The pyramid of detecting staples.

[CoinandRelicMan]

The detecting pyramid of staples is comprised of Quarters, Dimes, and Nickels. With Cents no longer comprising or yielding any major impact in the takes quotas at this site. Also as you can see the majority of finds are not fresh drops either, pointing towards the decline of the change economics the penny is of little use under these circumstances due to its lack of value. Sites are less likely to provide appreciable returns for time spent detecting versus in the past when you could find heaps of clad coinage freshly dropped. Maybe it is time to seek new sites for detecting based on these findings in conclusion. Hope you enjoyed my tongue in cheek approach to evaluating todays lackluster hunting event.

 

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[Msbeepbeep]

If the penny is pre 82' you have managed to avoid the zincs! SCORE!!! ....either that or they are deteriorating faster than we thought!

Congrats on getting out and digging! Now go get your gold!

 

[Loco-Digger]

I must live in a recessed area. I still detect many copper pennies and zincs. How long of a hunt was it? Were you a business analyst in your past life?

Just some of my tongue and cheek...

 

[CoinandRelicMan]

If the penny is pre 82' you have managed to avoid the zincs! SCORE!!! ....either that or they are deteriorating faster than we thought!

Congrats on getting out and digging! Now go get your gold!

Hi Msbeep Yes that one is an actual copper cent from the 70s, I did have one zinc cent but it didn't get to the photo shoot.
Took me a bit to understand that zinger on "they are deteriorating faster than we thought!" Maybe the moles are eating them now? Also another possibility is they just round up or down five cents now at the cafeteria, and no longer bother with those troublesome cents.

I must live in a recessed area. I still detect many copper pennies and zincs. How long of a hunt was it? Were you a business analyst in your past life?

Just some of my tongue and cheek...

Hi Loco-Digger At other sites I find lots more cents units of coinage, but lots less nickels, thus leading to my idea of the rounding to nickels on change. I really like finding nickels since they are five x the value of cents (infinitely more valuable than deteriorated zincs?). One would hope for a gold ring that reads out in the nickel region. But I can confirm having dug at least 300-400 nickels in the last two years, with a large portion of them coming from this site,with no gold rings ever found reading as a nickel for me out here, mysterious isn't it On the topic of nickels I have found that their readings vary a bit from site to site depending on the soil type. Once I know what a nickel reads out at, It is easy to watch out for readings in that area and thus find many more nickels.
Another useless fact if you get your nickels really well packed inside a quart container it should hold approximately Five-hundred, that is what my last quart container netted on turn in. I am not sure which of my past lives would have been related to business and the analysis of numbers

P.S. On the hunt length it wasn't much longer than two hours, had to cut short due to battery died and had left backup battery pack at home

 

[OBN]

I would search out a new spot but never give up on that one...

One thing about treasure hunting...you just never know..Good Luck!

 

[NEPADIGGER7]

Research research research...there silver all over... Don't think about it just have fun. But u are right about the coinage!