Old popcans

[CoinandRelicMan]

Had a rather loud cruddy sounding target while out a field that used to be a swimming hole this morning. The target turned out to be a rusty nearly gone steel soda can that was at 16 inches depth. Seems like pretty good depth penetration for a 7 point 25 inch search coil. I was hoping for a boat anchor maybe thats how the dice rolls.

 

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[tomjiggy]

That is some good depth, now time to find the coins

 

[RFrady]

I get that kind of depth as well...on old cast iron pipes. Funny thing is, they ring up as silver on the VDI.

 

[g-olden years]

I never knew there used to be steel soda cans, amazing! Can't help laughing at your joke about maybe finding an anchor at that 16-inch depth. Last week I was digging a narrow deep signal at around 16 inches also, on a beach here in California, and my head was practically in that hole when a couple from Australia walked past and joked, "Are you digging all the way to Australia?" I joked back it was probably an anchor but soon gave up on that target after digging a few more inches. I need longer arms. Noted its location though, in case I run out of other spots, lol. HH Andi

 

[matt092079]

Were they steel or tin?

 

[lost hunter]

 

[CoinandRelicMan]

The can was like almost gone. Looked like combo of steel and tin maybe, is that possible?

 

[Theakiki]

It's my understanding that, although we commonly called them tin cans, they were steel.

 

[oldsalty19]