The other day I was hunting a site on private property (with permission). The owner told me there had been people "all over that place" with metal detectors before and that I probably wouldn't find anything. But *I* hadn't been all over it before, so I was eager to try it out.
I was running the Coin & Jewelry program with the sensitivity cranked up. I got a penny signal that said it was 11" deep. It fluctuated between a high zinc VDI and a low copper VDI, but it consistently said penny at 11".
The deepest penny I'd dug before was 8", so I figured it was probably a crushed can or something. But the analyze looked pretty good, hitting hardest on the middle frequency, and I know that the depth isn't always right, so I dug. And dug. And dug. My digger has a 13" handle, and it was all in, with no manuevering room. I widened the hole a few times to be sure it wasn't off to the side, and still pinpoint said it was dead center of the hole. But my handheld pinpointer still couldn't see it. It was getting dark, so I filled in the hole and figured I'd come back with a shovel in a day or two.
Today I went back with a shovel. I pinpointed again, and dug out the same dirt from before. Pinpoint mode still said it was at the bottom of the hole. So I got the big shovel and pushed it in there. I took out two or three small scoops, pushing the bottom of the hole to about 16". Try pinpoint mode again -- and it's gone. Check the pile of dirt, and I get a nice loud penny signal. A few swipes with the handheld pinpointer, and I find a small metal disc that's so crusted in dirt that I can't even tell what it is.
So I took it home and ran water over it, and slowly the dirt fell off to reveal a 1907 Indian head penny!
This is the first Indian I've found with a metal detector, so I am very happy about it -- and the fact that the V3 gave me a very solid penny signal on a coin that was over a foot deep, that's just marvelous!
I don't have a photo yet -- it's soaking to try to get the crud off. But when it comes clean, I'll post a picture.
(That same site has also given me some bullets, some wheat pennies, an old Jefferson nickel, and a 1912 V nickel. Don't buy it when someone says a place is hunted out.)
I was running the Coin & Jewelry program with the sensitivity cranked up. I got a penny signal that said it was 11" deep. It fluctuated between a high zinc VDI and a low copper VDI, but it consistently said penny at 11".
The deepest penny I'd dug before was 8", so I figured it was probably a crushed can or something. But the analyze looked pretty good, hitting hardest on the middle frequency, and I know that the depth isn't always right, so I dug. And dug. And dug. My digger has a 13" handle, and it was all in, with no manuevering room. I widened the hole a few times to be sure it wasn't off to the side, and still pinpoint said it was dead center of the hole. But my handheld pinpointer still couldn't see it. It was getting dark, so I filled in the hole and figured I'd come back with a shovel in a day or two.
Today I went back with a shovel. I pinpointed again, and dug out the same dirt from before. Pinpoint mode still said it was at the bottom of the hole. So I got the big shovel and pushed it in there. I took out two or three small scoops, pushing the bottom of the hole to about 16". Try pinpoint mode again -- and it's gone. Check the pile of dirt, and I get a nice loud penny signal. A few swipes with the handheld pinpointer, and I find a small metal disc that's so crusted in dirt that I can't even tell what it is.
So I took it home and ran water over it, and slowly the dirt fell off to reveal a 1907 Indian head penny!
This is the first Indian I've found with a metal detector, so I am very happy about it -- and the fact that the V3 gave me a very solid penny signal on a coin that was over a foot deep, that's just marvelous!
I don't have a photo yet -- it's soaking to try to get the crud off. But when it comes clean, I'll post a picture.
(That same site has also given me some bullets, some wheat pennies, an old Jefferson nickel, and a 1912 V nickel. Don't buy it when someone says a place is hunted out.)
Ive also heard the "its been hunted out" line at some of the sites Ive been to.Just this morning at one of them,I got into a wrestling match with a tree for a couple wheats.I'll try and post some pics tonight.