Coins Going Deeper

[jimbob450]

I have been detecting for a number of years now with various makes and
models of detectors. What i cant figure out is that last year it seemed like
the silver coins were deeper than the years before. Is there a reason for
that? Like a bad winter or colder year or something? Do they ever come back
up or do they just go deeper? Jimbob

 

[justanotherbarber]

If you live in a cold climate, the freezing and thawing of the ground can make the dirt heave and relax. This causes the ground to act like gold panning shaking the heavy stuff down lower. I lived in ND where the ground can freeze down to 3 feet in the winter. We have found Roosie dimes 10 inches plus in un-disturbed soil.

Now I live in AZ and can find coins from the 1860's 3 inches deep on the average because the ground is hard packed and dry.

I noticed a number of years ago that coins in the burms buy busy roads tend to be deeper as well because of the vibration of all the traffic going buy for years.

 

[maipenrai]

I think the silver coins are just getting fewer and fewer, and the only thing left is the deeper stuff. Yeah, things move with the thaw, but they just dont jump around. Stone fence post will move around, but the direction is usually up, or sideways, never seen one sink. More dirt is being created all the time, and its on top of the coins. Even the rodents will dig up some coins sometimes, but then, maybe can bury them deeper.

 

[U.K. Brian]

Frost cracks, heavy rain, even a cow treading on a coin can make them really deep. Then add dust or leaves gradually increasing the height of the soil.

One thing that can make items less deep is if there's a very heavy object nearby whose weight as it sinks causes lighter surrounding objects to rise.

Other than that its wait for ground to be ploughed or building development that has caused holes to be dug and work the spoil heaps.

 

[Viddy]

I hope the silver coins are getting deeper. LOL

I am running and ETrac and that means I'll have the advantage over everyone else in the places I am hunting for those 'silver shinies'!

keep em sinking!

:-)

 

[Jason in Enid]

I hope the silver coins are getting deeper. LOL

I am running and ETrac and that means I'll have the advantage over everyone else in the places I am hunting for those 'silver shinies'!

keep em sinking!

:-)

Heck no!! I am digging 1940's era coins from 10-12 inches deep in my area! Even with my E-Trac, the really old stuff is just out of reach unless there is construction going on.

I agree with an earlier post that as we keep going, all the shallow coins are being stripped out leaving only the deeper stuff.