How deep is the Good Nectar?

[TheCaribbeanDigger]

Hey folks! Just wondering how deep can u find lets say 1800's coins in the dirt? I have heard that the really good nectar you only find it deeper than newer coins/jewlery. I know its generally speaking but just curious at what people could say in this topic. Interesting, I saw on a youtube video some guys were hunting this land in which they say it goes back to late 1800's and yes they found a few coins that are from that date but also at the same depth they found a 1930's Merc dime. I think probably the ground might have been plowed or worked for farming purposes right? I have been hunting this place that goes back to the early 1500's but I assumed that to find anything of that time has to be really deep! And I'd say even deeper since it's basically located near the beach! Opinions and Facts are more than welcome!!

 

[Tom_in_CA]

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There's been no shortage of "how deep is silver?" or "How deep are older coins?" or "how fast per year does coins sink?" and so forth. If you use the search function, with various key words, you'll find no shortage of posts and answers on the subject.

Assuming un-disturbed soil, then whatever "rule of thumb" you find at any given location, will apply to *just* that given location. So for example: If at a sample park, the wheaties and silver tend to start at 5". And the teens/20s losses tend to be at 7". And the seateds and barbers tend to be a > 8", etc.., Then you can be certain that that rule of thumb ONLY applies to that park (and possibly only to confined zones of that park, while being different at other parts d/t less or more moisture, etc...) You could go to another location 2 blocks away, and the measurements would be different still.

I've found Spanish reales and seated halves at a mere 1" deep (desert arid hardpan), while at other locations (moist turf) I've gone 9" deep for a frickin' 1977 memorial.

At each location you come to, and assuming un-disturbed soil, you can sample various depths, look at the dates of what comes up, and then deduce what *might* the rule for *just* that site.

 

[Diggin-N-Dumps]

Hey F2Digger...It really does vary from soil conditions to natrual erosion.

I have pulled only 2 coins from teh 1800s and both were no more then 3 inches....whereas i have found coins from teh 50s and 60s at 8"

So dont think just because the site has 1500s potentinal, that you wont find anything unless you are digging 2 feet down...there could be stuff just inches down that never sank.

Keep us posted on your finds...i would freakin kill to find shiii from that long ago!

good luck!

 

[TheCaribbeanDigger]

Yes, interesting with your memorial penny. I found a 2001 penny some where in the 7" range. I live in the tropics and we get some inches of rain a year. But *generally* speaking lets say we are talking again about a spanish Real and was dropped in the ground like in 1600, could that coin be like in say 12" deep or more. Remember I live in the tropics and with humidity and rain in the equation. But its really interesting my friend!

There's been no shortage of "how deep is silver?" or "How deep are older coins?" or "how fast per year does coins sink?" and so forth. If you use the search function, with various key words, you'll find no shortage of posts and answers on the subject.

Assuming un-disturbed soil, then whatever "rule of thumb" you find at any given location, will apply to *just* that given location. So for example: If at a sample park, the wheaties and silver tend to start at 5". And the teens/20s losses tend to be at 7". And the seateds and barbers tend to be a > 8", etc.., Then you can be certain that that rule of thumb ONLY applies to that park (and possibly only to confined zones of that park, while being different at other parts d/t less or more moisture, etc...) You could go to another location 2 blocks away, and the measurements would be different still.

I've found Spanish reales and seated halves at a mere 1" deep (desert arid hardpan), while at other locations (moist turf) I've gone 9" deep for a frickin' 1977 memorial.

At each location you come to, and assuming un-disturbed soil, you can sample various depths, look at the dates of what comes up, and then deduce what *might* the rule for *just* that site.

 

[TheCaribbeanDigger]

Lol Diggin-n-dumps!! Yes I'm hoping to find stuff like that too! Im defenitley in the area but not in the "X" spot! If I find nectar I'll surely post it! HH People!

Hey F2Digger...It really does vary from soil conditions to natrual erosion.

I have pulled only 2 coins from teh 1800s and both were no more then 3 inches....whereas i have found coins from teh 50s and 60s at 8"

So dont think just because the site has 1500s potentinal, that you wont find anything unless you are digging 2 feet down...there could be stuff just inches down that never sank.

Keep us posted on your finds...i would freakin kill to find shiii from that long ago!

good luck!

 

[Mr Lancaster]

Yea, if u find a rule let me know! I found a Virginia half penny (1773) at about 3 inches. Then some wheaties around 5 and 6, then some nice colonial silver utensils between 10 and 2. And then I realized the embankment had been adjusted to make room for an access road sometime in the 60s. With that being said, a hard wood forest with good leaf litter will dump so much crap on the ground I swear it could eat a car in the time it takes your sister to get a degree.

 

[lordmarcovan]

All of the half dimes I have found have been really shallow. Like half an inch shallow, in the grassroots. This includes my first and so far oldest half dime, an 1829 Capped Bust. The bigger coins usually sank deeper.

But there's no fast and hard rule. I have also found 1820s buttons less than an inch deep, and Indian cents, too. And I've dug modern Memorial cents at seven inches. You never can tell.

Of course the older stuff will generally be found deeper.

But a lot of it also has to do with your soil conditions, traffic on the site, earthworm and burrowing animal activity, plowing if it's in a farm field, frost heave, etc, etc.

 

[jeff of pa]

I'm surprised nobody gave you the real answer

nectar


[nek-ter]
noun 1. the saccharine secretion of a plant, which attracts the insects or birds that pollinate the flower.


2. the juice of a fruit, especially when not diluted, or a blend of fruit juices: pear nectar; tropical nectar.

3. Classical Mythology . the life-giving drink of the gods. .


4. any delicious drink.

5. a description for coins & other relics, made up by members of the TV show Diggers, That nobody but they, really use.


Just inside the Stem, inside the shell or in the case of a Glass or Bottle,
it depends on the Size.

as for,

lets say 1800's coins

I've found them on top of the ground, to depth's most members deny a detector goes. but for the record, I've found Clad, & memorials that deep too.

it all depends if the ground is Moist, Gravel, Fill, plowed, or etc.

 

[Gold Maven]

here's my rule of thumb : If I can hear 'em, dig 'em, if I can't.......don't.

 

[TheCaribbeanDigger]

Jajaja funny stuff people! The oldes coins I have found are some wheaties and 1964 silver Rosie. I found the wheaties somewhere in the 5-6" including the silver dime at my great grand parents house built in 1949!

 

[TheCaribbeanDigger]

This thread has some time now. Recently I found a 1870 spanish copper coin at a mere 2" deep!

 

[Higgy]

Nectar?

 

[coinman123]

I have found colonial buttons right under the leaves, then I have found new stuff at 6 inches. My most recent colonial coin was at no more than 3 inches, I thought it was modern garbage when I heard it at first. I don't find many 1800's coins except very very early 1800's, my last 1800's coin was a 1884 V-Nickel at 3" down. I don't rely on depth for the age of an item when I'm out there much.

 

[CASPER-2]

Those fools on TV show use that word "nectar" - 99.9% of us here don't and don't like the other made up words they use either

 

[bigfoot1]

nectar secter nectar secter....neener neener...lol

 

[T.C.]

Bite yer tongue BF1!!

nectar secter nectar secter....neener neener...lol

 

[coinman123]

People say, "Find any Civ. lately?" I kind of want to punch them in the face when they use those digger's terms, expecially if they do not make sense considering there was no civil war activity in my area

Nothing personal intended to the OP lol, I'm just expressing my deep hatred for the diggers

 

[lastleg]

What's wrong with"roundness"? Now if they hollered "bulginess" I would object.

 

[CASPER-2]

What's wrong with"roundness"? Now if they hollered "bulginess" I would object.

just wish they would tell us - I got a good coin - in stead of all the crap terms "I think I got roundness...think its sil...could be cologne..." give us a break

 

[CASPER-2]

To try and give you an answer to your question - soil/ground conditions is high percentage of it
I was at a Civil War hunt recently - was pulling up CW bullets down like 1 1/2 feet most of the time
but then hit a bunch in an area only down like 5 inches - this area had more roots and probably slowed their downward progress
same on beaches or in water - rocky areas will slow targets - shells and coral will too - some areas will have a hard bottom under the soft stuff - like clay and stuff once it hits that layer - will just sit there - other areas stuff will sink a mile
when I was younger - my first seated coin - was down about a foot - it was sitting on top on a flat rock - think it would've been out of reach had it not been for that rock - I also found a colonial copper down about 1 in. on top of a huge rock partly sticking out of the ground - think others missed it because it was so shallow or they stuck hteir shovel in and hit the rock cause it was like only thing found of age left in this field= some times you never know

Hey folks! Just wondering how deep can u find lets say 1800's coins in the dirt? I have heard that the really good nectar you only find it deeper than newer coins/jewlery. I know its generally speaking but just curious at what people could say in this topic. Interesting, I saw on a youtube video some guys were hunting this land in which they say it goes back to late 1800's and yes they found a few coins that are from that date but also at the same depth they found a 1930's Merc dime. I think probably the ground might have been plowed or worked for farming purposes right? I have been hunting this place that goes back to the early 1500's but I assumed that to find anything of that time has to be really deep! And I'd say even deeper since it's basically located near the beach! Opinions and Facts are more than welcome!!