Got out this am at the very old county fairgrounds. Dates to before the civil war. This place has been hunted hard by seasoned detectorists and good finds are very hard to find. Four or five years ago I dug one of my deepest coins ever by the oldest building on the grounds. That coin was a Bank of Montreal token. It was a 1844 and about the size of a large cent. That coin was almost 14 inches deep and was found with an Etrac.
Today I was about ten feet away from where that coin was dug and I got a weak, scratchy 36 signal with the depth gauge almost pegged. Was hoping for a something good considering my location. I dug an 8 inch deep plug and barely got a peep on my pinpointer. It was dead center in the plug which is a good sign and I removed several more inches of dirt and then cleaned the hole with my hand. Still in hard, untouched clay. I carefully dug around the signal and saw a coin in the next handful of dirt. It was a penny and I was bummed thinking it was a wheat. I was really bummed when I saw it was a memorial. 1962 from 10 inches deep. I believe the Safari will do a couple more inches of depth and this is one of the deepest coins I have dug with this particular Safari. Pretty impressive none the less.
Today I was about ten feet away from where that coin was dug and I got a weak, scratchy 36 signal with the depth gauge almost pegged. Was hoping for a something good considering my location. I dug an 8 inch deep plug and barely got a peep on my pinpointer. It was dead center in the plug which is a good sign and I removed several more inches of dirt and then cleaned the hole with my hand. Still in hard, untouched clay. I carefully dug around the signal and saw a coin in the next handful of dirt. It was a penny and I was bummed thinking it was a wheat. I was really bummed when I saw it was a memorial. 1962 from 10 inches deep. I believe the Safari will do a couple more inches of depth and this is one of the deepest coins I have dug with this particular Safari. Pretty impressive none the less.