14" Wheat Penny

[Againstmywill]

Was at a local park today and was able to run at 24 sensitivity. I set recovery speed at 4 and dug the good sounds. This penny sound was very faint and I would not have heard it without earbuds. It was so deep, I was about to leave the hole after digging a lot of dirt thinking it was a false signal. Most of the deep coins from this area come out around 8"-10", so this was outside of the norm. The coin was flat on the bottom and was still stuck in the dirt when I dug it out with fingers. I would not believe it if I wasn't there taking the pics.

Equinox, 15" coil, Park 1, 24 sensitivity, 4 recovery speed

[NCtoad]

That’s really impressive!   How was the ID at that depth?

[Againstmywill]

4 minutes ago, NCtoad said:

That’s really impressive!   How was the ID at that depth?

Sound was there, similar to a deep silver dime that sounds high...mostly. I was using 50 tones. The ID was a bit iffy (20-33) and didn't show for about half the sweeps.

I am in FL sandy soil which has close to no mineralization.

[Tom_in_CA]

You get extra atteboy points for depth !  

[Valens Legacy]

Nice catch on the penny, was that a 1957 date on it.

Good luck on your next hunt.

[Againstmywill]

7 minutes ago, Valens Legacy said:

was that a 1957 date

I believe it to be 1953. I was really hoping it would be an IHP based on how deep it was. 

[midalake]

4 hours ago, Againstmywill said:

Was at a local park today and was able to run at 24 sensitivity. I set recovery speed at 4

I don't doubt it. The Equinox at sensitivity 24 is quite impressive!  Good work. 

[Matt4gold]

With that big 15” coil watch out.  Next you’ll be digging up a VW bug like 4 feet deep, lol.  

[rvpopeye]

Good work , goin' deep !

 

 

[GB_Amateur]

14 hours ago, Againstmywill said:

The ID was a bit iffy (20-33) and didn't show for about half the sweeps.

That's definitely getting to the edge of detection (-- shows on some sweeps but not others).  And the broadened dTID is typical of my deep coin finds, too, although my record is 9" on a USA 5 center and 8" on our 95% copper pennies and 90% silver dimes.

Florida seems to be its own detecting land.  I recall some of Tom Dankowski posts where he correlates depth with time in the ground.  I don't know how much the soft soil and frequent rainfall has to do with it, but with a year-round growing season, if grass is cut and left to lie it seems its accumulation will build up more quickly than farther north where vegetation goes dormant for at least a few months.

Nice ear, BTW.