Am I doing something wrong?

[BestAntiquities]

Over the years I've buried coins and rings to test my detectors for depth. And I usually buy the best top of the line machines. I seem to get about 5-7 inches deep on quarters. Maybe 6 inches on a wheat and dime. Is this what you all are getting too or am I doing something wrong? I read about people finding coins at 10-15 inches deep with VLF detectors so I wonder.
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[Keppy]

This post isn't meant to dispute depth or anything but My question is regarding recovery. No I personally recover most of my coin and jewelery finds in the top 4". That said i try to keep my hole size to no more than 4" wide max. Most of the time I only leave a very shallow 2" wide tamped earth divot. Thus my complaint level from park employees and grounds keepers is kept to a minimum. I read people saying they're digging holes of 12"-14" and my first thought is WTF. How big around does your hole get ? What are you using to dig these fox holes ? Is it worth it to spend an hour to dig on 14" hole for a barber dime when three or four smaller holes at a different locale could be dug for almost any kind of coin or jewelery ? what do you say to the grounds keepers at these parks when they walk up on you while you head and shoulders deep in a hole with only your feet sticking out ? I do believe hunting in all metal mode can reach great depths, especially if your willing to dig all targets even the phantoms of long ago evaporated iron deposits, But why ? when with just a little research, one can reveal a multitude of as yet still unsearched sites that will yield many of the same variety of coins within the top 4" ?

...Well put..... ...Well Put..... ....

 

[DFX-SE Gregg]

This post isn't meant to dispute depth or anything but My question is regarding recovery. Now I personally recover most of my coin and jewelery finds in the top 4". That said i try to keep my hole size to no more than 4" wide max. Most of the time I only leave a very shallow 2" wide tamped earth divot. Thus my complaint level from park employees and grounds keepers is kept to a minimum. I read people saying they're digging holes of 12"-14" and my first thought is WTF. How big around does your hole get ? What are you using to dig these fox holes ? Is it worth it to spend an hour to dig on 14" hole for a barber dime when three or four smaller holes at a different locale could be dug for almost any kind of coin or jewelery ? what do you say to the grounds keepers at these parks when they walk up on you while you head and shoulders deep in a hole with only your feet sticking out ? I do believe hunting in all metal mode can reach great depths, especially if your willing to dig all targets even the phantoms of long ago evaporated iron deposits, But why ? when with just a little research, one can reveal a multitude of as yet still unsearched sites that will yield many of the same variety of coins within the top 4" ?

Today I just finished hunting it has been very hot here... I was soaking wet in sweat... I got a weak broken signal that showed a quarter around 9 to 12 inches deep... I dug it and the plug was around 5" each way... It did turn out to be a quarter...not silver,,, but it was so deep the coin was cold! It was at least 10-20 degrees cooler than the air temp...

But you are right after the 9-12 inch area I am usually hitting pipe or something else unexpected...

The solution .... not at all to stop digging! The solution is an inline probe for next year...

 

[The.Boomer]

Gotcha DFX, I use a pinpointer myself. It does make it much easier to find targets without the 12" holes. I suspect you may find your self digging allot shallower next year. I am just a little put out by the number of people I see all the time talking about greater and greater depths. Whch is really silly. People have been in this country for 300 years and even before if your into Indian relics. Since the beginnings of this hobby approximately the mid 60s on, we haven't even begun to scratch the surface of total area to be detected. It really makes me laugh to see people constantly thinking they need a better detector to get better finds. That's just bullcrap. Noone needs anything better than a Cheap Wally world detector to find just as good stuff as the next guy. What most of them won't do is what they think is the boring part of actually hitting the books at the library or the local historical society or getting info from older folks or off the internet. I have tons of sites that produce day in and day out. And I'm in the north east one of the heaviest hunted areas of the coutry. I always say if your not finding the good stuff you need to find a different locale. Yes if you wanna stay at that park that has been pounded to death over the last 30 years you can start digging targets at 12" or deeper. But most of the parks in my area are just like that yet I still find the good stuff by just looking in the areas no one else seems to wanna look at. I hike all over the woods and follow the trails I make a day of it and get some exercise while I'm at it without the deep craters. K, I'll get off my soap box now sorry just venting a bit.

 

[Michigan Badger]

This post isn't meant to dispute depth or anything but My question is regarding recovery. Now I personally recover most of my coin and jewelery finds in the top 4". That said i try to keep my hole size to no more than 4" wide max. Most of the time I only leave a very shallow 2" wide tamped earth divot. Thus my complaint level from park employees and grounds keepers is kept to a minimum. I read people saying they're digging holes of 12"-14" and my first thought is WTF. How big around does your hole get ? What are you using to dig these fox holes ? Is it worth it to spend an hour to dig on 14" hole for a barber dime when three or four smaller holes at a different locale could be dug for almost any kind of coin or jewelery ? what do you say to the grounds keepers at these parks when they walk up on you while you head and shoulders deep in a hole with only your feet sticking out ? I do believe hunting in all metal mode can reach great depths, especially if your willing to dig all targets even the phantoms of long ago evaporated iron deposits, But why ? when with just a little research, one can reveal a multitude of as yet still unsearched sites that will yield many of the same variety of coins within the top 4" ?

About 2 years ago I posted a thread here with photos of dead grass due to THer plugs. At one of our hottest old sites in this area there were something like 50 round brown circles within an area of perhaps 20x20 feet. Over the whole 2 acres I'd guess something like 300 round brown or sandy spots. Most of them were about 6 inches in diameter.

There's a YouTube video showing guys digging old relics and a large cent on what looked like a well-kept lawn. They were making round holes up to about 12 inches in diameter. I'll bet that spot looked great about a week later.

The really sick thing is most of these big holes are the result of poor pinpointing and a memorial cent caught in the sod.