Silver Coin Depths

[dudes2112]

I've heard various repsonses to this question so I thought I'd run a little poll and see what the general concensus was. One guy told me he doesn't dig anything under 6 inches when looking for silver coins and another told me he found one only an 1 inch under the surface one time.

Thanks for the input
Dudes

 

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[DeadLizard7]

I have found a few silver coins out here in the Southwest (CO, NM). Most are about 3 or 4 inches but I have found a silver mercury dime (and a few others) pretty much just on top of the ground at a secluded place in town. There really is no general range in my opinion, it depends on many variables.

 

[1320]

I've found two silver halfs at LESS THAN one inch this year. Both were in locations that had the ground moved by heavy equipment. Both sounded like cans in my headphones, might explain why they were passed over. Even in undisturbed areas around my hunting grounds, the clay layer is at the 6 inch mark and not much of anything sinks below the clay.

 

[Oddfello]

I have only found 1 silver quarter thus far and it was at 8".

 

[Floater]

I found My first silver quarter about a week ago and it was at least 8 inches laying flat. 1936. I believe it was really about nine.The soil conditions were a demo site and it was sandy mix bit this area was toward the swale so the area had not really been disturbed,in other words a true depth.Of course I use a MineLab .HH

 

[Ammo Dog]

Found a 1924 Mercury dime on the beach today about 3 inches down.

 

[DANGLANGLEY]

Coin depths do depend on a lot. I've been at this for a little over 30 yrs and have found barber dimes at an inch and rosies at 7" or so. Hard soil in shaded areas seem to keep coins near the surface sometimes but I have found loose soil in the woods where coins sink very deep. When I hunt a new spot and find very dense soil I am glad to see it. Finding rich black soil means the coins could be 8" or more deep.