Coinshooting - OLD coin method

[JOE(USA)]

I learned this back in the 1970s (I started metal detecting in 1967) IF you find an OLD coin - - - - - - try this! Turn your discriminator OFF! If you have one of the newer detectors that always has SOME discrimination then you have the WRONG detector. Then start detecting again exactly where you found the old coin. But did I hear you say that "now I'm going to find a lot of JUNK." thats right! Remember this, the junk that your discriminator eliminates is also MASKING the good targets! If the coins are on the same depth level and separated by several inches, perhaps not, But that is a senario that I don't want to subscribe to. Dig the junk, when you are in a good spot, and you will find more old coins after you remove it. Joe

 

[Libralabsoldier]

Silver coins are where the value is, as they come out of the ground like the day they were dropped in most cases.

BUT... with a starter detector you probably won't find any of those coins unless you are just blind lucky. They are too deep.

this is the truth..........the hard truth.........and I'm not to lucky!!!!

I am lucky, persistent, and easily amused. I will post pictures of what I find. My detector should be here by tuesday. Hopefully all this ice has melted by then.

 

[WV Hillbilly]

Md's + farmers are eternal optimists . You'll have a lot of fun if your expectations aren't too high . HH

 

[Libralabsoldier]

Md's + farmers are eternal optimists . You'll have a lot of fun if your expectations aren't too high . HH

I am 29 and have been married three times. I would say I am an optimist.

 

[funkman]

Joe,

Tried this method a little at my site. There are a bunch of iron objects in the ground, mostly nails. I did not have my pinpointer with me and was having the hardest time getting everything. Now that I have the pinpointer back, I will go for it again. I did find another old button and some other relics though. Also while digging one of these holes I kept pulling out big peices of pottery that had a neat pattern on it. After grabbing all that I could find, I brought them back home and washed them off and started glueing it back together. Got some of it together but still missing many pieces. Luckily one of the pieces had the company mark on it. It apparently was a plate from the Davenport Ironstone company and according to the mark it was made in 1856. The mark had the numbers 5 and 6 on each side of an anchor and researching showed me that means the year of 56. Did find the exact plate that shows the pattern and it verifies that it was in 1856.

Anyway, will let you know when I go back and try it again with the pinpointer this time.

Funkman

 

[Night Stalker]

I agree with you Brian, that "no discrimination" stuff won't work here in Kentucky either...I paid $1,000.00 for the technology which allows me to eliminate junk. I trust my TID numbers about 98% of the time.

I have tried "no discrimination" before, I wore my back out digging every signal -- ended up with a lot of trash. All top-end detectors do a very good job at separating trash, junk metal from coins.

I used to think that rings and pulltabs read as one of the same on my Cortes, but after many hours of use, I noticed differences in TDI vs Bar Graph readouts - now, I can effectively eliminate pulltabs without worrying that I'm passing up a ring.

It just takes practice - If I wanted "no discrimination" I would buy a $49.00 Treasure Buddy and a good back brace .

 

[dave-enc]

good thread Joe thanks for sharing, even after detecting for 34 years, I am still always looking for ways to improve my detecting skills. Find something that will give me just that little bit of edge to bring home the goodies .I remember back in 1990 watching a gentleman pull up a nice mans gold class ring from an area that was full of trash. he was using a late 70's detector at the time and not an expensive one. It was my first lesson on when not to use target id, but more imprtantly it was a wake up call of knowing how important it is to know your machine
looking forward to more of your posts
hh
dave+bobbie

 

[BuckleBoy]

Great story, Dave.

Nice thread.