What kind of detector do you use and deepest target you recovered with it??

[orion024]

This is mainly for informative information and bragging rights! What kind of detector do you use and deepest target you recovered with it??

 

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[Frankn]

I use a whites XLT & surfmaster PI. I have recovered a target at 2 feet on the beach, but I must confess it was a boat anchor. I have also recovered a license plate at 2 feet. Those were my deepest recoveries.

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[Sky Pilot]

I have used quite a few detectors and have found some really deep beach finds................
The deepest coin I ever recovered on land was in the woods under an evergreen; A silver quarter down right at a (very honest) 20 inches.
Now it was in mostly decomposed nettles, and BARELY registered (ziiiip, ziiip) with my Fisher 1266, which I had cranked to the max, sensitivity pushed in
and full clockwise.
I almost passed it up, but if any of y'all have ever used a '65/66, then you know the zip I am referring to and it nearly always means coin.
By the way, it was a fairly worn 1945 quarter, and I dug a lot of Indian head pennies there from the 1870's and up at less the 4 inches!

Regards, SkyPilot

 

[dmrusty]

I use a Whites M6 and the deepest target was 11 inches down with the stock 9.5 coil. The item was the handle of a old pail.

 

[GibH]

The deepest target I've recovered was with a Sea Hunter MKII. I don't take measurements so I can't say exactly how deep. Asking questions about depth is like asking a fisherman about the one that got away.

 

[Sky Pilot]

The deepest target I've recovered was with a Sea Hunter MKII. I don't take measurements so I can't say exactly how deep. Asking questions about depth is like asking a fisherman about the one that got away.

I know that's right, GibH!
I was basing my measurement from the pole detent holes to the end of the shaft.
I don't carry a tape measure with me or anything like that!! LOL!!!
By the way, I LOVE the comparison to fishermen!!!!
Now that's apples to apples!!

Regards, SkyPilot

 

[darkkitten2000]

20L pot, 2m+ with DBP2010, 450mm WWI granade 3m, DBP2010, about 200mm shell 1.5m with Miner4 many good signals abandoned after 1.5 or 2m digging both Miner4 and DBP.

regards,
d.

 

[lamar]

Dear group;
A rusty burro shoe at over 30" (the length of my shovel) using a Minelab SD 2100 with a Coiltek 18' pizza pan mono coil. I also use a Minelab GP-3000 and a White's GMT.
Your friend;
LAMAR

 

[Minrelica]

I recovered a 1903 V nickel at around 8" with my Ace 250 on my second or third hunt ever.

No pinpointer.

 

[Perpetual Thirst]

Sovereign xs-2a pro with 15" wot : Flattened can at around 2 1/2 feet

 

[G.A.P.metal]

I have an old house foundation on my land here in N.Y. in between there and the old outhouse just two days ago i dug a 1837 quarter at 15 inches been very rainy here this summer .
I just got my Ficher CZ-6a back from fisher repair lab new coil and Retuned it man its hot !!
thanks G.A.P.metal

 

[Bum Luck]

Surveyor's detector; hot rock at 3 feet, and paint can at 2.5' Grrrrr...

Hence the moniker!

 

[dfg4240]

Had a fisher F5 that was repaired by fisher and it found a 1950's shirt snap button and sometimes cuff snap 1/4 ' in size.
It was 14" deep. The fisher had an extremely high beep and I never heard another detector with that high of a beep.
It said it was a dime.

 

[montepollock]

I am now using cz5 that I am still learning,but in past using fisher 1236x2 with hothead coil found a brass matchsafe at 18",dimes and pennnies at up to 11"(8" coil)
using Whites Eagle 2 an IHP at 11",aluminum can at 2'(950 coil),using whites prizm 4 a wheaty at 9",using Whites spectrum cans at up t0 18",and a 6lb cannonball at 34",
but my deepest target was using a compass 77b yukon(C1974) a studebaker engine at maybe 5 ft.My Dad and Uncle had a big laugh at that Because they had buried it. as trash.
HH,Mont

 

[Monty]

I have used a Chinese detector, a GTI 2500, an ACE 250, a SilverUmax, a Radio Shack 3000, and a Safari. The deepest thing I have recovered of value was a couple of clad dimes at about 9". The reason I know it was 9" was because I planted them in my coin garden. I have heard a few deeper targets with the Safari but I don't have the urge to dig that deep! Oh, both dimes were with the ACE 250. Most of my finds have been 6" or less. Monty

 

[George (MN)]

In the past: Explorer XS 25c @ 7"; Whites MXT 25c @ 7"; Whites CM4 disc shield nickel 7".

Current detectors: Minelab XT70 5c @ 5"; Fisher F70 copper mem c 5.25". HH, George (MN)

 

[montepollock]

Yes I agree most coin targets at abt 6",in the extreme cases the ground was wet and and neutral ground,

 

[Smudge]

Fishing lure at the beach, 12 inches. Used the Sovereign GT.

 

[Old Town]

Silver quarter at 11" with a Cibola and a railroad spike at about 18" with a Vaquero. This particular Cibola will air test to 13.5 on a quarter. Have never hit a coin that deep except for a 12" coin in my test garden. This does not count. Too much like catching stocked trout in a mill pond.

OT

 

[jrandy]

I dug a Mercury 1935 au 18" in sandy loam. In a town that was call Texon, With a Predator II