The depth enigma

[mole]

Over years whilst detecting I,ve noticed the depth of a find does,nt always correspond with the age of the find someimes this can be partially explained by natural erosion  ground movement  soil make up  etc  for example a decimal two pence at six inches victorian florin at four inches a roman bronze at four inches and a william the third shilling at nine inches has you change see quite a variation  has Edward Elgar would put it mole

[waltonbasinman]

Yeah you are right Mole. My first hammered find was a good but odd signal from about Six inches. After recovery i checked the hole and got another signal dug down about two inches and found a 1943 sixpence. Could be ploughing,worm action, voids, root action, excessive water. There are a number of valid reasons but size is not a  issue.

[PHIL YNYSBOETH]

Hi all

If you got nothing to do for a few hours Charles Darwins work on the humble earth worn is very interesting they can moved larges amounts of earth to the surface in their life time !


Jezz i need to get out more lol


all the best

Phil