What is the deepest coin you've dug with the f75/f75ltd

[boxofchocolates]

I'm thinking my deepest coin was 10 inches.......but I didn't have a tape measurer with me......I know it will go deeper than that but most of my coins have been 4-8 inches and that may be all thats there...It will let you know if a coin is there in the right conditions......hh..........Dan

 

[Roland58]

Hey Dan,
The deepest coin I have uncovered was a quarter at 11", measured with the 12" digging tool. The signal was a little faint, but, held steady.....it was a good quarter signal. My deepest target was the "steel sombrero" (the bottom of a poultry feeder), almost two feet. It showed as a weak quarter signal and after digging as far as I could with the Chinese knock-off Lesche, I came back the next day with a shovel and got it.......I was on a quest after going that deep, determined to find what was creating that signal!

 

[rick in mi]

The length of my lesche,12" a 1909 wheatback,very soft mulchy dirt,solid 70-75.

 

[markg]

Interesting.

 

[boxofchocolates]

What about you Markg?
ps I buried a quarter about 12 inches right after I got the ltd and could hit it some......but I boged my jeep down in that area so the quarter is gone now.I knew where to look makes a difference.

 

[matthias]

I'm still new with my detector and learning. Deepest yet is a dime at 7 inches. HH. Matt

 

[Roland58]

Your not as new as me, Matt! (well, at detecting, anyway)

'choco', that is funny! You know, of course, two hundred years from now, some new MD'er will be checking out his new Fisher F2200 and dig that quarter. He'll be saying, "WOW! Check this out! It's an old 2010 clad quarter....these are almost 92% copper!! What a find!!!"
And, probably, post a picture or two of it on this forum

 

[boxofchocolates]

Yep tire tracks and all on the face of the quarter..........I drop a few coins here and there so future generations will find them........hh...........Dan

 

[markg]

I think the depth mentioned here would be very unusual for my area unless I was hunting in some very soft moist (non trash) dirt. My largest challenges are either mineralization or masking ( or a combination of both) in most of the areas where I hunt. Most of the areas are the red/orange hard packed clay dirt. Masking can easily reduce depth by half the 12" mentioned in some of these post. Now to answer the question for the deepest coin, I would say a nickel at 8" would be the deepest coin I've found. Not to say the LTD can not go deeper, but for my area 8" is about the deepest.

 

[Roland58]

Mark, I know all too well what you are talking about with the red clay, there is a lot of it in my area, as well. When it is dry it is like concrete and when wet it is like glue....no happy medium. My deepest target in that stuff would be much less (if for no other reason than I hate to dig in it!).

 

[WV62]

I am kind of new to the f75 myself, I have got a few wheat pennies and I think none were past 6 or 7 inches, nothing to write home about. I don't think it is the machines fault I kind think it's my hunting spots lots of ball fields so a lot of new coins. Ron

 

[wharghoul]

Not sure if it's a coincidence or not....but, I've dug at least 3 wheat cents over the past year in the 12" range. My deepest silver was a mercury dime at 9", beneath a huge root.

I was amazed how strong of a signal I got on those deep wheaties and the strangest thing is that the VDI jumped all the way up into the high 90's for all three. Every other target I've ever dug that read 93-99 was iron, but these came from an old football field (not used anymore) and the digging was easy so I investigated.

This machine is no slouch on silver and I'm confident that if my coil passes over deep silver that it'll let me know. Nonetheless, it's ability to hit deep copper has been amazing so far.

 

[rick in mi]

All my wheats hit solid 70-75 dime tones,a few will hit in the 80's,thats why i pretty much quit digging zinc,all but the one I mentioned (09)where right around 6-7 inches.My ground around here doesnt vary much,but I have noticed in the woods there is a higher sink rate,do to the leaves composting,wich makes for very easy digging! hh rick in mi.

 

[DocBars]

13 inch large cent with cz5 and today 11.5 inch merc @ the old fairgrounds.

 

[fritz]

Seated dime on edge at 7 inches.

 

[go-rebels]

In my red clay soil of Upstate SC, I've never found a coin below 6". I can barely detect a silver dime @ 8" in my old test bed (more red clay) using my LTD in BP mode but that's pretty good given that I really couldn't see that same dime using a Minelab EX-II w/Pro coil.

 

[markg]

Interesting info

 

[Treasurefinder64]

An 1864 Indian Head penny at 11" was my deepest coin so far.I have had my F75 LTD only I month now.It's great.Not much time now for me before it snows.
Larry
http://www.metaldetectorheaven.com
http://metaldetectorheavenblog.blogspot.com

 

[rick in mi]

Very interesting indeed,it just goes to show how ground mineralization and composition can hinder or help the recovery of deep coins with these machines.I cant help but notice how some of us have it easier then others,or have greater depth perception,greatly depending on there geographic location. hh rick in mi.

 

[Byron (TX)]

Original F75, deepest was about 11" - 12" 1964 silver quarter dug in a bark mulch school playground under the swings. Very lucky find considering the the school playground boxes are only 10 years old. That was last December.

Last month at an old school demolition site got a weak bouncing 70's and 50's ID, 2 very close together weak tones. Kept digging down around 8" on edge found a silver Roosevelt dime , rechecked the hole again, get a week 60's signal about the same depth and it's a wheat penny laying flat.

I've dug some large brass and copper junk items down to 18" deep at other demolition sites.