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« on: December 16, 2009, 06:13:35 PM »
There a heck of a lot of talk about machine depth on lets face it all forums. What I'd be interested to know would be :-

What is the deepest you've found a small silver coin (lets say a sixpence or smallish hammered)
What machine and coil was it on.

I wont include coppers in this as obviously some of the bigger pennies can be got a lot deeper.
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« Reply #1 on: December 16, 2009, 06:31:38 PM »
i use a minelab soveriegn xs2 pro at the moment fitted with 8 inch coil i have found 3 hammered and a cut half with this detector . i have found 15 hammered on my detecting travels over the years  but none have ever been more than 4 inches in the ground good luck to you all ..willow  Wink
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« Reply #2 on: December 16, 2009, 06:35:37 PM »
this will end up my cats blacker than yours lol
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« Reply #3 on: December 16, 2009, 06:42:31 PM »
I'm hoping thats not the case paul/lisa and thats certainly not what I'm aiming to do. Just an honest levelled answer to a subject that I think a lot of 'myth' is attached to. Mine would probably be around 6 inches for a small lizzy i  2 penny (half groat)  obiously the bigger the hammered the deeper they're detectable.

Whites DFX on the stock coil at the time.
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« Reply #4 on: December 16, 2009, 06:54:29 PM »
I know that Rob wernt having a pop, just  cant see everyone being totally honest lol. 6" I would say is about right for most  machines.
Where it could differ is in experianced users versus inexperianced. I watched one guy two weeks ago with an e trac swinging it like a sythe about a foot off the ground and doing the quick march. I dont think theres much difference in depth between the top machines these days .
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« Reply #5 on: December 16, 2009, 07:18:20 PM »
Weird I have just put up a post on the XP Deus thread that would probably be more at home here, but to answer your question.
My deepest clear signal was, like Willow Tree, with a Sovereign fitted with a 12x15 SEF on the beach. it was a 1921 sixpence at roughly 9 inches.
I have had a few hammerd pennys' at 8 inches with the Etrac.
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