Need help cache finding!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[sddigger]

Spent the last 3 days, about 8 to 10 hrs. a day looking for a buried cache. It supposedly has one of the 1913 Liberty Head Nickel and other very value coins. We don't know how deep it is, but we do know it's in a 5 acre area. It has fencing in and around the 5 acres, with out buildings and machinery. What I need help with is I don't know if the Quattro has the power with the 10.5 in coil. It's in a Ball canning Jar that may or may not have aluminum foil on the top. Would a bigger coil work or do we have to use something different all to gether? Any help would be nice.

 

[james1969]

It depends on how deep the cache is buried,anything over 2 feet would need to be very big to be detected,a big coil like the WOT will add a few inches.

Check out this link for some info

http://www.garysdetecting.co.uk/hoard_test.htm

 

[Phillip_in_NM]

If it were me, I'd let the Quattro sit this one out and get the Garrett GTI 2500 with the Depth Multiplier.

 

[silvernail]

Hey digger. It's not like I thought much about this sort of thing, etc, but 5 acres is a lot of square feet, and you are going to have to swing over exactly the right 4-6 inch bullseye. A guy would know about something like this if he was a relative or a friend of a relative of of the cache-ier, so to speak. The more you know about the person who made the deposit, the better the chances of finding it. You could write down a long list of questions about the issue, and the answers could help reduce your square footage problem... starting with the "5 W's & the H".. Who,What,When,Where,Why, and How. It makes a difference whether it was an old guy making periodic deposits or a kid playing pirate...etc. If it could well be a post hole bank, you may be lucky that most of the fences are still there. Sounds like a fun project in any case. Good luck with it.