Metal detector depth

[hightonehunter]

I was detecting today at the site of a 1920's swimming and detected a aluminum pie pan that ended up being 15 inches in the ground. Is this common? I use a Bounty Hunter Elite 2200 and was shocked that it picked it up that deep. The ground was damp and I had the sensitivity turned all the way down. Here's the pics.

 

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[Jason in Enid]

On a pie plate, yeah I can see that possible.

 

[Terry Soloman]

I love pie!

 

[cudamark]

Oh, a second post with these pics. Looks like my guess was correct! It's not uncommon to find large junk targets down deep. My E-trac will find an aluminum can down 2 feet! It's always disheartening when it's at an old site.

 

[papaharley03]

I found aluminum cans buried beyond 12 inches in my back yard with the inexpensive Harbor Freight 9F detector I started out with.

 

[luvsdux]

No, it's not common. You will seldom find pie pans LOL - couldn't resist. Seriously, this is a good example of how much more depth is possible with larger targets. I dug an old, rusty, gallon sized can at about the same depth with a Tesoro Eldorado with a 7" widescan coil. Signal was very strong and clean, even at that depth.
luvsdux

 

[airscapes]

I was detecting today at the site of a 1920's swimming and detected a aluminum pie pan that ended up being 15 inches in the ground. Is this common? I use a Bounty Hunter Elite 2200 and was shocked that it picked it up that deep. The ground was damp and I had the sensitivity turned all the way down.

Not sure if you MD has a depth reading and a pin point mode.. assuming it does.. One think I always do is after I have the target pinpointed I lift the coil straight up in pinpoint mode and watch the depth, it should decrease as I lift .. if not it is most likely a large target and probably a lot deeper than the reading so I am prepared..

 

[foiler]

Just so you know E-Z Pop the precursor to Jiffy Pop of today used a pie pan just like that with an expandable foil top that ballooned with the popcorn as it popped. That was in the 50's. If you google the name I'm sure there is more than one tv commercial showing this. Finding 60+ year old aluminum deep is not unusual.

 

[Jason in Enid]

I love pie!

Now you got me thinking about a nice slice of peach pie, or maybe even a scoop of peach cobbler!

 

[cudamark]

With a side of vanilla ice cream......mmmmm.....

 

[Jason in Enid]

With a side of vanilla ice cream......mmmmm.....

If I could eat right now, I'd be salivating!

 

[rainyday101]

Heck with the pie. I smell Jiffy Pop!

 

[twogunz]

When i see a pan cover or tin cover, I didg it and then go deeper to make sure it was not a cover for a trove of coins

 

[twogunz]

I do underwater detecting. Using a barracuda from Anchor electronics. This machine bites deep. It was custom built to my needs. It is now dying. Anchor electronics is no longer alive. Either whites or Minelab for teh next one. I want the machine with the best dept penetration. The Cuda could bite down 20 plus inches with is 500 pulse per second unit. Any assistance is appreciated. Use is in salt water. I work a treasure lease and have three cudas, all in same state after 6 years. Whats the best depth one on teh market fully waterproof.

 

[cudamark]

Just about any water machine will go down 20 inches if the target is big enough. For diving, Minelab makes the Excalibur which is the best if you need discrimination. There are some VLF and PI units that might go a hair deeper but you will have to put up with junk targets (like you did with your Barracuda). There are several worth looking at. Fisher CZ21, Garrett Infinium LS, Whites Surf PI dual field or Beachhunter 300, and the JW Fishers 8X. There are several other lesser known brands but I'm not familiar with how well they work.