Tejon a lot deeper than I thought

[WV62]

Today I took the Tejon over to my brothers 2 year old test garden and what a surprise, this little guy hit everything right up to and including the 8" deep coins. Even hit his IH penny at 8" in the ground. So I thought what the heck, I got out the little 5 3/4" concentric and started back through the garden. I got up to the 8" coins, but they were getting a little scratchy, not sure if I would dig those in a real world hunt. But it was hitting hard through the 6" coins.

Ron in WV

 

[tvr]

Tejon does very well if the soil is not real ugly. Easier to listen to than that F75LTD. I've got both of those detectors too and each has it's place. The F75 does not have a cleansweep type of coil available and that makes it an easy choice to grab the Tejon for many sports field and big dry sand areas. The 5.75 inch concentric coil is a winner in the trash.

Thanks for sharing your coin garden checks with the Tejon!
tvr

 

[upnorth]

Up here in Canada we used to have a tiny silver five cent piece minted, known localy as a ''fish scale'' nickel. It is smaller in diameter and thinner than a clad dime. They were minted up to 1921 and are sterling silver. This very tiny and thin coin is a bit of a prize for us up here. This year so far, along with my other finds, i've popped six fish so far. Todays was a 1903. My Tejon has pulled a lot of coins for me this and other years, and it just keeps giving. Great machine !

 

[Tee1up]

How deep have you gone looking for those nickels?

Up here in Canada we used to have a tiny silver five cent piece minted, known localy as a ''fish scale'' nickel. It is smaller in diameter and thinner than a clad dime. They were minted up to 1921 and are sterling silver. This very tiny and thin coin is a bit of a prize for us up here. This year so far, along with my other finds, i've popped six fish so far. Todays was a 1903. My Tejon has pulled a lot of coins for me this and other years, and it just keeps giving. Great machine !

 

[upnorth]

How deep have you gone looking for those nickels?

Not very deep at all usually. Maybe 2-5 inches. They don't seem to have the mass to sink like a silver quarter.

 

[Wooden Nickel]

Ron,

Glad the small coil is working for you.

Have been too busy to hunt much, and then it got dry as a bone. Hope to do some hunting soon.

I have found screw caps as deep as a foot with the 9z8. It's frustrating to dig that deep and fine a screw cap! Oh well, it's part of the hobby,

mike.....