Its time to plant a coin garden. Its a good test for all of us to do.

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It's time to plant a coin garden. It's a good test for all of us to do.

We need a test survey from a bunch of us to make it right.
Please no guesses.
Make your coin garden using all the silver you can find and copper coins also go from 1" to 2 ft
letting us know your detector settings and swing at its best
It wont take much time from your day and shoot you might learn something new also.I will.
OK I'll See some of you back here tomorrow night with your post to get the ball rolling.

Good Luck
Red

 

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[Digginman]

Re: It's time to plant a coin garden. It's a good test for all of us to do.

Hi Red,

I'm in!!!!

Should these coins sit in the ground awhile before we do our test??

DM

 

[Sandman]

Re: It's time to plant a coin garden. It's a good test for all of us to do.

Planting coins is OK so long as you don't expect them to sprout. Two feet is sorta deep for a test plot, 12 inches is more like it. Be sure to include a coin with a nail over it and mark the spots with golf tees. Draw a diagram with the coins marked and the depth for practice.

 

[red]

Re: It's time to plant a coin garden. It's a good test for all of us to do.

I'm going to bury all denominations at 2-4-6-8-10-12-inches and deeper if I can still get a reading.
laying them flat then on edge.
I will use the nail test at my deepest good sounding reading.
We need to know what machine you use how it worked on discriminate and non disc.
any good question you can think to answer wins you more points
Have fun
Red

 

[red]

Re: It's time to plant a coin garden. It's a good test for all of us to do.

OK I had to hang sheet rock today and did'nt get to the testbut I was hopeing some one would get the ball rooling with a test.
Maybe tomorrow
Red

 

[Michigan Badger]

Re: It's time to plant a coin garden. It's a good test for all of us to do.

Planting coins is OK so long as you don't expect them to sprout.

LOL!

No wonder everybody loves Sandman!

 

[Michigan Badger]

Re: It's time to plant a coin garden. It's a good test for all of us to do.

OK I had to hang sheet rock today and did'nt get to the testbut I was hopeing some one would get the ball rooling with a test.
Maybe tomorrow
Red

Great idea Red!

I've been trying to get others to do this since I learned it's the only way to cut through the fat, so ta speak.

But a word of warning is in order, a lot of folks aren't going to like what they learn!

We may see a sudden rush of used detectors on ebay

HH,

Badger

 

[findit]

Re: It's time to plant a coin garden. It's a good test for all of us to do.

I AGREE THIS IS A VERY GOOD WAY TO COMPARE, NOW IF WE CAN GET A BUCH OF PEOPLE TO DO IT AND BE "ACCURATE" WITH THE RESULTS

 

[Michigan Badger]

Re: It's time to plant a coin garden. It's a good test for all of us to do.

I AGREE THIS IS A VERY GOOD WAY TO COMPARE, NOW IF WE CAN GET A BUCH OF PEOPLE TO DO IT AND BE "ACCURATE" WITH THE RESULTS

It's very difficult to get people to do this. I think in part it's because many really don't want to know the truth.

 

[Burdie]

Re: It's time to plant a coin garden. It's a good test for all of us to do.

I have part of one and want to get more planted. But some idiot put a whole bunch of snow in my yard. I will post results as soon as I can. I think you have a great idea to do this. Detailed information is important and we should not try to show one detector is better than another. Let the facts fall where they may.
Burdie

 

[warsawdaddy]

Re: It's time to plant a coin garden. It's a good test for all of us to do.

Would it not all depend on the soil you are using?The winning detector in your 'garden',may not be the winner between the same detectors in someone else's 'garden' across several states.

 

[findit]

Re: It's time to plant a coin garden. It's a good test for all of us to do.

warsawdaddy has a good point and there are alot of other factors involved moisture content in ground, sweep speeds, are they ground balanced the same? we can go on. i think we all know there are alot of variables that can make differences. but the thing is, it still would turn out to be interesting to see all the results everbody came up with. maybe along with the results people can give some additional information like the state they are in, ground conditions etc. if two or three people in the same state like Florida,( where pretty much the soil is the same everywhere), we can get a more accurate result. places where the soil changes every few feet will be a little more challenging.

 

[Michigan Badger]

Re: It's time to plant a coin garden. It's a good test for all of us to do.

Original comments removed by author due to an outrageously contentious tone.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

 

[warsawdaddy]

Re: It's time to plant a coin garden. It's a good test for all of us to do.

Bad night,Badger?BTW,I got that on/off sw on the F2 fixed.Works fine.

 

[Michigan Badger]

Re: It's time to plant a coin garden. It's a good test for all of us to do.

Bad night,Badger?BTW,I got that on/off sw on the F2 fixed.Works fine.

LOL!

Nothing will provoke people to do this test. It's a personal thing for those who really want to know.

What caused the ON/OFF problem?

 

[warsawdaddy]

Re: It's time to plant a coin garden. It's a good test for all of us to do.

Bad night,Badger?BTW,I got that on/off sw on the F2 fixed.Works fine.

LOL!

Nothing will provoke people to do this test. It's a personal thing for those who really want to know.

What caused the ON/OFF problem?

Stuck.Few more pressurized pokes on it and started working ok.Lite to the touch now.

 

[red]

Re: It's time to plant a coin garden. It's a good test for all of us to do.

Original comments removed by author due to an outrageously contentious tone.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Well I had a good idea but have not had the time to do the test myself.

As far as different soil consistency goes .
just use soil you would get from a garden . no clay and no sand. But if that's all you have then just let us know what type you tested with.
Bury your coins stomp it down and run your detector at different speeds . this will also help you find what speed works best with your machine which might surprise some of you and myself as well. We might learn that we have been going to fast or to slow and loosing depth.
I am going to do my darndest to do my test tomorrow.
I'll start a new post under "Detector depth results" post yours.

Good luck Y'all
Red

 

[Ty]

Re: It's time to plant a coin garden. It's a good test for all of us to do.

Instead of "digging", use a couple of feet of conduit (size will depend on the largest target you intend to bury), mark the conduit in 1" increments to the depth you intend to use.

Use a hefty wood block between the conduit and "hammer" to prevent damage to the conduit. Drive it into the soil for your desired depth, insert your target and using a dowel of some sort, replace the "original soil" into the hole by pushing it out of the conduit. Record the information for that target(s) on your test garden chart and move on, repeat for the next target.

Only disturbs a minute amount of the soil, and your "garden" will be viable for reliable readings in a much shorter period of time.

Worked for me for several decades now.

 

[skarmajunga]

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