ruccello
Jr. Member
- Jun 19, 2008
- 72
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- Detector(s) used
- Fisher 1236x2
Hi everyone, I have only been detecting for the last few months, and mostly relic hunting. What little coin shooting I've done has produced mostly nickels and pennies. The last 5 days of coin shooting, I've found 4 nickels - ONLY nickels (besides trash of course). Granted three of them are good finds - 1867 shield nickel, 1936 buffalo, and 1943 Jefferson. My question is, why am I only finding nickels, why no silver (although the 1943 nickel is silver), but technically no large silver, or quantity. Could the sites I'm hunting be detected out (I'm guessing that that is improbable), am I doing something wrong, is my detector not going deep enough (I set the sensitivity to the max)?
Details: I have a Fisher 1236X2, I find iron objects, including nails at 10", and deeper for larger targets. I don't discriminate in most cases (only extremely trashy areas) so my discrimination is usually set on 0 to 1. The four nickels that I found were 2 - 4" deep. I've found pennies at about the same depth (one 1919). Are the silver coins deeper in these areas? Any and all help would be greatly appreciated.
Richard
Details: I have a Fisher 1236X2, I find iron objects, including nails at 10", and deeper for larger targets. I don't discriminate in most cases (only extremely trashy areas) so my discrimination is usually set on 0 to 1. The four nickels that I found were 2 - 4" deep. I've found pennies at about the same depth (one 1919). Are the silver coins deeper in these areas? Any and all help would be greatly appreciated.
Richard