TennesseeDigger Posted December 16, 2017 Share Posted December 16, 2017 Ive been hunting for 9 months, and Ive only found 20 silver coins and 5 silver rings.. Where did 17 silvers come from? Yup.. folks front yards. I was Pressure washing a guys house (side job) and I asked if would mind if I looked for coins in his front yard. Sure he said. ( 1940 home) 2 Mercs, 1 rosie, 1 silver pendant. Then the neighbor came out I talked to her, and she said yes.. found my first silver half Franklin.. 3 inches deep! Then.. it gets better, leaving the silver half home the other neighbor was out pruning flowers and I introduced my self and told her my hobby, she said yes, and I found 2 more mercs and a Standing Liberty Quarter! That one day in 3 front yards was epic. Shocking enough non of the coins were beyond 6 inches deep. In Tennessee the soil is mostly clay/loam/chert so the slow sink rate helps. I sold home security systems door to door for a while so door knocking never bothered me, but I normally have a cigar treasure hunting.... so I hunt in parks lol. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Gillespie Posted December 16, 2017 Author Share Posted December 16, 2017 Wow, that's an interesting story, thanks for sharing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fredmason Posted December 17, 2017 Share Posted December 17, 2017 Unless a coin falls in very muddy areas they don't really sink. They get pushed under from various means. However, mostly the freeze/thaw cycle, litter build-up and animals digging cause them to go deep...and sometimes pushed to the surface. Of course, gardeners and construction work contribute also............... fred 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tvanwho Posted December 20, 2017 Share Posted December 20, 2017 I think my bonafide deepest coin was a green wheatie detected in a state park in Wisconsin way back when the Tesoro Tejon had just come out. I had my whole Lesche digger in the hole, handle and all, close to a foot deep in fairly hard dirt mid summer. I woulda kept that detector but it did not have the VCO audio so would beep the same loudness no matter if shallow or deep plus it loved deep iron. I was on a club hunt that day in late summer. Most coins seem to be in the surface to 7 inch range. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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