Minelab Depth - the envy of many :super:

[Ocean7]

using Minelab EX II :
my first deep find was a Nova Constellatio Large Copper with no date (1783-1786) at 12" deep. Since then I have found numerous Large Coppers at 12" deep. Many of the other Large Coppers found frequently run at about the 8" mark.

Also found were <two dime sized> 1787 & 1789 Spanish half reales at 10

 

[Guvner]

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[Eddie in Poulsbo]

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[Mike K (Ohio)]

Them some really nice ones there!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Mirage]

Those are some impressive finds. Question I usually ask myself(I have a Minelab Quattro) is "would I have found these with another detector"? meaning is it more location than depth. 5-6 inches should not be a problem for most higher end detectors. I do agree that finding a coin at 12" is not achieveable by a lot of detectors. Also takes skill by the user. DO you use the 10" DD coil?

Mirage

 

[WessThompson]

but I can answer that based on my experience.

I personally have made a lot of finds with the Explorer that I am confident I wouldn't have found with other "high end" machines.
One reason is depth...as mentioned...I have found quite a few coins in the 10-12" range...and one token at about 13". The explorer does get great depth. This is the reason some of my hunts are so succesful. I have hit parks that have been hammered by entire clubs for years. Those same parks were said to be hunted out. The explorer proved that to be false. Sure, the first 8" were hunted out...but wow did I find some honey holes at 8" plus.
Aside from depth however, the Explorer is an amazing machine when in the midst of iron and moving extremely slow. I have no doubt that many other machines would have passed over a lot of those targets without sounding off...and some wouldn't have sounded off very good.

and all this...with the 10" DD stock coil.

Wess

 

[Eddie in Poulsbo]

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[WessThompson]

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[Eddie in Poulsbo]

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[Ace]

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[Charles (Upstate NY)]

Take it easy on those 1700's large cents will ya!

 

[mattockman]

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[Eddie in Poulsbo]

I guess you are going to keep it a secret huh?.............

Eddie

 

[Dan MI]

I have one just like it, nice find.

 

[James N.D.]

Great bunch of finds Ocean7. I just hope that the White's user's don't catch on myself. I love it when they leave all the fantastic finds for us Minelab Explorer user's. Thanks alot guy's and keep leaving them goodies for all of us. Your doing a good job!

 

[Ocean7]

yes, I use a stock 10.5" DD minelab coil.

of course everything is location when it comes to old coins. If you don't live in a colonial area that has 300 years of history - it is very unlikely that you'll be pulling reales from the ground.

I would hope any of the big name high-end detectors could find a coin at 5-6".
But the question is which machine looks at the ground matrix and gives you the best chance of finding that coin? Advanced digital filtering works very well from what I've seen.
HH!

 

[Ocean7]

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[Ocean7]

and I scratch the coin with a brass coin probe. It's a lot smaller than it looks but the depth of the coin totally fooled me. Learned to keep thinking to myself when digging a fresh target - this could be the one you really don't want to scratch! It was dead on 00-29.
HH!

 

[Eddie in Poulsbo]

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[Boony]

Hi Ocean,

Good finds, and I agree why would you want a detector other than an Explorer, however having said that, last Tuesday I went back to a beach that I have hunted a couple of times this summer and picked up a few good pieces, but this time it was totally clean, I didn't even get a pull tab or a bottle cap, someone has been doing a very serious bit of metal detecting on this particular beach, all I found for about three hours was two lead sinkers and one of those I found in the car park. I don't know what sort of detectors they are using but they have certainly cleaned this beach.

Keep finding the good stuff......Regards....Boony