I dont understand

[m bryan]

Went to a place this morning that I have pounded many times. I have hunted it from different directions many times. Found a clad coin spill about four to five inches deep in a place that I have hunted several times before. A quarter and several pennines. How did I miss it before? They were all within two feet of each other......

 

[Tuberale]

The effective detecting range for most metal detector coils is defined by an imaginary cone which extends downward from the coil into the ground. If the targets you found were 4-5 inches deep as you say, your effective width of detecting at that depth for an 8-inch coin is effectively 4inches wide at that depth, and much less wide at deeper depths.

There's a reason why us old-timers keep saying "S-L-O-W D-O-W-N" when you start getting nice older coins.

Anytime you find silver or IH's (Indian Heads) overlap your search pattern by at least 50% to get the deeper goodies.

 

[Terry Soloman]

Went to a place this morning that I have pounded many times. I have hunted it from different directions many times. Found a clad coin spill about four to five inches deep in a place that I have hunted several times before. A quarter and several pennines. How did I miss it before? They were all within two feet of each other......

Hence the old truth.. "Nobody gets it all."