deepest dig contest

[desibaabu]

hey everyone
what is the deepest dig u have done till now. post it here along with the equipment and the results.

this will help lot many people here and will also create a understanding between us.

regards
VG

 

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[RelicHunter97]

Well, I was in a local park type of area, I had been digging this signal for quite a while, and I was about to give up when i reached 10 or 11 inches, so i told myself i would take one more lesche-full of dirt out of the bottom of the hole, and sure enough when I did that, a wick adjuster from an 1800s oil lamp popped out! That's when I learned to never give up on a hole.

 

[g-olden years]

Well, about a year ago my son & I were detecting a rough field with old foundations on it. Getting a widespread signal, he dug down about two feet and found a refrigerator! We laughed a lot and he covered it back up. I guess my deepest dig was at the beach at about 15 inches -- found a cute Smurf candy tin -- empty of candy or treasure, lol. Andi

 

[North AL]

Got a solid iron hit in my backyard. One of those you just can't ignore. I was using my BH Discovery 1100. When I got down about 12 inches, I hit a layer of red solid brick. Dug the hole out about another 6 inches around. Pulled up 3 bricks which put me at about 15 inches deep. When I finally get the iron up, it's a Singer (The New Family Machine) sowing machine that was produced from 1886-1902. Strange find!

 

[dig kzoo]

I dug @18 inches wide and @ 15 inches deep with an old pipe found.
in my yard and I dont know where it leads as after a bit too long I thought and I followed the signals.
It keeps on going but it was a nice high tone. rookie mistake lol.

 

[DFW_THer]

Deepest coin recovery I have made was probably an 1801 Large Cent. I was down about 13" on that coin. Very weak signal on my Whites M6. (That is outstanding depth for that machine) Now operating a Fisher F75LTD and I have no doubts that it would sniff out that coin even easier.

 

[jamesbibb]

I dug 2 1862 ihp in a civil war hut over 3 ft deep in the ground. I used a 4' probe a BIG shovel & a my propointer lol

 

[djm of PA]

1834 Large cent at just under 12" with my old White's Classic. That machine never should have seen that coin at the depth it was, but it screamed out and forced me to dig. That was about 2 months into my detecting career and hooked me for life!

 

[Tenspeed]

1892 O Barber dime at 11.5" (see my avatar), 1930 S Standing Liberty quarter at 11" and 1891 O Seated Liberty dime at 11" about 100' from the quarter. All found with my Etrac and the trusty propointer in my hometown in northeast Mississippi while home visiting from SC. I still hunt in this area every time I go home (found a 1936 Walking Liberty half a little over two weeks ago at 8.5" and about 30 feet from where I pulled the Standing Liberty exactly one year earlier.

The soil is heavy clay and the Etrac will run up around 29 sensitivity in the middle of the field away from buildings.

HH

 

[Terry Soloman]

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[texjim]

I found a dime at 11" with my vx3 last summer.

 

[G.A.P.metal]

In 1995 i dug a XF 1876 Seated Quarter @14" with a Fisher CZ 6a AT a old school 1830-1947 in Pine Valley N.Y.

 

[Broken knee]

Well I haven't reached the bottom yet, so I cant say for sure but when I do I'll let you know.
BK

 

[PeteWmass]

I got a couple large cents around 18 inches with a Minelab Explorer and a WOT coil- of course - with a WOT coil ...you go nuts with deep iron....little bits of things....etc

 

[materdigger1]

Hey desibaabu - It depends on the size of the object - very large iron items I have dug at 18" or so as samller items are not usually detected that deep - I did dig up a 58 cal c/w bullet the other day at 14" - it also depends greatly on the soil condition as well - I have gone out after a week of soaking rain and hit some deep 12 to 14" coins and at other times in very hard dry packed soil it is a struggle to detect smaller items at 6" - Oh by the way I did dig up a septic tank at 24" but I don't like to tell that story - It was kinda of crappy - LOL

 

[Broken knee]

deepest dig contest, what may I ask is the prize

BK

 

[DMN]

See above. As indicated, it's kind of a crappy prize.

 

[birdman]

I would say a cannon ball at 2.5 feet with my old CZ5. Most machines might have found it but it was a solid load signal.

 

[HutSiteDigger]

Civil War trash pit along the railroad tracks in Stafford,Virgina. 8 feet deep and several feet wide it was so deep had to use a ladder to get in and out. Found tons of iron,railroad ties,railroad tools, bottles,buttons,4 plates, over 200 cw bullets,etc etc. Have never found another one like it!

 

[Broken knee]

See above. As indicated, it's kind of a crappy prize.

So the prize is an understanding between us?
BK