Do ya think frost pushes coins up or down??

[R-n-R Magnolia SpringsAla]

Before the freeze I was digging near my house and was suprised at the depth of newer coins??

 

[Jackpine Savage]

R n R
Check out this link for a good discussion on frost. I agree with the part about iron/minerals breaking down allowing a few weeks of good detecting right after the melt.

Tom

Equipment forum discussion on frost

 

[Uncle Willy]

I don't think it effects them either way as they would be frozen in place.. Gravity has more of an effect when the ground is wet and soft than anything.

Bill

 

[R-n-R Magnolia SpringsAla]

Thanks! I figured that froze ground moved targets. Hard to believe isn't it!

 

[cwilk]

I would say from year to year it could move coins either way but I think the trend would be to push them deeper. Also remember that a coin that was buried with a verticle profile last year might have been twisted to horizontal position. All you have to do it look at a road around where I live or an exposed rock formation to see the power of what frost can do.

I found an 1817 Large Cent and 1 1/2 inches and about 2 feet away I found a 1961 silver dime at 5-6 inches.

Chris

 

[bigealive]

And don't rule out sediment. Top soils are always moving from one place to the next. A farming area with uncovered fields can blow into, say, small towns and get hung up in sod. I believe that has alot to do with depth along with the abundance(mud puddles) and lack(dried out ground forms cracks) of water!!! But who knows... I find them whereever they are. Just need to know what the machine is telling you. Some are just a little more work to recover. Todd H