Why does this always happen?

[whoknows52]

Went out yesterday for a couple hours....was doing pretty good with clad and a few wheaties....was working my way back to my truck and got a hit....dug up a nice 1898 Barber dime but I gouged the reverse with my digger....didn't hit a coin the whole time I was out...so why is it you always hurt the ones you love!!!!!

 

[Doc2be]

Very well stated, heh... me on the other hand haven't taken much precautions to digging, but maybe I should start doing it. Still, you found a nice coin. HH

 

[Schrecky]

When I started MD'ing about a year and a half ago I gouged a real nice IH. Since then I've been a lot more careful pinpointing, checking the depth, and getting use to where to start digging. I haven't gouged one since.

 

[moonshine]

lol.... its very frustrating to do that. it makes me mad. i think to myself, that coin was laying there in perfect condition for 60 years and i ruined it in 10 seconds.

live and learn. be careful.

 

[ghostrider1775]

I don't know if you use one or not, but investing in a pinpointer sure helped me on not scratching coins.

 

[romeo-1]

I gouged a 1798 8 Reale in primo condition...don't feel too bad...it happens.

 

[Two Dogs]

I agree with Shrecky. Careful pinpointing is the key! My Vibraprobe also helps a ton if I lose the target in the dirt. I sympathize with you for damaging the coin. I'm sure that we've all done it.Messing up a good find is the pits. Better luck on the next one,Two Dogs

 

[Ed-NH]

Bummer for sure, I damaged the very first merc I ever found. I learned my lesson after that

 

[whoknows52]

I have a pinpointer that came as a gift with my DFX, but it seems to me that you have to have the coin nearly exposed for it to work....am I doing something wrong?

 

[lionhrt9]

I have a pinpointer that came as a gift with my DFX, but it seems to me that you have to have the coin nearly exposed for it to work....am I doing something wrong?

The whites bullseye will get around 1.5 inches, but remember that up the shaft works along with the end of it so you can scan your plugs and spoil piles. You may have to adj. your sens. as you want it cranked just below faults sig.

Goodluck

 

[diggndeep]

I agree with pinpointing first, then cut a plug a little larger than you need. I use a X-1 probe w/EX II & a Detector Pro Pocket Uniprobe. The Uniprobe kicks butt!! Haven't scratched one yet, knock on wood....

 

[Born2Dtect]

Whoknows52,

Just think about it, you were pinpointing on copper pennies all day then you found a silver dime. Different size and composition the before. The dime will act a little different to your detector. Me I would bury that coin time after time and check it with a brass probe until i could find it with the first probe stick. As detectorist we should never stop learning.

Ed D.

 

[Ricardo_NY1]

I also do what diggindeep does, I dig a plug larger than where I think the coin is. So far, I have not banged up a coin. What did happen to me 3 weeks ago was that I had taken a chisel and hammer with me to try to hunt in the feeze, and even though I cut out a plug that had the coin inside it, the force of all the banging bent the crap out of the time. It looked folded in half. Same thing happened later with a quarter. Both clad. After seeing this I stopped, as if that happened on something nice, it know it would be with me for who knows how long. I definately do not want to mess up a coin that's been resting in peace.