Some folks (and me) were asking on another forum about coin popping with a screwdriver. Found these, so there ya go. :thumbup:

[Dirt slinger]

Hope this is some help for those who are curious how its done. It was for me. Enjoy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ut3fpDwplBQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=58e1XNIoKDE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_sqd65xukdA

 

[Jim West Pa]

n/t

 

[therick]

n/t

 

[Dirt slinger]

Plasti Dip is actually a rubber coating that you can dip tool handles and such in. Think its available at NAPA. I dont expect I'll find much in the way of silver at the tot lots, but at the older parks a "softer" digger would be good.
Ken.

 

[Vernon in Virginia~Formerly Alaska]

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[Butch in Colorado]

The coins that I target and know are shallow I usually will use the probe to wrestle them out of the grass roots. If they are a bit deeper (1/2 to 1 1/2 inches) then I'll use the coin popper. Anything deeper than that I will end up digging a plug and sometimes a modified version of the plug.

If I can 'feel' it with my vibra-probe, then I know it aint gonna be a coin to worry much about in the parks around here so poppin' and/or probing is how I roll.