survey on silver coin depth

7up2000 · Sep 16, 2014

Here's a survey for any detectorist who has found a silver coin....

On average, what is the depth you are finding silver coins?

Thanks for the replies.

worldtalker · Sep 16, 2014

I have found barbers on the surface to 10 inches.......every where in between too. :laughing7:

You never know.

GOD Bless

Chris

RobRieman · Sep 16, 2014

Same here. 1" to around 9" for me. I also found a 2 center about 3/4" under the turf. Soil conditions will determine the depth and they can be different every few feet.

BC1969 · Sep 17, 2014

Like Chris says, I've found silver right on top of the ground, and I've found silver at 10 inches after a foot of top soil was scraped off a site.
There are many variables that can come into play like frost heave, tree roots, a big rock right below a coin...it really is limitless to why coins are where they are.

Mike

BigWaveDave · Sep 17, 2014

I have walked over hundreds of silvers that are too deep to get w/ my 350... Florida sand sucks. Of the 20 or so that I have rescued, all have been 8 inches or so.

AnonymousTurker · Sep 17, 2014

I've found clad 6 inches down and silver 1/2 inch under the soil. You just never know.

Massieville Mike · Sep 17, 2014

Haven't found a great number of silver coins, but of the ones I have found, the average depth has been 4 to 5 inches. The most recent was a '46 rosie barely covered with dirt. Well maybe I should say....barely covered with dust, as it was found in (nearly on the surface of) an old, hard packed (for years) gravel parking lot. But again the average depth of silver coins that I have found is 4 to 5 inches.

GatorBoy · Sep 17, 2014

BigWaveDave said:
I have walked over hundreds of silvers that are too deep to get w/ my 350... Florida sand sucks. Of the 20 or so that I have rescued, all have been 8 inches or so.

You just gotta stop going to those loose sandy areas.. Like everyone else said it really depends on the soil conditions and the compaction.
I've found silver US coins dating from the 1960's to the 1830's here in Florida .. This 1 of my most recent standing liberty 1924 was about two inches.

But this 1942 Mercury dime was twice that

BigWaveDave · Sep 17, 2014

GatorBoy said:
You just gotta stop going to those loose sandy areas.. Like everyone else said it really depends on the soil conditions and the compaction.
I've found silver US coins dating from the 1960's to the 1830's here in Florida .. This 1 of my most recent standing liberty 1924 was about two inches.

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But this 1942 Mercury dime was twice that

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If I could find harder packed soil like there is up your way, I would.. until then, I gotta keep loving the challenge down here.

GatorBoy · Sep 17, 2014

Gotcha.. A lot of sugary stuff around here too I feel your pain believe me happy hunting

lookindown · Sep 17, 2014

4 inches.

GatorBoy · Sep 18, 2014

That's the average number I would pick

Digger · Sep 18, 2014

For me it is 5"

fliermartin · Sep 18, 2014

The silver I've been finding has been between 3-6 inches, but then find clad as deep or deeper. Thats weird.

GatorBoy · Sep 18, 2014

We should really specify the depth.. if it's going to mean anything would have to be in undisturbed soil

mikeraydj · Sep 18, 2014

I still have yet to find my first silver coin. Came close yesterday. A 1965 quarter @ 6 inches. Doh! :BangHead:

Diggin-N-Dumps · Sep 18, 2014

I guess Average would be like 4-5"s...But as mentioned before, I too have found this on top of the ground due to erroison, etc.

But I know you are talking about a yard where nothing has really been moved around or messed with

What sucks is when you get a good signal 8"'s deep and its a damn 1982 Penny...lol For some reason, THAT is the year I always get hit with when I think i got something good

RobRieman · Sep 18, 2014

mikeraydj said:
I still have yet to find my first silver coin. Came close yesterday. A 1965 quarter @ 6 inches. Doh!

Not really. I still find 1965 quarters in my change all the time. They made a boatload of 65's when the phased out the silver. They are just real tough to find anymore with all the competition. You have to find some old virgin ground.

Boatlode · Sep 18, 2014

Silver? What is this silver you speak of?

lookindown · Sep 18, 2014

GatorBoy said:
We should really specify the depth.. if it's going to mean anything would have to be in undisturbed soil

Yeah, disturbed ground is how you get clad at 9 inches. Someone could have dug a hole and the coin got deeper when they filled it back in. Lots of scenarios for coins to get distributed at different depths. One park I hunted had newer beer cans at 14 inches. You couldn't tell the ground had been altered but it obviously had been.