WHAT ARE YOU DIGGING COINS WITH ?

[mooncusser]

I was reviewing some of KARL VON MUELLERS writings when i read and i quote ( IT should be pointed out that it is absolutely stupid and amateurish to use a shovel or even a trowel to dig coin. It is not necessary ! The damage done by coinshooters in our public parks has created an increasing amount of resentment among the public toward all treasure hunters. Several manufacturers and dealers have intro duced a " coin digger " that has a 3" or 4" blade , and no words can describe the selling and use of this tool better than "PREPOSTEROUS "! If you cannot recover a coin from the earth without leaving evidence of the fact, then you are hurting not only your fellow coinshooter but yourself, as well . I will say , point-blank, that any manufacturer who makes these ridiculous "coindiggers" and sells them for this purpose , or any dealer who sells them, most certainly does not have the coinshooters interests at heart, but the coinshooters wallets .) KARL used a screw driver , prying the coin to the surface...... any thoughts on this ? Iam feeling pretty PREPOSTEROUS ! WITH ALL THE HOLES I HAVE DUG

 

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[G.I.B.]

Fill your holes, make it look nice and life should be just fine.

 

[Peyton Manning]

tell us what you REALLY think

I use a $5 garden trowel- sue me

 

[DannyB.]

I don't know who KARL VON MUELLER is..

I suppose he has a right to his opinion.. my opinion is that you do more damage with a screwdriver..

I'll stick with my digger.

 

[AlienLifeForm]

I don't know who KARL VON MUELLER is..

I suppose he has a right to his opinion.. my opinion is that you do more damage with a screwdriver..

I'll stick with my digger.

Wouldn't you just love to unearth a nice silver coin that a screwdriver ran across from top to bottom while being pryed from the earth? I have no issues with my Lesche.

 

[Tom_in_CA]

Von Muellers books are wwwaaaayyyy dated. Mid 1970s at the latest, eh ? So coin-hunting in that era was different. Perhaps a man with a shovel in a park wasn't "sticking out". And was just an oddity, not raising much interest. But it's different nowadays. A man with a detector (EVEN WITH NO DIGGING TOOL OF ANY KIND IN HIS HAND) will immediately raise connotations of "holes".

Back in the mid 1970s, we just dug with screwdrivers. Go figure: the machines only went 4" deep or so, on coin-sized targets.

 

[ARC]

So... a large wooden macaroni spoon is appropriate ?

I am a can scoop guy myself... FOR... Bending sucks :P

Which is what MOST other tools of the trade require.

 

[mooncusser]

Good point , TOM IN CA . This copy is from 1973 and he shore was bent about people using shovels . And like WAR BABY , I would hate to tear up a silver coin !!!

 

[Papalittle]

ever try to use a screwdriver to pry a ring to the top? bends the heck out of them, same for other types of jewelry. I bent plenty of tokens too. I prefer my trowel thank you.

 

[Peyton Manning]

I admit that at times I just use my silver supermagnet and bring the coins up without any digging

 

[fish1on]

If the target is shallow I use a brass probe and can usually "feel" the target after pinpointing with detector and carrot and can recover easily with a slice in the soil and a little finessing. Deeper targets, well pinpoint with machine and cut a nice plug a few inches away from target, flip, pin point and carefully remove soil to locate target. It really isn't rocket science, protect find from damage and make sure the retraction leaves no evidence.

 

[Peyton Manning]

after replacing the plug it helps the grass to pee on it

 

[ARC]

after replacing the plug it helps the grass to pee on it

SO ! That WAS YOU I saw on the golf course !

 

[DannyB.]

Don't dig holes in yellow grass..

 

[ARC]

Don't dig holes in yellow grass..

Huh ? ? ? Wha ? ?

That's where I always find the best stuff...

Like following the yellow brick road :P

 

[coinman123]

I almost always stick to the deep woods, so I use a $5 miniature shovel, it's lightweight and only around 2 feet long. I still always fill my holes even when I am half a mile off the trail though.

It looks like this in case you were wondering, probably 2 minutes on each hole 5 minutes at most. I recommend getting something like this if you do deep woods metal detecting.


If the writer of that article is reading this I assume he probably had a heart attack by now. Or fainted by the moment he read the word "shovel" in my post.

 

[coinman123]

Also, I prefer not to pry a beautiful one of a kind coin to the surface with a screwdriver, imagine if someone used that method for a tree coin .

 

[dsdigger]

Thanks, I'll keep using my Lesche or Diamond Digger. I see a screwdriver being fine on clad but on a nice silver or old coin or ring, no.

 

[cache finder]

depends on where I am at. I have a lesche for around town and a pick for construction and out in the boonies.

 

[DannyB.]

Huh ? ? ? Wha ? ?

That's where I always find the best stuff...

Like following the yellow brick road :P

I always pee on my hole after i feel it in! haha