Digging steel wheat cents

[Jason in Enid]

How many here dig steel pennies?

I have dug probably a half dozen over last few years, but never dug any before that. All but one were found buried with a copper wheat cent. I still cant explain how I dug that one solo steely. It was a penny target but when i dug there was nothing in the dirt but a single steel cent which registered as iron as would be expected.

I dug another one yesterday. 2fer cent target, one copper one steel. I still get a kick every time I dig one of these up.



I did notice that the copper cent was in really great shape. The steely must have acted as a sacrificial anode

 

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[Tpmetal]

i've only dug one that I can identify as a steel wheatie. there a a few more that are possible . the one i could identify was found with another penny

 

[b3y0nd3r]

that will clean up nice

 

[Loco-Digger]

Congrats, I dug 2 last year, both part of wheat spills. That one lone one you detected may have had a deeper copper or silver coin a couple inches below it.

 

[Jason in Enid]

Congrats, I dug 2 last year, both part of wheat spills. That one lone one you detected may have had a deeper copper or silver coin a couple inches below it.

Nope, that was my first thought; there HAD to be something else there. I even dug wider and deeper just in case the hole was messing with the detection. Nothing from the detector and not a peep from the pinpointer. Closest theory I could come up with was that it an iron false. Most falses are easy to determine, a few fool us as perfect coin targets. Maybe that was one of those perfect falses that just turned out to be a coin?

 

[sutphin]

NEET FINDS

 

[vpnavy]

..: NICE FIND Jason :..
Thanks for sharing!​

 

[Corben]

I find those in those in the coinstar reject slot quit
often at work.

 

[darktower007]

Great finds!

 

[Jason in Enid]

Lol, look what my wife brought home from work today. I guess I'm supposed to have a steel cent. This one looks a lot better than the one I dug!

 

[ltd063]

Dammit Jason! Now I am gonna have to dig ALL of my signals. You just provided me with a legitimate reason for not discriminating out iron.

 

[scruggs]

Nice finds!

 

[Jason in Enid]

Dammit Jason! Now I am gonna have to dig ALL of my signals. You just provided me with a legitimate reason for not discriminating out iron.

Heres my tip.... any hole you dig a wheaty in, dig any remaining iron targets there with it.