Coin depth question 2

[TabWhisperer]

I see discussions over how deep coins are found. For the sake of common measurements, how do you measure the depth of the items? Are you going by your detector reading (typically a few inches above ground) or actual depth from ground surface?

Personally I think it should strictly be measured from the surface, not the detector.

 

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[Iron Patch]

actual depth from ground surface

 

[RPG]

actual depth from ground surface

With the heat we're having this year, if I have to stick the shovel in the hole more than twice, it's at least 12".

Ground surface or it doesn't count.

 

[Shambler]

Length of the digger is the how and the surface is the where.

 

[mlayers]

From the surface down. Plus with the digger blade.....Matt

 

[GibH]

Judging from the posts of some of the depths I've seen claimed.....some people measure from their elbow

 

[Treasure finder]

I took my beach scoop handle and put a scale on it with a magic marker.
Then I stick it in the recovery hole and read to the ground surface.
I am surprised at Garret Ace users who claim more depth than my
Infinium. How do they measure depth?
Rich

 

[U.K. Brian]

The worse the detector pinpoints the more depth can be claimed. The Ace is a typical example as the pinpoint goes further off the deeper the target is. They dig past the target, it falls down the hole and magically they have a depth monster of a machine.
I've had dozens going home from my in ground test beds disappointed.

 

[Lowbatts]

Hmmm...
ditto all!
Deepest coin dug, LC-14 inches. Definitely the exception, not the rule. I've pulled half a dozen quarters from 12". Soft, finely particulated soil very dry. A couple wheats at 10-11" Dimes, practically none past 8", though a few may have been close to 9". Those were with CZ's.

It has ALWAYS been the case with me that the deepest targets came in bone dry soil. Since it takes a LOT of rain to saturate the ground very far past the grass, most wet ground, it would seem, would be most helpful in masking deeper targets that are in the drier ground beneath.

I've had the experience of those 20" coins, in sand where they kept falling through the scoop and I kept digging deeper... Either that or they were next to the beer cans I pulled out first.

 

[jwelch66]

I use my digging tool to measure the depth. I never even look at the detector I go by sound. This last weekend I had a new experience. With all the rain we had, there was alot of standing water on black soil. Coins 10" deep sounded like they were right on top the ground.

 

[Tuberale]

I see discussions over how deep coins are found. For the sake of common measurements, how do you measure the depth of the items? Are you going by your detector reading (typically a few inches above ground) or actual depth from ground surface?

Personally I think it should strictly be measured from the surface, not the detector.

I'm used to scrubbing the grass. So not much difference between the detector and the target.

As for estimating depth, I use an 8-inch screwdriver for ALL recoveries, with the exception of potential gold coins. Half the shaft is 4 inches. When the shaft hits something, I but my finger on the shaft next to the ground and pull backwards. Lets you know where and how deep you need to excavate.

If I can see when I've been, I've done a bad job. There should be barely any indication of digging.

Not big on cutting plugs, as they turn brown quickly and make an area look pockmarked.

 

[extractor]

actual depth from ground surface

 

[G.A.P.metal]

Treasure Wise diggers have a measure on the back side