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rabbid-digger

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Today at the soccer fields a guy Appalachians while swinging and told me about a mason jar full of silver halves and silver dollars he buried as a kid. Be told me where buried them and about how deep. But was wondering if my pro will find the jar he said it's about 1-2 deep. It sad 40 years ago so he wasn't certain. Be also said there was around $150 face value all change. Thanks HH

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SusanMN

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It couldn't hurt to try to find it. You just never know until you start swinging.
 

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I might could bring my mxt-pro up
 

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It will ring up a mason jar full of coins easy at a foot. I would say 2 may be pushing it but I have located man hole covers at work at over 2 feet deep.
 

Jason in Enid

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It will ring up a mason jar full of coins easy at a foot. I would say 2 may be pushing it but I have located man hole covers at work at over 2 feet deep.

WRONG! The difference in signal return from a manhole cover and a jar of coins is in orders of magnitude! Here is the sad reality: A jar of coins does not read as a large mass. It reads as individual coins together, so there is very little additional signal over a single coin. The biggest signal would be off the lid, if it had a metal lid.
 

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I'd be hitting the area with a detector and a privy probe for sure!
 

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WRONG! The difference in signal return from a manhole cover and a jar of coins is in orders of magnitude! Here is the sad reality: A jar of coins does not read as a large mass. It reads as individual coins together, so there is very little additional signal over a single coin. The biggest signal would be off the lid, if it had a metal lid.
So your saying I can hit a single silver dollar at 12" but not a whole jar of them?
 

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Johnnoh

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I think you would have a better chance with a PI machine at those depths.
 

Jason in Enid

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So your saying I can hit a single silver dollar at 12" but not a whole jar of them?

No, I'm saying that if you can hit a silver dollar at 1 foot, don't expect to hit a jar at 2 foot. I seriously doubt you will hit a dollar at a foot deep though unless you are hunting in sand.
 

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No, I'm saying that if you can hit a silver dollar at 1 foot, don't expect to hit a jar at 2 foot. I seriously doubt you will hit a dollar at a foot deep though unless you are hunting in sand.

It will ring up a mason jar full of coins easy at a foot. I would say 2 may be pushing it but I have located man hole covers at work at over 2 feet deep.

Yeah that pretty much what I told him too. (Pushing it) was a nice way to put it.
 

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Thanks for the input guys it will be a few weeks before I can get there due to soccer. I will update though.

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