Hey there! Just watched a video of silver recovery and... I have come to the conclusion that the most prevailent silver coin is the dime. Now I don't know whether it is due to the dime being smaller that other silvers... or maybe the Etrac hits them better than any other detector, in hunted out spots. My silver ratio is high for dimes as apposed to others silvers. I think the dimes are easily missed by other detectors and compounded by their smaller size. Any opinions on this? Think about dropping a dime and dropping a half dollar... back in the day, which one would be easier to see. Also, the half would surely produce a stronger signal. Interested to here everyone take.
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Silver Dimes
- Thread starter mcb613
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Big Boys Hobbies
Well-known member
I would say your right on trac.... E-Trac that is.....hahahhahaaha
Idprospector
New member
I read somewhere that there are more dimes in circulation than any other coin except pennys. I also read nickles are the least plentiful in circulation. Idigid
Way back when, a dime and a nickel went a long way. For someone to have a dollar coin back then, today that would be equivalent to $10. I would say a half dollar back then would be equivalent to $5 by todays standards. Their money stretched a lot farther back then. Loaf of bread 5 or 10 cents. These were common coins back then, so that's why I think silver dimes are found more often than say a barber quarter, walking liberty, etc. etc.
Even nowadays, silver notwithstanding, I find more dimes than anything else. At an old site with the etrac I tend to find more wheaties so far, but with my Excalibur out on the beach, if there's a dime within a quarter mile of me, I can find it. Not sure why that is, perhaps other detectors miss them if they're at an angle?
Historically after about 35 years of MDing 85% of my silver finds have been dimes; 9% quarters and the rest halves and war nickels. So far after 5 months hunting with the E-trac I'm 50/50 dimes to quarters (alas no war nickels, halves, or dollars). But 5 months probably isn't enough for statistical accuracy.
I was wondering the same thing about finding mostly dimes and pennies. Thought that I may be missing them because of the pattern I am using. I am at the point where I won't dig pennies. On the beach I was told that dimes, pennies and pull tabs are light. So with the tidal changes they move in and out with the tides. The quarters are heavy and get buried with the gold. So if you start finding quarters gold is nearby. The beaches are sanded in right now and there is a nor-Easter coming up the coast so it your near the beach get those batteries charge.
banditicey
New member
Went through our Silver
5 Silver Halfs
11 Silver Quarters
66 Silver Dimes
4 War Nickels
I guess that says it ALL
5 Silver Halfs
11 Silver Quarters
66 Silver Dimes
4 War Nickels
I guess that says it ALL
Coilfishin
New member
Dimes are the smallest coin and thus the easiest to lose. A barber dime would buy alot back in the day so you did not need much to get alot.
You could buy ice creams for nickels and dimes in the early 1900's. Hence, an easy coin to take or give to a child that would go a ways and
especially a few of them tucked in someones pocket.
Also, since we all know everyone and their brother has been through any public park or schoolgrounds with a metal detector you
better believe the quarters and halves sounded off loud and hard and were much easier to "cherry-pick" out of the soil, AND not as hard
to miss as opposed to that thin silver dime on edge between some rusty nails or some pull tabs.
Happy detecting!
You could buy ice creams for nickels and dimes in the early 1900's. Hence, an easy coin to take or give to a child that would go a ways and
especially a few of them tucked in someones pocket.
Also, since we all know everyone and their brother has been through any public park or schoolgrounds with a metal detector you
better believe the quarters and halves sounded off loud and hard and were much easier to "cherry-pick" out of the soil, AND not as hard
to miss as opposed to that thin silver dime on edge between some rusty nails or some pull tabs.
Happy detecting!