Longtime minelab guy, deepest target ever was a cast iron pan at a full arms length using bounty hunter sharp shooter II, deepest coin 15" 1857 seated quarter, ML Explorer II
Merrill, to answer your survey, our family had a 50 acre farm, it was already defunct when they bought it in 1947, and only metal detected by me in the past 20 years. the deepest old targets found around the old house were 9" down in the yard grass. the house was built in 1890's. I found those targets with a brand spankin' new Whites XLT. I also found 3 items that I remember quite clearly and vividly, were lost during the late 1960's and early 1970's- my grandfather's car keys, my grandmother's dress pin brooch, and a Mercury dime my grandmother gave me, that fell out of hole in my pocket and was lost. All were recovered around 2005-2010 period.
My parents live on the south shore of Long Island. Their house built in the 60's and we moved in the early 80s, but was farmland going back to colonial days as you alluded to. Beneath their manicured lawn is a beach type gravel layer about 12-16" down. In the first 6" I find a lot of more modern things that my brothers and I lost when we were kids and also tons of fishing sinkers (from us washing down our gear etc). I have found many more interesting things just on top of that gravel bed. From their small 1/4 acre, I've pulled IHC's, lots of buckles, buttons, a whole pile of hem weights, and a very old fender from a very old bicycle or cart. There is one large deep iron target in the gravel layer that I have dug at a few times and exposed, but have yet to fully excavate.
Hello Merrill, myself and my buddies are responsible for a life time band or the Ramond NH commons. No Hunting is allowed, because we hit that common so hard one day in the 1990s. We found 1/2 dimes, King George Coppers, and I pulled a 1st Light Infanty button - all at a depths of 9-10 inches with the Whites Spectrum XLT. The town residents called the COPS we got told to leave, and then they put in a LAW no more hunting on the Commons!! I still have the Button its one of my best finds ever.
My deepest find was a brass makeup compact 3 1/2 inches in diameter with 3 very high quality jade stones on the front facia. Found 18 inches deep in my own backyard in Lawndale California. Jeweler verified the stones and estimated the age to be very early 1900's and very expensive in that time. 😁😁😁
40+ years detecting guy here from the UK. At 19:56 , sometimes when one finds coins stuck together may indicate a small hoard or purse loss . Personally i would grid a area up to 20 metre square , all metal and dig everything.
The deepest thing I have found is a steel gear that's about 4 inches in diameter. It was buried 16 inches down in my backyard. Our subdivision was an orchard until the late 60's. The detector I had at that time was a mid-80's White's Coin Master 6000 DI-Pro. Currently I have a Vanquish 540 and nearly all of my finds are 2 inches to 6 inches deep. I live near Sacramento, California.
Information I found from detectorist with a Manticore about parameter settings. The precedence (order-of-events) of setting the detector parameters is (sequential) and import for your metal detector to operate at it's peak performance. Mode Recovery Speed Sensitivity Ground balance Long press noise cancel Sensitivity (try to increase Sensitivity again) Long press noise cancel Ground balance Ground Balance Notes: Dry Sand: Manually set Ground Balance to Zero (0). Don't ground balance to DRY sand. Multi-IQ+ will auto ground balance. Wet Sand: Manually Ground Balance Pumping the coil between from 5 inches to 16 inches. Highly Mineralized Soil: Manually Ground Balance by Sweeping the coil at the height that you will be detecting at. Air Testing: Manually set Ground Balance to Zero (0). Multi-IQ+ will auto ground balance. Manual Ground Balance keeps the detector fine tuned to the ground for best performance. Periodically re-Ground Balance. If the ground is full of metal, ground balancing becomes ineffective, Manually set Ground Balance to zero. Someone had this opinion about Auto/Tracking Ground Balance: Auto/Tracking Ground Balance is not the best on the old Minelabs and the new ones inherited the same problem and that's why Minelab added Manual Ground Balance. Noise Cancel Notes: Hold the coil about 16" above the ground (and parallel to the ground) and COMPLETELY STILL then perform a long press noise cancel until it settles down on a number. Noise Cancel is Local: Each time you change search mode (or frequency), Recovery Speed, or Sensitivity perform a Noise Cancel. Before reducing the Sensitivity, always try to resolve noise by first performing Noise Cancel followed by Ground Balance.
My deepest target was approximately 9 inches. I have pulled several coin targets at the depth of 8/9 inches. (Nothing special) 1945 Wheatie. Just adding my find and depth. The machine used was the Simplex plus with the 9 inch elliptical coil. Target found Conway AR U.S. Love the channel, Thank you for all your hard work!!
Countries and depth. I have detected all over with a dozen kinds of detectors. Here in the south where I now live, the soil (red dirt) is full of iron and other minerals, so detecting depth is not all that good. With the standard 11" coil my Minelab Equinox 800 seems to do the best, with the most recent find a 1960 dime at 7". And, that signal was iffy at best. In the well rotted buffalo crap in the flatlands of Iowa, Nebraska, Western Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, and there about, in unplowed fields, the Minelab CTX with the 13X17 coil, finds wheat cents at 13" and better. The Etrac will do well in the same places, though it is better if the soil is tilled and after a hard freeze. In a field near Maytag Park Newton IA. , the Etrac with the standard coil snagged four pre-1920 wheat pennies stuck together at 14+ inches. Black dirt all the way to the bottom. In Germany 100+ year old coins in the forests can be found at 2 inches or 9 inches and everything in between. The oldest and deepest was a small thin silver dated 1755 at 9in with the XP2. South America has some weird funky soils and depending where you are there might be no top soil, the sand may be crushed coral, and there can be mineralization that will drive you nuts. Ecuador uses American currency and their Ecuadorian coins are larger than ours. A US dollar coin found near the beaches at Olan was well over a foot down and the signal was rough. That was found with the Etrac. Uganda, Sudan, Kenya, and Egypt, has so many rifle shell casings in the ground that to find any coins at all is a miracle. Where I was, in Kenya the soil is good with little mineralization. I was using a White's detector at the time. An older shilling was found at 7 inches or there about. The best places to detect: anywhere in the Dutch Antilles. If the detecting is not going well at least you can watch all the topless German and French girls frolicking in the ocean.
Hey Merrill deepest coins we find here in parks in Melbourne generally are around the 8-9 inch mark, pinpointer depth. Though we have alot of locations that have been filled over with land fill... I have dug targets down to my elbow depth with my nox using the 6 inch coil. Generally those deep targets are always old iron relics. My 2 oldest relics were shallow, the 3 oldest coins I have found were 8-9 inches. Cheers for sharing. Good Luck & Happy Swingin' mate.
I agree with that. Here in UK park and pasture land max depth would be george 1700's coppers 8 - 10 inch. If the manticore can find a dime size triangle at 13" then I could re do all my sites but seeing is believing. 👀.
@@myview1875 I feel like using the largest coil on the nox would find stuff maybe a little deeper but it all depends on if it's been filled in the past. Though I always run my nox with a 6 inch coil so I can dance around between the trash alot easier. Found so much more with the 6 inch than any other coil so far. Though it would be interesting to see if the sites have deeper targets using the 15x9 once the top 8 inches has been cleared of targets using the 6inch coil. Good Luck & Happy Swingin' mate.
I am bringing 40 Indian Head Buffalo Nickels with me from my coin collection when I go down to Florida in October to visit the retired parents, I always bring my detector with me, so this year I’m going to be spreading the NICKELS on the beaches and side road pullouts
I use the legend. As far as coins go, i have pulled many 10-12. Most are 8” or less. I have pulled a small piece of lead shot (half the size of a marble) at 10”. I usually hunt at a 4 recovery and sensitivity maxed out. This with standard 11” coil.
Most of the colonial coins I been pulling recently have been around 8" deep in the woods, wich is loamy soil. I have pulled 1600's coins around 12" deep in a swampy dump site, extremely faint targets, usually have to remove some dirt to get them to show numbers, I have pulled buckles even deeper 😁 with the Nox 600.
I don't really dig many deep targets anymore because I usually hunt farm fields for CW relics but when I began detecting in 1978 I have dug CW bullets @ 12" using a Garrett Groundhog and cannon balls @ 18" in a woods. I've seen my friend who uses a Nautilus dig CW bullets @ 15 to 16". The button you found is a postal button POD stands for Post Office Department!
@@MetalDetectingNYC Yeah, that is the usual response i get from a VLF user. You know, i relly envy you guys. The manufacturers are spoiling you with at least one new machine per year. Being a deep seeking machine user, the rare animal, the hobby (afortable) detector market is scarce and the performance of the machines has not changed much over last 20 yeares where replacing old analoge meter with digital diplay is one of the "new features". Watching your videos makes me feel abandoned like a stray dog from time to time.
I’m excited to get my manticore. I found a 500yen coin in Okinawa, Japan that was easily 14” deep after I watched one of your videos where you talked about slowing down your swing and the recovery rate (on the NOX 800).
Another great video Merrill. I pulled a 12” barber dime with my 800 and 15” coil in wet semi sandy soil at my “dream field.” Found 21 silvers there…all DEEP. I know this is an old spot and had been hammered over the years mostly buy the low hanging fruit guys. Found the dime quadfecta there along with many interesting coins including an 1844 shilling. When I get the Manticore that will be my first destination. BTW I’m north of you in the Hudson Valley…best of luck!
Hi. I will try to answer your question regarding depth difference between coins in USA and Europe. That's a tricky one, as maybe all American will think an old coin will be at 30cm deep because it's a 1600-2000 years coin ? Not really, you can find an old coin laying on the ground watching and smiling at you :-). And that is related with the Terrain, it depend on the Terrain, if it's a field (like corn, potatoes, beets fields), those terrains are cultivated for hundred years, so those coins sometimes goes deep and sometimes they are enjoying the sun at the surface. With a pasture, you would maybe think the coins are sleeping there and sank deeper and deeper every year ? it could be but most likely not ! Because most of time a pasture, was not a pasture 50 or 100 years ago, it was a cultivated terrain and then it was transformed in pasture, or the opposite, a field transformed in pasture. So, the coins are moving, and i think the deepest those terrains are cultivated is 25-30cm max ! Only one terrain is the best to really know how deep a target can go, and that terrain is an untouched WOOD ! there with leafs and humus creating layer every year, a target can go deep. I think my deepest coin was there, a little bit more then 30cm. I posted a SHORT a few day ago, digging a copper coin in a pasture at around 25-30cm. Cheers ;-)
@@MetalDetectingNYC Yep, it happened a few times ! But i do remember one time very well. I was starting detecting, walked a few meter, got a perfect high sound, i looked on the ground ... and that old silver denarius was watching me. 🤣
I agree with your description of the situation in Europe. I found an over 3000 year old bronze ax 8" deep in the forest. But did humans plow the forest in between? That's a question for archaeologists. 😀 greetings from Europe🤠
@@lagvand You right, nobody knows. But when i take a look on the old map (250 years old map). Some wood are the same, untouched. And sometimes, some parts of the wood has been transformed into fields.
@@pirateofalllseas just info from wiki about my country "At the time of the formation of the Czech state, the forest covered most of the territory. In the 12th to 14th centuries, there was an intensive establishment of settlements in Bohemia and Moravia, which entailed extensive hunting and clearing of forests.During the reign of Maria Theresa, the forest cover in the Czech lands was only 14%, by the beginning of the 20th century it had already reached 30%" as you wrote, no one knows 😃
Deepest coin: 1908-O Barber quarter elbow deep in soft garden soil next to our grape arbor in 1980. Found with a Wilson-Neuman Daytona One, a high end detector for that time period.
I have dug a sterling silver spoon in my yard at 13" and my deepest coin was an 1857 seated dime at 10". I live in Illinois and swing the Garrett AT Pro with the tornado coil (12"x14" coil).
Great presentation, Merrill. I too, recently found, 2 coins stuck together, a 1914D & 1917D quarters at 10", in near mint condition. I love this hobby! I was using the Nox 600, with large coil at 10". low mineralization, dry soil in a well hunted park. I now have a 700 & am well pleased with it. I like the Manticore & Nox 900, but it is impractical in my situation. Keep up the good work! Thanks! 👌
Running an etrac, I was able to pull a 1903 large cent out at right at 13". Ground was still a little wet or moist, but found targets all day that day at around 12" and up. Target was found just off where a railroad stop was located back in the day, and before that, was an old trail from the Dragoons. Great day ! Central Iowa Detecting
My deepest coin was small 1 kreuzer on meadow about 45-50 cm down on upgraded coin deep with XP Deus and SUPER deep signal i had with XP orx in forest and it was freaking 1 meter down and it was depot of WW1 era beer botles (some of them had lid on it) Great video brother Manticore seems like great Machine!
Mine just came in the mail today and I took it out in the yard for a couple minutes ! Can’t wait to get it out in the park ! I just married my nox800 and have it down but now I feel like I did when I got the nox 800 lol
Metal detecting tip! I was clearing some downed trees in my woods, so that I could do some detecting. My detector was falsing mid swing, every swing! I noise cancelled, ground balanced, and lowered my sensitivity. No luck! That's when I looked down and realized I had on my steel toed boots from doing some chainsaw work. Doh! Tip - proper footwear!
The first buckle is a 1700s buckle. Found the exact same this summer at a old fur trading site. It should be brass and I brought mine back to the original brass shine with my Dremel,,,
I live in Poughkeepsie and have gotten objects at 12” with 800 in parks. I hunt all metal,3 speed, and ground balance every 15 minutes. Also use sensitivity at 23 or more and metal modes are all O. Head phones a must. Have been using this for 1 1/2 years. I dig it all and some days only cover small area’s
Surprisingly at the time, I was on my Minelab Xterra 505. Single frequency, stock C-coil. 15 inches on a 1963 silver quarter. Edge of park/ butts with river. Western NH.
Like dude that's what I have saying every time I see other people complaining about it hitting on iron halos crying 😭 about it but this is what happened with ultra sensitive detectors.. I love that you said it I hope they are listening and if it brothers you dig it up and get out of there thank you.
Indian head penny about 10 inches deep with my Legend. Usually the clay layer here in Eastern PA is much shallower than that. I've had 200 year old large cents an inch under the grass.
Coin: 22 inch 500 YEN coin Japan beach. (Half-dollar size) with a T2 &large coil. 7 Gold coins with max depth 8 inches in Norwich England D1. Soil very mild.
Well Merrill, the dept of old coins and such, over in the older counties, and I am only guesstimating on this one, the older the county, the deeper the artifacts, and usually more rare and more valuable. Speaking of valuable, keep those awesome tips coming Merrill, I greatly appreciate you, and the Manticore is a dandy. I am glad to see that you are having a great time with your new toy, so, let this only be the beginning! Thank you Merrill, happy hunting brother, I had a blast just watching you like always, you kick butt! Greg the Egg out!
We often recover coins at 12" in our city park in Dodge City Kansas with our E-Tracs. This park sits alongside the Arkansas river which used to flood on average every 30-40 years. The park was opened in 1883.
Ok, I have two deep coins. I found a V-Nickel (18 inches) at a park that dates back to the 1870s. The President of our local club was with me when I found it because he didn’t think a detector could go that deep. His detector couldn’t hear it. He watched as I broke the ground and dug it from start to finish. The second coin a Barber dime was found at similar depth that I actually found in All metal mode. I couldn’t pick it up with discrimination. The dime was found at a park but was along the bank of a stream. I found deep coins along that bank previously, that’s why I was in All metal mode. Both coins were found with my Minelab Sovereign and a Sun Ray 12 inch coil over 15 years ago.
Ok I'll chime in.. my surf pi.. I hit a brass decking nail from a galleon at 2' +...at wabasso beach...... But my equinox ,800 is just as impressive! I have a p.i. king pinpointer that is 14in in length. I hit my first walking Liberty in December of last year in Daytona after the 2nd hurricane went through. I was searching the cut dunes and got a loud hit of 32.. I thought it was a large can cuz as I was digging it stayed loud. But I went for it anyway..and I'm glad I did! I pulled out a 1920 walking Liberty. According to my pinpointer it was at 16 to17 inches. That was my first walking liberty ..so I remember it well. That equinox 800 is still a killer machine.
In south Sweden about the lower third of the country, the natural build up on a lawn from organic matter is about 10 cm per 100 years. This means that fertile dirt that are not plowed will prevent you from going any further then 300 years back. I am sure that in temperate areas with normal rainfall, it would have the same conditions all over the world. Dryer and wetter place might have other conditions. My experience is Sweden is that on sand the dirt layer on top never grow fast and most often are a lot less then 30 cm. In such places you can find very old artifacts. I don't have any experience on permafrost with dirt on top, but it looks like dirt grows faster there because of the ice underneath. Someone detecting in Alaska might know. Those roman coins you see getting pulled in Britain is from plowed land or pasture that has been plowed. If you want to find really old artifacts check out geological maps and look for deposited sand with dirt on top. Exposed sand is often disturbed and eroded and 30 cm can be removed i a few years if treas are cut down that holds the sand in place. It's very visible in fresh water beaches that the dirt on top of the sand gets washed away and the shore line moves. It's more likely to find older coins in better condition on steep inclines. People use it to sled, shelter and sun bathe etc. and the drainage keep coins in better condition. To detect flat land that are now used for crops is a waste of time for copper or bronze coins. 50 years ago you could still find good coins, but the artificial fertilizer has destroyed all coins not silver and gold now. As you could see on the Indian head in this video.
I dug a twelve-inch 1942 quarter at the beach in S. California with my Deus II in the dry sand. A lot of 9 and 10 silver dimes too in parks. One thing Merrill, with the Deus II, the VDI numbers are good even with deep coins. The 42 quarter above had a consistent 97.
Well in Arizona looking for Gold at 20 inches easy on top of a 800 foot hill or mountain! I get some nice low numbers with my Minelab 540. Dug for a good 15 minutes due to rocks and what naught!! got an hundred year old brass .22 shell casing! what a let down after all that digging!
Well done. It's interesting how taking a newer or different machine can yield more targets. I've heard, due to environmental conditions, objects can move 11" in the ground over the course of one year. One of my deepest with my 6" coil on my equinox 800 was a 1910 barber dime. It was 8"-10" deep. It was bouncing hitting 18-30. Ground balance was 11 and I was in a sandy desert in Utah.
@Metal Detecting NYC I heard it through conversation. I was told a geologist said a coin can move 11" in the ground in one year due to environmental influence. Erosion, thawing and freezing, root systems, high winds, fires etc..
Hunting in the bush of Tasmania, you only need to go about three inches at most. Some of the things are practically on the surface and these are late 1800's finds.
Regarding the quarter you dug, at the 8:18 mark, it looks like your target trace is showing both iron and your quarter. There was just the quarter in the plug, but I wonder if maybe there was iron beneath the plug. That to me is one of the biggest advantages of the 2D screen.
I agree going deep with the detector isn't the end all of great detectors. It does allow you to be assured that everything from the surface to its maximum reach is going to be alerted for you. Going over heavily hunted ground not only allows you to pick up on missed objects but also opens up the new depth of a couple more inches. And that can make all the difference. As for those crying about the quantity of iron...most very valuable relics are iron. And because it is a deeper reaching machine the Manticore will find more iron in the unexplored dept. My two cents. Thanks for sharing. Keep your coil in the dirt!
1856 SLD small date around 9 inches at what was a old store many years ago. Also found a eagle button and round shot about 4 foot from were I found the dime.
The deepest coin I dug up was a 2 Cent Piece, dug in that Brooklyn park we both frequent, it was about 12 to 13 inches down. It was a faint chirp and had a rusty nail and a bottle cap in the hole a few inches above it. Got it with my Nox 600, Park 1, Recovery at 2, Iron Bias at 1 and Sensitivity at 23.
I’ve actually had two deep ones that come to mind. With the Nox 800 I pulled an 1842 half at 14” and an 1821 8 reale about the same depth. To me for my area in Cali it seems like you can get into the 1800’s if you can get more than 8”-10” I have a great location to work for deep signals as soon as the manticore makes in! Great job on these videos Merrill 👍🏼
My deepesr coin i can remember was an 1899 V Nickel with my old Garrett GTA 1000 back in 1996 at an old park..All i used was a hand digger back then and it took me over 15 minutes to get down to it...I can remember my elbow going past the top of the hole on my last scoop..That detector really shouldn't be capable of that depth but i think that coin was giving off a massive halo..It had to be 15+ inched deep..
Wausau , WI Barber Dime, 1897 10 inches deep with the vanquish 440. Antigo silt loam is the soil type. After a rain in the spring and fall..it’ll go deeper. And that was in jewelry mode. Had i been in relic mode…it might even go deeper. I hope to upgrade to a Legend by spring. I have been very happy with the vanquish in the 1.5 yrs I’ve had it.
Looks like the Manitcore is more than capable of some extreme depth. Depth in my area of Ohio is so dependent on the soil matrix and moisture content. I have dug fairly deep coins with my Apex at some sites, but much shallower in other sites where the soil is more dense and contains more clay and iron. In my test garden, the Apex/Raider coil is lucky to hit a 7" clad dime, but the Deus II-9" can hit the same dime with no difficulty. That said, I have hit deep coins with both detectors, but 9" depth on smaller coin size targets is about maximum in soils of my area, with the coils I have presently. Great job in the freezing weather, Merrill!
Probably a silver dime with equinox in ulster county ny park at 11.5” with nox and then with the Deus 2 I’ve gotten many smaller targets between 8-12 inches in the same county
Hi FPV Angel 😀 fancy seeing you here. 🙂. Are you interested in buying a Manticor. My brother has his name down for one. I am still using my old Explorer but am thinking of an Equinox mainly because of the weight and also my machine isn't the best in lots of iron ( it copes ok but a new machine would help with that ). Happy New Year. 🙂.
@@myview1875 Haha hey MyView, i would love to try one but times are so busy these days, my mate has the CTX, hes telling me its good points and has applied to test one, also said wait until the Manticore is released and you will get cheaper Equinoxes for sale, makes sense. Happy New Year matey.
I have a Garrett 250 ace, which is great at finding square nails and junk, I found the engine hood of a car 14” deep. I found the corner, I ended up digging a hole 4’ deep, 4-5’ diameter to get it out of the ground, it was buried straight up and down, the best I could tell, it was from an old ford car. Like early 40’s. It was out in the pasture, I think my horses thought I finally lost it with all the digging! So what happened with the phone call you got Monday morning? Thanks Ted
One of my deepest coin finds was a George III 1804 5 Shillings Bank Dollar from an old playing field. Lovely large EF silver coin down at about 14" using a UK FX55 Fieldmaster VLF detector in 1982. Unfortunately sold it, and regretted it ever since - doh!
9 inches with an AT Pro, Merc, in Colorado. You are getting me excited for the Manticore AND because I’m a combat veteran, Minelab gives me 15 percent off, how can I say no. I’m super excited for the jump in performance from my AT Pro with the Manticore. With that being said, I’ll never sell my AT Pro. I know that machine, inside out.
Deepest target Central Florida Gulf Coast Approximately 24” deep in 3’ of water Man made beach fresh water 5”X8” coil on an AT Max Sensitivity 1 away from max Kept hearing something possibly good hiding in iron Pulled out a chunk of cast iron pot Underneath was a 1907 Barber Quarter Like you say it’s what you’re used to using
Hey Merrill, nice hunt with the Manticore. Sent you a little something because that video looked like a lot of work and editing. BTW, are you doing the "LONG" noise cancel? That's where you continuously hold down the button with the coil a couple feet off the ground and you wait until it settles on a number before releasing it. I hear that really lets you crank up the sensitivity. I finally have my Manticore coming in the mail. It should be here Friday! Yayyyyyyyy! And, it's unusually warm here in North Texas right now. No frozen ground.
Just ordered my first Detector MineLab 800 can ya do a good video on gear that helps like pouches so on and do price saving on Amazon links just a suggestion mate God Bless thanks for the videos 📹 I'm out there in NY alot in Watertown I'm in Hawaii now I'll be learning out here keep videos coming helps alot.
@Metal Detecting NYC Was not very clean signal for sure. What I noted, which was not necessarily what happened in this case that sometimes nearby junk enhances the iffy high tone of good deep target. It is just a theory, but it may hold some true possibly.
Coins sink according to the difference between their density and that of the ground. the climate also counts, since if the ground freezes the coins rise to the surface, if the ground has stones, the coins can be stopped, and this is why sometimes ancient coins are found more on the surface than the new ones. this is about Europe
I found a park that had two houses on the property in the 1840s but no longer there, however I noticed that the ground is very hard and tough maybe the objects are too deep for my vanquish 440
Merrill, I was looking at the center line on the last target. the object was not round, it is very elongated. I would have guessed that might have been junk.... But it was 2 pennies. Have you ran into elongated lines before and it was positive??
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Hi Merrill. The button you found with P.O.D. on the front stands for "Post Office Department." From 1873 to 1893.
Very cool find! 😄
Longtime minelab guy, deepest target ever was a cast iron pan at a full arms length using bounty hunter sharp shooter II, deepest coin 15" 1857 seated quarter, ML Explorer II
Merrill, to answer your survey, our family had a 50 acre farm, it was already defunct when they bought it in 1947, and only metal detected by me in the past 20 years. the deepest old targets found around the old house were 9" down in the yard grass. the house was built in 1890's. I found those targets with a brand spankin' new Whites XLT. I also found 3 items that I remember quite clearly and vividly, were lost during the late 1960's and early 1970's- my grandfather's car keys, my grandmother's dress pin brooch, and a Mercury dime my grandmother gave me, that fell out of hole in my pocket and was lost. All were recovered around 2005-2010 period.
My parents live on the south shore of Long Island. Their house built in the 60's and we moved in the early 80s, but was farmland going back to colonial days as you alluded to. Beneath their manicured lawn is a beach type gravel layer about 12-16" down. In the first 6" I find a lot of more modern things that my brothers and I lost when we were kids and also tons of fishing sinkers (from us washing down our gear etc). I have found many more interesting things just on top of that gravel bed. From their small 1/4 acre, I've pulled IHC's, lots of buckles, buttons, a whole pile of hem weights, and a very old fender from a very old bicycle or cart. There is one large deep iron target in the gravel layer that I have dug at a few times and exposed, but have yet to fully excavate.
@metaldetectingNYC Hey Merrill, you have an impersonator. I have reported them.
Hello Merrill, myself and my buddies are responsible for a life time band or the Ramond NH commons. No Hunting is allowed, because we hit that common so hard one day in the 1990s. We found 1/2 dimes, King George Coppers, and I pulled a 1st Light Infanty button - all at a depths of 9-10 inches with the Whites Spectrum XLT. The town residents called the COPS we got told to leave, and then they put in a LAW no more hunting on the Commons!! I still have the Button its one of my best finds ever.
My deepest find was a brass makeup compact 3 1/2 inches in diameter with 3 very high quality jade stones on the front facia. Found 18 inches deep in my own backyard in Lawndale California. Jeweler verified the stones and estimated the age to be very early 1900's and very expensive in that time. 😁😁😁
40+ years detecting guy here from the UK. At 19:56 , sometimes when one finds coins stuck together may indicate a small hoard or purse loss . Personally i would grid a area up to 20 metre square , all metal and dig everything.
40+ years here in the UK also. 😀.
Great tip Robert, thanks.
The deepest thing I have found is a steel gear that's about 4 inches in diameter. It was buried 16 inches down in my backyard. Our subdivision was an orchard until the late 60's. The detector I had at that time was a mid-80's White's Coin Master 6000 DI-Pro. Currently I have a Vanquish 540 and nearly all of my finds are 2 inches to 6 inches deep. I live near Sacramento, California.
Information I found from detectorist with a Manticore about parameter settings.
The precedence (order-of-events) of setting the detector parameters is (sequential) and import for your metal detector to operate at it's peak performance.
Mode
Recovery Speed
Sensitivity
Ground balance
Long press noise cancel
Sensitivity (try to increase Sensitivity again)
Long press noise cancel
Ground balance
Ground Balance Notes:
Dry Sand: Manually set Ground Balance to Zero (0). Don't ground balance to DRY sand. Multi-IQ+ will auto ground balance.
Wet Sand: Manually Ground Balance Pumping the coil between from 5 inches to 16 inches.
Highly Mineralized Soil: Manually Ground Balance by Sweeping the coil at the height that you will be detecting at.
Air Testing: Manually set Ground Balance to Zero (0). Multi-IQ+ will auto ground balance.
Manual Ground Balance keeps the detector fine tuned to the ground for best performance. Periodically re-Ground Balance.
If the ground is full of metal, ground balancing becomes ineffective, Manually set Ground Balance to zero.
Someone had this opinion about Auto/Tracking Ground Balance:
Auto/Tracking Ground Balance is not the best on the old Minelabs and the new ones inherited the same problem and that's why Minelab added Manual Ground Balance.
Noise Cancel Notes:
Hold the coil about 16" above the ground (and parallel to the ground) and COMPLETELY STILL then perform a long press noise cancel until it settles down on a number.
Noise Cancel is Local:
Each time you change search mode (or frequency), Recovery Speed, or Sensitivity perform a Noise Cancel.
Before reducing the Sensitivity, always try to resolve noise by first performing Noise Cancel followed by Ground Balance.
My deepest target was approximately 9 inches. I have pulled several coin targets at the depth of 8/9 inches. (Nothing special) 1945 Wheatie. Just adding my find and depth. The machine used was the Simplex plus with the 9 inch elliptical coil. Target found Conway AR U.S.
Love the channel, Thank you for all your hard work!!
Countries and depth. I have detected all over with a dozen kinds of detectors. Here in the south where I now live, the soil (red dirt) is full of iron and other minerals, so detecting depth is not all that good. With the standard 11" coil my Minelab Equinox 800 seems to do the best, with the most recent find a 1960 dime at 7". And, that signal was iffy at best. In the well rotted buffalo crap in the flatlands of Iowa, Nebraska, Western Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, and there about, in unplowed fields, the Minelab CTX with the 13X17 coil, finds wheat cents at 13" and better. The Etrac will do well in the same places, though it is better if the soil is tilled and after a hard freeze. In a field near Maytag Park Newton IA. , the Etrac with the standard coil snagged four pre-1920 wheat pennies stuck together at 14+ inches. Black dirt all the way to the bottom. In Germany 100+ year old coins in the forests can be found at 2 inches or 9 inches and everything in between. The oldest and deepest was a small thin silver dated 1755 at 9in with the XP2. South America has some weird funky soils and depending where you are there might be no top soil, the sand may be crushed coral, and there can be mineralization that will drive you nuts. Ecuador uses American currency and their Ecuadorian coins are larger than ours. A US dollar coin found near the beaches at Olan was well over a foot down and the signal was rough. That was found with the Etrac. Uganda, Sudan, Kenya, and Egypt, has so many rifle shell casings in the ground that to find any coins at all is a miracle. Where I was, in Kenya the soil is good with little mineralization. I was using a White's detector at the time. An older shilling was found at 7 inches or there about. The best places to detect: anywhere in the Dutch Antilles. If the detecting is not going well at least you can watch all the topless German and French girls frolicking in the ocean.
Hey Merrill deepest coins we find here in parks in Melbourne generally are around the 8-9 inch mark, pinpointer depth. Though we have alot of locations that have been filled over with land fill... I have dug targets down to my elbow depth with my nox using the 6 inch coil. Generally those deep targets are always old iron relics. My 2 oldest relics were shallow, the 3 oldest coins I have found were 8-9 inches.
Cheers for sharing.
Good Luck & Happy Swingin' mate.
I agree with that. Here in UK park and pasture land max depth would be george 1700's coppers 8 - 10 inch. If the manticore can find a dime size triangle at 13" then I could re do all my sites but seeing is believing. 👀.
@@myview1875 I feel like using the largest coil on the nox would find stuff maybe a little deeper but it all depends on if it's been filled in the past. Though I always run my nox with a 6 inch coil so I can dance around between the trash alot easier. Found so much more with the 6 inch than any other coil so far. Though it would be interesting to see if the sites have deeper targets using the 15x9 once the top 8 inches has been cleared of targets using the 6inch coil.
Good Luck & Happy Swingin' mate.
I am bringing 40 Indian Head Buffalo Nickels with me from my coin collection when I go down to Florida in October to visit the retired parents, I always bring my detector with me, so this year I’m going to be spreading the NICKELS on the beaches and side road pullouts
I use the legend. As far as coins go, i have pulled many 10-12. Most are 8” or less. I have pulled a small piece of lead shot (half the size of a marble) at 10”. I usually hunt at a 4 recovery and sensitivity maxed out. This with standard 11” coil.
P.o.d button:
United States Post Office Department - Mailman/P.O.D 14.5mm - 1893-1911 Brass Civilian uniform button
Wow! Thank you! That is so cool!!!
Most of the colonial coins I been pulling recently have been around 8" deep in the woods, wich is loamy soil. I have pulled 1600's coins around 12" deep in a swampy dump site, extremely faint targets, usually have to remove some dirt to get them to show numbers, I have pulled buckles even deeper 😁 with the Nox 600.
So cool! I am yet to join the 1600’s club!
That Post Office Department button is on my bucket list! I’ve been with the PO for 35 years (retiring soon!) and would love to find one of those.
I don't really dig many deep targets anymore because I usually hunt farm fields for CW relics but when I began detecting in 1978 I have dug CW bullets @ 12" using a Garrett Groundhog and cannon balls @ 18" in a woods. I've seen my friend who uses a Nautilus dig CW bullets @ 15 to 16". The button you found is a postal button POD stands for Post Office Department!
Thank you for the ID!
have a Friday Delivery manticore weekend here I come. thank you for your help with detectors.
Every day I make phone calls and search the internet for a Manticore.
Do you mind sharing who you got your Beast from? Tks 😃
OK you asked for it; 420mm mortar grenade at 3.8m (aprox. 11 to 12 ft). Detector: DBP2010 PI (More power lol).
That’s insane!!! 11 to 12 ft!!!
@@MetalDetectingNYC Yeah, that is the usual response i get from a VLF user. You know, i relly envy you guys. The manufacturers are spoiling you with at least one new machine per year. Being a deep seeking machine user, the rare animal, the hobby (afortable) detector market is scarce and the performance of the machines has not changed much over last 20 yeares where replacing old analoge meter with digital diplay is one of the "new features". Watching your videos makes me feel abandoned like a stray dog from time to time.
I’m excited to get my manticore. I found a 500yen coin in Okinawa, Japan that was easily 14” deep after I watched one of your videos where you talked about slowing down your swing and the recovery rate (on the NOX 800).
Aww you made my day Christi!!!!
that triangle thing was a earing . I like watching your vids
Thank you!
Vintage Brass Button POD Post Office
Another great video Merrill. I pulled a 12” barber dime with my 800 and 15” coil in wet semi sandy soil at my “dream field.” Found 21 silvers there…all DEEP. I know this is an old spot and had been hammered over the years mostly buy the low hanging fruit guys. Found the dime quadfecta there along with many interesting coins including an 1844 shilling. When I get the Manticore that will be my first destination. BTW I’m north of you in the Hudson Valley…best of luck!
Hi.
I will try to answer your question regarding depth difference between coins in USA and Europe. That's a tricky one, as maybe all American will think an old coin will be at 30cm deep because it's a 1600-2000 years coin ? Not really, you can find an old coin laying on the ground watching and smiling at you :-). And that is related with the Terrain, it depend on the Terrain, if it's a field (like corn, potatoes, beets fields), those terrains are cultivated for hundred years, so those coins sometimes goes deep and sometimes they are enjoying the sun at the surface. With a pasture, you would maybe think the coins are sleeping there and sank deeper and deeper every year ? it could be but most likely not ! Because most of time a pasture, was not a pasture 50 or 100 years ago, it was a cultivated terrain and then it was transformed in pasture, or the opposite, a field transformed in pasture. So, the coins are moving, and i think the deepest those terrains are cultivated is 25-30cm max !
Only one terrain is the best to really know how deep a target can go, and that terrain is an untouched WOOD ! there with leafs and humus creating layer every year, a target can go deep. I think my deepest coin was there, a little bit more then 30cm.
I posted a SHORT a few day ago, digging a copper coin in a pasture at around 25-30cm.
Cheers
;-)
That is AMAZING! 2000 year old surface coins!
@@MetalDetectingNYC Yep, it happened a few times ! But i do remember one time very well. I was starting detecting, walked a few meter, got a perfect high sound, i looked on the ground ... and that old silver denarius was watching me. 🤣
I agree with your description of the situation in Europe. I found an over 3000 year old bronze ax 8" deep in the forest. But did humans plow the forest in between? That's a question for archaeologists. 😀 greetings from Europe🤠
@@lagvand You right, nobody knows. But when i take a look on the old map (250 years old map). Some wood are the same, untouched. And sometimes, some parts of the wood has been transformed into fields.
@@pirateofalllseas just info from wiki about my country "At the time of the formation of the Czech state, the forest covered most of the territory. In the 12th to 14th centuries, there was an intensive establishment of settlements in Bohemia and Moravia, which entailed extensive hunting and clearing of forests.During the reign of Maria Theresa, the forest cover in the Czech lands was only 14%, by the beginning of the 20th century it had already reached 30%"
as you wrote, no one knows 😃
Great video Merrill!! Enjoy your videos so much, can’t wait to unbox my manticore!!!
Awesome job, thanks for sharing your input on the manticore, I just picked mine up yesterday. Pretty excited and anxious to use it.
Deepest coin: 1908-O Barber quarter elbow deep in soft garden soil next to our grape arbor in 1980. Found with a Wilson-Neuman Daytona One, a high end detector for that time period.
Wow! I have wanted to do a piece on older brands! I will Google that!
I have dug a sterling silver spoon in my yard at 13" and my deepest coin was an 1857 seated dime at 10". I live in Illinois and swing the Garrett AT Pro with the tornado coil (12"x14" coil).
Great presentation, Merrill. I too, recently found, 2 coins stuck together, a 1914D & 1917D quarters at 10", in near mint condition. I love this hobby! I was using the Nox 600, with large coil at 10". low mineralization, dry soil in a well hunted park. I now have a 700 & am well pleased with it. I like the Manticore & Nox 900, but it is impractical in my situation. Keep up the good work! Thanks! 👌
Deepest coin here in Kentucky so far 10’” barber dime with deus 2, and 10 inch 1885 Morgan dollar with the nox 800.
Congrats on both!
Running an etrac, I was able to pull a 1903 large cent out at right at 13". Ground was still a little wet or moist, but found targets all day that day at around 12" and up. Target was found just off where a railroad stop was located back in the day, and before that, was an old trail from the Dragoons. Great day ! Central Iowa Detecting
My deepest coin was small 1 kreuzer on meadow about 45-50 cm down on upgraded coin deep with XP Deus and SUPER deep signal i had with XP orx in forest and it was freaking 1 meter down and it was depot of WW1 era beer botles (some of them had lid on it) Great video brother Manticore seems like great Machine!
Thank you Adam! That is INSANE 1 meter down!
I can't wait to see this detector with smaller coils from 6 inches up to the 11 standard coil.
Baseball field, barber half 14" ctx3030 large coil central ma, kept digging deeper thought it was a soda can, pleasantly surprised
Mine just came in the mail today and I took it out in the yard for a couple minutes ! Can’t wait to get it out in the park ! I just married my nox800 and have it down but now I feel like I did when I got the nox 800 lol
Very interesting 😜 on the waiting list for my manticore 🙏 thank you for sharing.
What you meant to say was, "I thought over my over thought". Say it like you mean it and mean it when you say it Merrill. Gotta Love It!
Merrill, you promised a direct comparison with Equinox 800? Is it going to happen?
Metal detecting tip! I was clearing some downed trees in my woods, so that I could do some detecting. My detector was falsing mid swing, every swing! I noise cancelled, ground balanced, and lowered my sensitivity. No luck! That's when I looked down and realized I had on my steel toed boots from doing some chainsaw work. Doh! Tip - proper footwear!
Found a lip stick tube about 16" down in a yard in Bountiful, UT.
Wow
Silver quarter , with the Xterra pro 12"+. In Tifton,Ga. on a softball field that's been sodded more than once
The first buckle is a 1700s buckle. Found the exact same this summer at a old fur trading site. It should be brass and I brought mine back to the original brass shine with my Dremel,,,
I live in Poughkeepsie and have gotten objects at 12” with 800 in parks. I hunt all metal,3 speed, and ground balance every 15 minutes. Also use sensitivity at 23 or more and metal modes are all O.
Head phones a must. Have been using this for 1 1/2 years. I dig it all and some days only cover small area’s
Southeast,KS
D2 = 15" Eagle I button
NOX 800=16" Confederate militia plate. Still getting accurate signal 22"
Nokta Legend 9.5" Half dime 1841
Very sensible m8 a pleasure to watch
Thank you!
Surprisingly at the time, I was on my Minelab Xterra 505. Single frequency, stock C-coil. 15 inches on a 1963 silver quarter. Edge of park/ butts with river. Western NH.
Like dude that's what I have saying every time I see other people complaining about it hitting on iron halos crying 😭 about it but this is what happened with ultra sensitive detectors.. I love that you said it I hope they are listening and if it brothers you dig it up and get out of there thank you.
Absolutely!!! It’s inevitable!
Indian head penny about 10 inches deep with my Legend. Usually the clay layer here in Eastern PA is much shallower than that. I've had 200 year old large cents an inch under the grass.
Coin: 22 inch 500 YEN coin Japan beach. (Half-dollar size) with a T2 &large coil. 7 Gold coins with max depth 8 inches in Norwich England D1. Soil very mild.
Well Merrill, the dept of old coins and such, over in the older counties, and I am only guesstimating on this one, the older the county, the deeper the artifacts, and usually more rare and more valuable. Speaking of valuable, keep those awesome tips coming Merrill, I greatly appreciate you, and the Manticore is a dandy. I am glad to see that you are having a great time with your new toy, so, let this only be the beginning! Thank you Merrill, happy hunting brother, I had a blast just watching you like always, you kick butt! Greg the Egg out!
York, Nebraska I found a 13” deep late 1800’s Barber Dime using the CTX 17” coil.
We often recover coins at 12" in our city park in Dodge City Kansas with our E-Tracs. This park sits alongside the Arkansas river which used to flood on average every 30-40 years. The park was opened in 1883.
Ok, I have two deep coins. I found a V-Nickel (18 inches) at a park that dates back to the 1870s. The President of our local club was with me when I found it because he didn’t think a detector could go that deep. His detector couldn’t hear it. He watched as I broke the ground and dug it from start to finish. The second coin a Barber dime was found at similar depth that I actually found in All metal mode. I couldn’t pick it up with discrimination. The dime was found at a park but was along the bank of a stream. I found deep coins along that bank previously, that’s why I was in All metal mode. Both coins were found with my Minelab Sovereign and a Sun Ray 12 inch coil over 15 years ago.
Ok I'll chime in.. my surf pi.. I hit a brass decking nail from a galleon at 2' +...at wabasso beach...... But my equinox ,800 is just as impressive! I have a p.i. king pinpointer that is 14in in length. I hit my first walking Liberty in December of last year in Daytona after the 2nd hurricane went through. I was searching the cut dunes and got a loud hit of 32.. I thought it was a large can cuz as I was digging it stayed loud. But I went for it anyway..and I'm glad I did! I pulled out a 1920 walking Liberty. According to my pinpointer it was at 16 to17 inches. That was my first walking liberty ..so I remember it well. That equinox 800 is still a killer machine.
In south Sweden about the lower third of the country, the natural build up on a lawn from organic matter is about 10 cm per 100 years. This means that fertile dirt that are not plowed will prevent you from going any further then 300 years back. I am sure that in temperate areas with normal rainfall, it would have the same conditions all over the world. Dryer and wetter place might have other conditions. My experience is Sweden is that on sand the dirt layer on top never grow fast and most often are a lot less then 30 cm. In such places you can find very old artifacts. I don't have any experience on permafrost with dirt on top, but it looks like dirt grows faster there because of the ice underneath. Someone detecting in Alaska might know. Those roman coins you see getting pulled in Britain is from plowed land or pasture that has been plowed. If you want to find really old artifacts check out geological maps and look for deposited sand with dirt on top. Exposed sand is often disturbed and eroded and 30 cm can be removed i a few years if treas are cut down that holds the sand in place. It's very visible in fresh water beaches that the dirt on top of the sand gets washed away and the shore line moves. It's more likely to find older coins in better condition on steep inclines. People use it to sled, shelter and sun bathe etc. and the drainage keep coins in better condition. To detect flat land that are now used for crops is a waste of time for copper or bronze coins.
50 years ago you could still find good coins, but the artificial fertilizer has destroyed all coins not silver and gold now. As you could see on the Indian head in this video.
Nokta Simplex+; Meeker, OK; 12.5", a 9" piece of 25+ year old lawn mower blade; found two days ago.
The button (P.O.D.) I believe is a Post Office Department button from a Letter Carrier's uniform. Great find!
I dug a twelve-inch 1942 quarter at the beach in S. California with my Deus II in the dry sand. A lot of 9 and 10 silver dimes too in parks. One thing Merrill, with the Deus II, the VDI numbers are good even with deep coins. The 42 quarter above had a consistent 97.
@MetalDetectingNYC.. Merrill, I am retarded when it comes to computers. I don't have a clue how to send a text on telegram?
@MetalDetectingNYC.. Merrill I feel honored. I don't know how to send a text on telegram? Sorry about that. Keep them videos coming, I love em.
Well in Arizona looking for Gold at 20 inches easy on top of a 800 foot hill or mountain! I get some nice low numbers with my Minelab 540. Dug for a good 15 minutes due to rocks and what naught!! got an hundred year old brass .22 shell casing! what a let down after all that digging!
Well done. It's interesting how taking a newer or different machine can yield more targets. I've heard, due to environmental conditions, objects can move 11" in the ground over the course of one year.
One of my deepest with my 6" coil on my equinox 800 was a 1910 barber dime. It was 8"-10" deep. It was bouncing hitting 18-30. Ground balance was 11 and I was in a sandy desert in Utah.
Wow! Can you share the source of that? I’m researching soil right now and the essential question why do coins sink?
@Metal Detecting NYC I heard it through conversation. I was told a geologist said a coin can move 11" in the ground in one year due to environmental influence. Erosion, thawing and freezing, root systems, high winds, fires etc..
Hunting in the bush of Tasmania, you only need to go about three inches at most. Some of the things are practically on the surface and these are late 1800's finds.
Regarding the quarter you dug, at the 8:18 mark, it looks like your target trace is showing both iron and your quarter. There was just the quarter in the plug, but I wonder if maybe there was iron beneath the plug. That to me is one of the biggest advantages of the 2D screen.
I agree going deep with the detector isn't the end all of great detectors. It does allow you to be assured that everything from the surface to its maximum reach is going to be alerted for you. Going over heavily hunted ground not only allows you to pick up on missed objects but also opens up the new depth of a couple more inches. And that can make all the difference. As for those crying about the quantity of iron...most very valuable relics are iron. And because it is a deeper reaching machine the Manticore will find more iron in the unexplored dept. My two cents. Thanks for sharing. Keep your coil in the dirt!
1856 SLD small date around 9 inches at what was a old store many years ago. Also found a eagle button and round shot about 4 foot from were I found the dime.
Nice!
The deepest coin I dug up was a 2 Cent Piece, dug in that Brooklyn park we both frequent, it was about 12 to 13 inches down. It was a faint chirp and had a rusty nail and a bottle cap in the hole a few inches above it. Got it with my Nox 600, Park 1, Recovery at 2, Iron Bias at 1 and Sensitivity at 23.
That might be my favorite coin Anthony!
I’ve actually had two deep ones that come to mind. With the Nox 800 I pulled an 1842 half at 14” and an 1821 8 reale about the same depth. To me for my area in Cali it seems like you can get into the 1800’s if you can get more than 8”-10” I have a great location to work for deep signals as soon as the manticore makes in! Great job on these videos Merrill 👍🏼
Huntinquincy are you in American Valley?
@@1CarsonChris I used to live there, spent 9 years working in avation there.
@@huntinquincy4238 we are going to be doing a lot of detecting in that area this summer. If you're about let me know!
@@1CarsonChris no kidding that would be sweet! I do usually make it up there so who knows, good luck to ya!
My deepesr coin i can remember was an 1899 V Nickel with my old Garrett GTA 1000 back in 1996 at an old park..All i used was a hand digger back then and it took me over 15 minutes to get down to it...I can remember my elbow going past the top of the hole on my last scoop..That detector really shouldn't be capable of that depth but i think that coin was giving off a massive halo..It had to be 15+ inched deep..
Awesome video Merrill, thank you
The small triangle object at 17+ Min mark is a key for a UFO lost when they took off in a hurry. 🤔😉😂
Thanks! Looks like the Manticore rules.
Its really great!
Great detecting with you again, lots more to find with this new machine.
Thanks for the settings info and engaging video M. 🫡
Deepest coin I've pulled was a 1797 cartwheel penny at 18/19 inches on farmland in the UK with the Nox 800
That's a sick "Post Office Department" button! Definitely on my bucket list. Congratulations brotha!
Wausau , WI Barber Dime, 1897 10 inches deep with the vanquish 440. Antigo silt loam is the soil type. After a rain in the spring and fall..it’ll go deeper. And that was in jewelry mode. Had i been in relic mode…it might even go deeper. I hope to upgrade to a Legend by spring. I have been very happy with the vanquish in the 1.5 yrs I’ve had it.
Legend is incredible.
Thanks!
Thank you Jack!
Looks like the Manitcore is more than capable of some extreme depth. Depth in my area of Ohio is so dependent on the soil matrix and moisture content. I have dug fairly deep coins with my Apex at some sites, but much shallower in other sites where the soil is more dense and contains more clay and iron. In my test garden, the Apex/Raider coil is lucky to hit a 7" clad dime, but the Deus II-9" can hit the same dime with no difficulty. That said, I have hit deep coins with both detectors, but 9" depth on smaller coin size targets is about maximum in soils of my area, with the coils I have presently. Great job in the freezing weather, Merrill!
Very nice video, thanks! Greec to NY frm Switzerland
Probably a silver dime with equinox in ulster county ny park at 11.5” with nox and then with the Deus 2 I’ve gotten many smaller targets between 8-12 inches in the same county
I agree. I’ve dug a few deeeep Indians and they looked like iron on the target trace.
Like the CTX - it can show multiple targets onscreen, very useful, 9 times out of 10 theres something nice there near iron.
Hi FPV Angel 😀 fancy seeing you here. 🙂. Are you interested in buying a Manticor. My brother has his name down for one. I am still using my old Explorer but am thinking of an Equinox mainly because of the weight and also my machine isn't the best in lots of iron ( it copes ok but a new machine would help with that ). Happy New Year. 🙂.
@@myview1875 Haha hey MyView, i would love to try one but times are so busy these days, my mate has the CTX, hes telling me its good points and has applied to test one, also said wait until the Manticore is released and you will get cheaper Equinoxes for sale, makes sense.
Happy New Year matey.
@@fpvangel4495 Yes I am waiting for the full release of the Manticore and then will hopefully take advantage of the cheaper Equinox. 😀.
Thats a fancy button
I have a Garrett 250 ace, which is great at finding square nails and junk, I found the engine hood of a car 14” deep. I found the corner, I ended up digging a hole 4’ deep, 4-5’ diameter to get it out of the ground, it was buried straight up and down, the best I could tell, it was from an old ford car. Like early 40’s. It was out in the pasture, I think my horses thought I finally lost it with all the digging!
So what happened with the phone call you got Monday morning? Thanks Ted
One of my deepest coin finds was a George III 1804 5 Shillings Bank Dollar from an old playing field. Lovely large EF silver coin down at about 14" using a UK FX55 Fieldmaster VLF detector in 1982. Unfortunately sold it, and regretted it ever since - doh!
9 inches with an AT Pro, Merc, in Colorado. You are getting me excited for the Manticore AND because I’m a combat veteran, Minelab gives me 15 percent off, how can I say no. I’m super excited for the jump in performance from my AT Pro with the Manticore. With that being said, I’ll never sell my AT Pro. I know that machine, inside out.
P.O.D. is an 1800s post office button. nice find.
Thank you for the id!
Deepest target
Central Florida Gulf Coast
Approximately 24” deep in 3’ of water
Man made beach fresh water
5”X8” coil on an AT Max
Sensitivity 1 away from max
Kept hearing something possibly good hiding in iron
Pulled out a chunk of cast iron pot
Underneath was a 1907 Barber Quarter
Like you say it’s what you’re used to using
Wow!
Hey Merrill, nice hunt with the Manticore. Sent you a little something because that video looked like a lot of work and editing. BTW, are you doing the "LONG" noise cancel? That's where you continuously hold down the button with the coil a couple feet off the ground and you wait until it settles on a number before releasing it. I hear that really lets you crank up the sensitivity. I finally have my Manticore coming in the mail. It should be here Friday! Yayyyyyyyy! And, it's unusually warm here in North Texas right now. No frozen ground.
Hello from Bakersfield California. Nothing very deep in this area. But small spill of two mercury dimes at 8 inches with the E trac.
Just ordered my first Detector MineLab 800 can ya do a good video on gear that helps like pouches so on and do price saving on Amazon links just a suggestion mate God Bless thanks for the videos 📹 I'm out there in NY alot in Watertown I'm in Hawaii now I'll be learning out here keep videos coming helps alot.
Wow amazing digs! Gotta love a 2 wheat sandwich find always fun
🤣 What a video Merrill!!! What a machine! Very informative and highly entertaining!!! You sound like me on most finds!! Loved it! 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
Silver half dime somewhere between 9.5-10.5 inch down in a Toronto park. I dug large canadian cents at that depth too.
Wow! That’s a hell of a pull!
@Metal Detecting NYC Was not very clean signal for sure. What I noted, which was not necessarily what happened in this case that sometimes nearby junk enhances the iffy high tone of good deep target. It is just a theory, but it may hold some true possibly.
Baltimore city park 12'' Barber half using the NOX 800
Coins sink according to the difference between their density and that of the ground.
the climate also counts, since if the ground freezes the coins rise to the surface, if the ground has stones, the coins can be stopped, and this is why sometimes ancient coins are found more on the surface than the new ones.
this is about Europe
Quote of the year "what are smoking that's a zipper" lol.👍👍
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I found a park that had two houses on the property in the 1840s but no longer there, however I noticed that the ground is very hard and tough maybe the objects are too deep for my vanquish 440
Merrill, I was looking at the center line on the last target. the object was not round, it is very elongated. I would have guessed that might have been junk.... But it was 2 pennies. Have you ran into elongated lines before and it was positive??
12 1/2 inches. Silver half. Using ETRAC. Ashland Ky.