neuseman
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What are the odds of finding coins in just any ploughed field?
Iron Patch said:The odds are either 100% or zero.
WIT said:Iron Patch said:The odds are either 100% or zero.
Actually, they're 50/50.
You'll either find something, or you won't.
Personally, considering your location I would hunt the fields. But I wouldn't discriminate when hunting. There was a lot of CW activity in your area if i'm not mistaken so you don't want to search just for coins, dig all signals. Not to mention that your area has a rich Colonial history too. Get hunting and keep us updated!neuseman said:I live in Carteret county NC and have fields on three sides of my house. The farmers here use to raise potatoes on this land. Back then they picked these potatoes up mostly by hand. A truck would drive between the rows in the field and the farm help would load the truck. Just wondering if any of those people may have dropped any coins?
That's the beauty of hunting fields, it works both ways. Things that were deep are also brought to the surface.liftloop said:all depends on the type of detector your hunted with.If the coin is 6 inches down and they plow a one foot wind roe over it now it 18 inches down and if you don't have a higher end detector you'll miss it. that's why in a field you use the biggest coil you can get your hands on.