AUS_Jed

Apologies to all followers & contributors to this topic for this late feedback from my Kruger treasure hunt.
My wife had a medical emergency (very high blood pressure) which we thought might have been related to the Covid19 virus pandemic. After many medical tests including a CV19 test (both of us were negative) she is now on the road to recovery via various medications.

Yes the Krugers were not found despite my best efforts in the very short time-frame that was available. I now suspect that the Krugers may have been found by another family member (not using detecting equipment) who has not disclosed this to the other family members or it was after all just a family myth.

However I was rewarded by finding 2 antique kerosene lamps hidden in an old cardboard box behind a brick floor footing with only 1ft clearance. The owner gifted these to me for my Kruger efforts so I am happy.

Many thanks to all who gave me advice - very much appreciated.

If you ever find yourself down-under in Australia please PM me and I would be happy to buy you a beer or two 🙂

Stay safe & happy treasure hunting.
Jed (Canberra, Australia)

Thx for this good advice RickUK but as a V540 newbie and with only 1 day available to crawl under a house with only 1m clearance (floor to trashy ferrous, copper & aluminum ground I am trying to be smart about how I attack the task - if I had weeks then I agree with your approach.

2 hours ago, PimentoUK said:

That's a pretty obscure request. A bit of background info might help. Are you actually intending to locate one of these coins, that's been hidden in a garden and then the burial-spot 'forgotten' ? Or are you just testing out your new machine on random coins in your collection, and thought the ID of the Kruger was low, and wondered if you had a fake ?
We could probably work out a ballpark ID range, by comparing it with other more common coins.

Trying to help a mate locate 10 Krugers that his (now deceased) father buried under the family home in a glass jar with metal/ferrous lid many years ago. His father did not trust banks and had lived thru the Great Depression. The home has now been sold with the new owners arriving on Fri so time is of the essence for my mate. I hope this helps as background to my request.

My plan was to set the V540 discrimination segment range to approx the target ID number for a Krugerrand gold coin and do a sweep using the V12 coil in the COIN search mode.  Does this sound like a good strategy?

Does anyone know the target ID number for a Krugerrand gold coin on a Minelab Vanquish 540 ?

Any other advice on my question would be appreciated as I am a V540 newbie 🤔