earthmansurfer
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Over the last few weeks I've found the oldest coins of my life. It started with a 1888 1 pfennig. Then I found the coin with the 5 on it, then a few days later the upper left coin. The really old ones I couldn't find in my German catalogue, any ideas?
The coins were within 2" - 4" of the surface. I was mostly using 2+ mode with sensitivity in the 90's and discrimination at 21 (Thanks for whoever recommended that 21 setting btw. It seems best). The GB was at 70-75, sometimes a bit lower and the Fe meter often read 3 to 4 bars. The ground is FULL of iron. None of the iffy signals amounted to anything good. I've done some tests with my T2 next to small iron, and it is ok, but only up to 1 or 2 inches it seems. So, I dug some iffy signals (lots of iron to one or two sides of it).
The quarter is there for comparisons sake. The area I detected was bought back in the 1600's but probably goes back before then. I think the upper left coin, zoomed below, is Roman. It says, I think FITOPATOLO and seems to have a cross at the center. The upper right one I think is Roman also. It is heavy and thick, weighed 4.5 grams. The side you can see is rounded and the back side is flat. It seems to have a different metal on the inside. The coin with the 5 on the front seems hollow and a bit soft, almost like lead or tin? The back says HE. The lower right coin (I think) is a bit softer, almost like there is lead in it. Have to figure how to clean it.
The coins were within 2" - 4" of the surface. I was mostly using 2+ mode with sensitivity in the 90's and discrimination at 21 (Thanks for whoever recommended that 21 setting btw. It seems best). The GB was at 70-75, sometimes a bit lower and the Fe meter often read 3 to 4 bars. The ground is FULL of iron. None of the iffy signals amounted to anything good. I've done some tests with my T2 next to small iron, and it is ok, but only up to 1 or 2 inches it seems. So, I dug some iffy signals (lots of iron to one or two sides of it).
The quarter is there for comparisons sake. The area I detected was bought back in the 1600's but probably goes back before then. I think the upper left coin, zoomed below, is Roman. It says, I think FITOPATOLO and seems to have a cross at the center. The upper right one I think is Roman also. It is heavy and thick, weighed 4.5 grams. The side you can see is rounded and the back side is flat. It seems to have a different metal on the inside. The coin with the 5 on the front seems hollow and a bit soft, almost like lead or tin? The back says HE. The lower right coin (I think) is a bit softer, almost like there is lead in it. Have to figure how to clean it.