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I routinely peruse other boards, so I have to ask this question. I don't know if the person was being sarcastic, but is anyone on this board routinely finding silver dimes at 18 inches and silver quarters at 2 feet? Using the x70. Just had to know. Thanks
Dave in NJ
 
The X70 can a very deep coin detector under the right conditions. But 18" on a silver dime is pushing it IMO.
Low mineral fresh water beach, sens 30, tracking on, stock coil.. conditions 10" of compacted damp quartz sand over a layer of small water rounded gravels with water entering the hole about an inch or two into the gravel layer..... 15" on copper pennies with loud hits and solid +48 readings. One sweep out of 5 would give the -8 iron reading. Dug 3 in a row at virtually the excact depth all at the exact same distance from the waterline down into that gravel layer. Moving a foot or two in any direction from the waterline and nothing nada zilch!

Tom

Tom
 
I did get a merc. at around 9" last week next to a piece of junk iron with the stock 7.5 khz. coil at an old house that was being torn down. Sens. @ 28 and the signal was pretty steady as a dime. I'll bet a lot of guys here have gone deeper with the Xterras, it would be good to hear some chat about depths reached, targets found, and coils used. I'm far from an expert but, 18"-24" seems a little out of reach for this machine on coins. I'd love to be wrong about this and get some silver that deep. Anyone?....
 
i definitely think that is an exageration..the deepest I've found a coin was a barber at about 5 1/2 inches... I have airtested one and can hit it with the sens set 28 at 9 to 10 inches,,,a silver dollar right at 14 to 15 but that is an air test but 18 inches and 2 feet is way over board...someone correct me if I am wrong.... Now in prospet mode I can hit targets really deep but you can't tell what it is...:detecting:
 
This neck of the woods wasn't settled until the mid 1850's. So finding coins at depths over 8 inches is rare, unless the soil has been disturbed. I have no doubt the X-Terra will provide me all the depth I need around here. And then some. But until I watch someone dig up a dime at 18 inches, or a quarter at 24 inches, I'll have my doubts as well. A foot? Probably. Under the right conditions. But it's tough for me to imagine digging a silver coin any deeper than a single frequency VLF will airtest it. And airtesting a dime at more than 12 inches doesn't happen with mine. JMHO HH Randy
 
I have found silver dimes at 8" and silver dollars at 12" with the 10 1/2" DD coil and sens at max. This was in low mineralized ground with my X-70.
 
I spoke to someone who claimed to pick up US coins (including Silver Dimes) at 17+ inches with his X-Terra 70 ...which is close to the figure you gave. I imagine this would be under ideal conditions.
 
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The short answer is no,no way,not in a million years,I've had a copper coin at 11 inches with the 70 and maybe a bigger silver coin might add an inch or two but that's it,no VLF detector ever found a single coin at 2 feet,I very much doubt 18 inches as well,if you want to find a coin that deep you need a powerful pulse machine like a GPX 4000,of course you will have no id with a pulse machine at that depth so it's not practical.on the beach depth is increased but those depths are not possible with the 70 or any other detector including the Explorer on land.Anyone that tells you different is a liar or a fantasist and needs to invest in a measuring tape.
 
go to the X-Terra homepage. http://www.findmall.com/list.php?55 then simply "Post New Message".
 
In ideal conditions with no masking and if the target is a large thick copper coin, id say 15" max.
I have dug two of those i belive when the ground was dry the first few inches and moist deeper down.
You really need luck to get them that deep and hope there is no roots there. lol

The ID will probably bounce from top to bottom and it will be very smooooth and short in prospecting mode.

Dime and quarter size silvers you can expect 10" max under good conditions. Maybe the occassional 12".
 
[quote coinsh00ter]I routinely peruse other boards, so I have to ask this question. I don't know if the person was being sarcastic, but is anyone on this board routinely finding silver dimes at 18 inches and silver quarters at 2 feet? Using the x70. Just had to know. Thanks
Dave in NJ[/quote]

Dave it sound to me like the person that stated that belongs to the honest Abe club lol. If it sounds to good to be true get the salt lol.
 
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I found a zinc coin at around 15" a few months ago, it blew my mind. In reality and as it was suggested, zinc corrodes terribly and leaves a trail as it sinks into the ground. I doubt those depths are believable on the targets. I usually run in all metal mode and have dug some very deep targets that turned out to be large junk pieces. HH, Mike
 
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