ya go....the 11" coil in all honesty may provide UP TO ONE INCH more depth using identical settings (in our soil and environment) over the 9" coil. I didn't dig anything deeper than 9" yesterday - which was a 1920 S Wheat, but having more ground coverage does make a difference if you're looking for the tiny squeaker signals. I can't say for sure that an 8 or 9" deep coin sounds stronger than it did with the 9" coil, but the results in a "hunted-out" area speak volumes IMO
Dug a 1920 D Wheat at 8" last night that sounded clear - again, I don't know how many times Mike and I have scoured this area - and still find targets to dig. Directly under the Wheat was a 2-inch long square nail - it was almost touching the Wheat.
Near the end of the hunt I got a good, solid hit without VDI, and from 9" down out comes an old button of some sort. The aluminum underwear button came next, from 7-8" - these two signals screamed "COIN!", and they were round targets of course - this just went to show us that this section of the park wasn't quite hammered hard enough if we're still able to get solid, repeatable, non-ferrous hits.
That's all the hunts for October - but November 1st we will be back at it again!
First coin to get dug with the 11" coil was an 1882 Indian cent! This was target #4 for the day, after digging a nail, a deep foil ball, and some other aluminum - which is par for the course at this place! We dig many, many junk targets - but the occasional old coin that hides amongst all this junk - the coins are usually pre-1920 and well worth the effort! The Indian was 8" deep, and didn't have any special sound to it - usually when the pinpointer indicates in the center of the hole ~95% of the time it will be a non-ferrous target, and when the pinpoint wanders off to the side a little, usually means a deep nail.
We hunted for another solid hour with nothing but junk between us, then I found a fairly consistent signal that started to pinpoint off to one side. It didn't have a "silver tone", rather it was just a normal non-ferrous hit IIRC.... I still take care of these "wandering pinpoints" since there can be coins mixed in with junk that will make the target "look" like iron when you go to dig. I was grabbing handfuls of dirt and passing it under the Deus, and finally one handful sounded off with a loud high tone - I saw the silver edge, ran to the car to get some water, and then Mike and I rejoiced upon seeing a Seated dime! My first! She's very worn and had some rust spots, but to me there's always something special about your first type coin find. First time I dug a Barber quarter I was shaking - and you never forget the experience!
Two feet away out came a 7" deep 1905 Indian cent - not sure how we missed it but there ya go....the 11" coil in all honesty may provide UP TO ONE INCH more depth using identical settings (in our soil and environment) over the 9" coil. I didn't dig anything deeper than 9" yesterday - which was a 1920 S Wheat, but having more ground coverage does make a difference if you're looking for the tiny squeaker signals. I can't say for sure that an 8 or 9" deep coin sounds stronger than it did with the 9" coil, but the results in a "hunted-out" area speak volumes IMO
Dug a 1920 D Wheat at 8" last night that sounded clear - again, I don't know how many times Mike and I have scoured this area - and still find targets to dig. Directly under the Wheat was a 2-inch long square nail - it was almost touching the Wheat.
Near the end of the hunt I got a good, solid hit without VDI, and from 9" down out comes an old button of some sort. The aluminum underwear button came next, from 7-8" - these two signals screamed "COIN!", and they were round targets of course - this just went to show us that this section of the park wasn't quite hammered hard enough if we're still able to get solid, repeatable, non-ferrous hits.
That's all the hunts for October - but November 1st we will be back at it again!
Oh, Chris hit a dime trifecta at the fairgrounds yesterday. Barber, Merc. and Rosie. He worked the area hard in hopes of a Seated, but a good day anyway. HH jim tn
