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View Poll Results: At what depth do you find most of your silver coins?

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  • 1-2 inches

    3 2.78%
  • 3-4 inches

    51 47.22%
  • 5-6 inches

    44 40.74%
  • 7-8 inches

    8 7.41%
  • greater than 8 inches

    2 1.85%
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  1. #1
    us
    Jan 2005
    Cuyahoga Falls, OH
    573

    Silver Coin Depths

    I've heard various repsonses to this question so I thought I'd run a little poll and see what the general concensus was. One guy told me he doesn't dig anything under 6 inches when looking for silver coins and another told me he found one only an 1 inch under the surface one time.

    Thanks for the input
    Dudes
    Garrett Ace 250

  2. #2
    Charter Member

    Dec 2004
    58

    Re: Silver Coin Depths

    I have found a few silver coins out here in the Southwest (CO, NM). Most are about 3 or 4 inches but I have found a silver mercury dime (and a few others) pretty much just on top of the ground at a secluded place in town. There really is no general range in my opinion, it depends on many variables.

  3. #3
    1320

    Dec 2004
    East Central Kentucky
    1,237
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    Banner Finds (1)

    Re: Silver Coin Depths

    I've found two silver halfs at LESS THAN one inch this year. Both were in locations that had the ground moved by heavy equipment. Both sounded like cans in my headphones, might explain why they were passed over. Even in undisturbed areas around my hunting grounds, the clay layer is at the 6 inch mark and not much of anything sinks below the clay.

  4. #4
    Oddfello

    Re: Silver Coin Depths

    I have only found 1 silver quarter thus far and it was at 8".

  5. #5
    Floater

    Re: Silver Coin Depths

    I found My first silver quarter about a week ago and it was at least 8 inches laying flat. 1936. I believe it was really about nine.The soil conditions were a demo site and it was sandy mix bit this area was toward the swale so the area had not really been disturbed,in other words a true depth.Of course I use a MineLab .HH

  6. #6
    us
    Apr 2007
    Southern Wisconsin
    Garrett GTI 1500
    230

    Re: Silver Coin Depths

    Found a 1924 Mercury dime on the beach today about 3 inches down.

  7. #7
    Charter Member
    us
    Oct 2006
    Wartburg, Tennessee, U.S.A.
    Minelab Explorer SE, Garrett Ace 250
    2,858
    All Types Of Treasure Hunting
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    Re: Silver Coin Depths

    Coin depths do depend on a lot. I've been at this for a little over 30 yrs and have found barber dimes at an inch and rosies at 7" or so. Hard soil in shaded areas seem to keep coins near the surface sometimes but I have found loose soil in the woods where coins sink very deep. When I hunt a new spot and find very dense soil I am glad to see it. Finding rich black soil means the coins could be 8" or more deep.
    A bird in the hand Will leave you a present

 

 

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