vaquero's depth question.

[jld66]

being new to detecting, i bought a vaq. i believe i made a good choice, find stuff with it. 3 weeks with it now, can gb with no probs. i set up a test garden to hear the difference in sound with clad coins, pull tabs, brass, iron, etc. at different depths. the modern quarter, dime, nickel can only get at 6 inches deep max. pennies, tabs, iron put off a better hit at 8-10 inches deep than the coins do at 6 inches. esp the dime. i can live with it, just asking is that the norm?

 

[dan b]

Your test garden is new. You won't get the same results as a coin that's been in the ground for years. I used the Vaquero on today's hunt and I was getting coins as deep as 8". I found a great park, targets are few, but what is there is deep and old. Lots of 40's coins, but only one silver dime so far.

 

[Rainyday101]

You just made the same rookie mistake we all made. A freshly buried coin in disturbed ground won't hit deep. Give you test at least three years before it is anything but useless. I have a big test garden, it's 1.5 years old and still useless. Your detector is deeper than your test garden results.

 

[jld66]

haha LOL, o.k.- i got. thought i'd give it a go.