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« on: March 27, 2013, 10:59:02 PM »
I'm sure I've asked this before but I think it will be a nice add on to chefs explanation of depth.

I dont mean large groats/sixpences or shillings, just your run of the mill penny/2 penny.

And yes I know some of you have not found a hammered coin at all, sorry and all that. Heres a picture of an ant to amuse you in the meantime  Smiley
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« Reply #1 on: March 27, 2013, 11:22:03 PM »
I hope I don't have to stare at this ant longer than Saturday, it's
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« Reply #2 on: March 27, 2013, 11:30:16 PM »
Well if you get bored with his ant that's really a fly Grin
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« Reply #3 on: March 27, 2013, 11:33:34 PM »
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« Reply #4 on: March 27, 2013, 11:38:23 PM »
Now your just being silly, it's got 8 legs for a start...it's an octopig.
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« Reply #6 on: March 27, 2013, 11:45:31 PM »
I found a half groat down at least 6 to 8 inches. Should have taken a picture really - only got a picture of a groat in the ground (which I have attached)

I did find a couple of pennies down about a foot, but that's only because they were next to some other stuff I had found (using the mantra, always check in the hole to see if there is anything else in it....)

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« Reply #7 on: March 28, 2013, 12:27:16 AM »
Quote from: probono on March 27, 2013, 11:45:31 PM
I found a half groat down at least 6 to 8 inches. Should have taken a picture really - only got a picture of a groat in the ground (which I have attached)

I did find a couple of pennies down about a foot, but that's only because they were next to some other stuff I had found (using the mantra, always check in the hole to see if there is anything else in it....)

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« Reply #8 on: March 28, 2013, 06:39:55 AM »
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« Reply #9 on: March 28, 2013, 07:32:27 AM »

The trouble with this question is people's perception of depth!

Dig a hole to a measured 12 inches and it will likely be different to digging it unmeasured.

The second thing is that in digging out the item it often comes out in a spade full so to get an actual accurate measurement is extremely different.

The deepest I've accurately seen recovered was a Georgian 1812 silver coin which was in the wall of the hole...measured at 18".

I've had a Viccie halfpenny at 11" on a few occasions and penny about 12",

Unless its a really large coin, most will be under 12 inches. 
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« Reply #10 on: March 28, 2013, 11:10:03 AM »
True - depth is a difficult thing to gauge - I haven't measured the depth of my spade, but I know I have recovered items that have definitely been deeper than me pushing the blade of the spade right to the ground surface - the 1/2 sov for instance, or the sestertius I found last week - in the case of the sestertius, it was an iron-like signal to start with, and so when I didn't find it in the clod, or in the hole on the surface (as generally almost everything I find will be within that range) I almost dismissed it as iron trash. Glad I didn't - even if it was worn flat Smiley
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