DiggInOhio
Junior Member
I'd like to get some opinions from those of you who are more experienced detectorists and have found a lot of older silver coins. Do you notice that generally, they tend to be a bit deeper than the more recent coins? I've only found 9 silvers so far but they do seem to have been several inches deeper (6-8 inches) than the majority of the clad I find in the same area (1-5 inches). I know there are exceptions where, for example, you might find an old Seated or Barber coin near the surface and a clad dime at 7 inches nearby, and I know there are many factors such as soil density, obstacles like rocks and roots, etc, but I'm talking in general. I see these Minelab users finding older silvers quite often and I've wondered if it's mostly because of the extra depth they're getting. In short, what percentage would you estimate are found deeper than 8 inches or so, where some detectors might pass right over them? Thanks.