Depth, what if..........

Depth is a good thing with any machine. If you had a machine that would find stuff at say two foot, the amount of time it would take to dig a hole that deep would be unreal. Imagine if you dug twenty holes in a hunt how worn out you would be. The hole at the ground surface would probably have to almost match the depth across it, or close to it, to access the target I would think. You would almost have to lay on your belly to get it out of the hole. Our relic shovels, most of them being as short as they are wouldn't even work at that depth, 2/3 of the shovel in the ground. Much deeper and the hole might would fall under OSHA guidelines lol. Just imagine.......... How many holes at two foot would you want to dig in a hunt.

Not to mention the damage to the landscape....If you ever dug a foot the deeper you dig the wider becomes the hole...After leaving several small manhole covers holes watch the no detecting signs go up...
Not feasible unless you hunt in the boonies with a stout shovel...

I agree with you Jack. 2 feet? Heck just saying it makes me tired!

Charles

Unless it had some type of true imaging I don't think I would want to dig that deep unless maybe relic hunting in the woods. I would have to know for sure there was a good target there. If you were in a park you would have to set up a tent over the target so you could block prying eyes. Just a 10 inch measured hole is really deep!

the recent finder of the million pound silver coin hoard soon had a 2 foot hole dug after his deus gave a big signal

reward 1.3 million pounds coming his way/ he took a chance and won

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If I knew there was an early American coin that deep, especially silver, I'd dig it... if in the woods or farm field. A hole can be dug a foot across and two feet deep with the proper shovel.

Especially on larger targets a T handle soil probe would be helpful.

If only we had that problem...I have dug some iron that was a foot or more some were ax heads...and yes that is a problem so at one foot I'm tired at two less its a box of coins or jar I'm going to pass...

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If I had a machine like a minelab that would give good TID on a 24" deep coin, sure I'd dig it if I could. Would be hard to do in a park, manicured lawn, etc. and not make a mess. And in making the mess, one could probably kiss parks goodbye. Areas are already becoming off limits more and more, this would just accelerate I feel. Now for the farmfields, sure thing, but some of the farmers around here wouldn't be delighted to see gopher holes through out their fields and pastures. And a 24" hole in the woods. Boy, better not be many trees around, those roots can be rough. Might have to bring chainsaw with 20-24" bar along just to access a 24" deep hole in many spots in the forest.

If there was a detector with 90%+ accuracy in correctly identifying a two foot deep signal as non ferrous metal I would dig every one.

What about post hole diggers? or something fashioned like that.

That is what I was thinking, u2Robert, post hole diggers.

When you get into that type of depth you would have to start using specialized retrieval equipment, much of which doesn't currently exist. That being said, necessity is the mother of invention.

How about an electric hand held drill type digger. No larger than the normal battery operated drill, just with a specialized bit designed to create a hole in the ground. You'd make a plug like normal, then pull the drill out and go the rest of the way. Coin is brought up to the surface virtually unscathed (unless the tip of the bit somehow centered right on it.

Won't be long and we'll need a caddy to carry all the required equipment

HH
Mike

The post hole diggers I've used. 19" is about as deep as you can go. Once you exceed 19" the handles will not close up for dirt removal. Dirt would have to removed by hand. Then you could dig deeper.

That kind of depth would be over half a yard of dirt, whew.........

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digging holes at the aforementioned depths
in public sites will guarantee learning a new hobby
will be in your future!

(h.h.!)
j.t.

Guys do it nuggethunting all the time.

You might hit water if you dug that deep down here !

Machines that deep would have metal detecting banned from parks and public areas no question. Might have to put metal detectors into different types of classes based on how deep they can go.

Is this to implicate there would be no exercise of prudence in the usage of a high powered tool?

In Florida, most places/many times..... the first foot of soil only produces the (1965 - present) clad targets/coinage.

If only folks had any form/idea of what history/value is in the Earth that is beyond 12" deep........ would be a total life-changing/game-changing epiphany.

NASA-Tom Wrote:
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> Is this to implicate there would be no exercise of
> prudence in the usage of a high powered tool?
>
> In Florida, most places/many times..... the first
> foot of soil only produces the (1965 - present)
> clad targets/coinage.
>
> If only folks had any form/idea of what
> history/value is in the Earth that is beyond 12"
> deep........ would be a total
> life-changing/game-changing epiphany.
WOW! This had got me thinking..... My property is located in a valley with 2 lakes at the bottom. When I dug my basement for a room addition I had 6ft of black loamy soil before I hit clay. So there's been lots of soil brought to the bottom over the years. My property used to be an old fishing resort and I routinely dig piles of pull tabs at 10 inches. It never dawned on me that there may be coins below that level before now!