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Gold Sovereign Hunting
lifejockey  
Posted : Monday, 8 April 2013 5:13:50 PM(UTC)
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Ok so I have cleaned out this park in Thames of modern spendable's. Over the last 2 weeks I have hit it hard and recovered close to a hundred dollars or maybe a bit more following the trash lines. I spent a bunch on lunches and wine :) Now this was with a sensitivity setting of 1 to 25 on the Gold Bug Pro, 5" coil. Very dry, crumbly ground, almost dead grass.

I have also got 4 British penny's from 1915 to 1921 and a 1964 shilling. All these coins were no more than 2" down in the 77 - 80 range. So today after about 4 hours and only 5 dollars recovered I wound up the sens to max and had a prospect... way too dry to dig deep. Loads of good numbers showing up and I know there must be a sovereign or two down there.....

So when it finally rains a bit, what numbers do I look for?????

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Mike

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Shilo  
Posted : Monday, 8 April 2013 5:20:48 PM(UTC)
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Just to make life simple - on both my detectors a full sovereign rings up the same as an old 20c piece so be prepared for a lot of digging!
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lifejockey  
Posted : Monday, 8 April 2013 5:35:31 PM(UTC)
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So that's 64-65 on the gold bug which seems a bit high for gold but what do I know :) 66 is the dreaded large old pull tab so yeah lots of digging.. Ok good one thanks.

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Posted : Tuesday, 9 April 2013 1:29:07 AM(UTC)
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Hi, on my teknetics the full sovereign could come in around same as old 20c piece which is around 67 on mine but the last two half sovereigns I found also wavered up to 72 . They went like 68 then second sweep 72, sweep back 68 then sweep again 72. The old 20c and 50c pieces never do that, but are solid at 67/68. That is sweep one way 67 sweep another way 67. A gold coin should also sound like a good signal, a nice tone. One I found at say 4 inches others deeper. I recall my first half sov at lower numbers like 61 /62. good luck.

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Posted : Tuesday, 9 April 2013 9:13:23 AM(UTC)
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I got to do an 'on the ground' test with coinnuts Aussie sovereign and was a solid 74 on the goldbug
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lifejockey  
Posted : Tuesday, 9 April 2013 11:22:40 AM(UTC)
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Thanks guys

So a bit of a range then. But it gives me a range to look for, I like to target particular numbers for a few days and ignore everything else when hunting in trash. Then switch targets and go over again. So anything in that number range over 4" I will dig and see.

Mike
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Metal Kiwi  
Posted : Tuesday, 9 April 2013 11:54:59 AM(UTC)
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Good luck with your sov quest.
I would suspect that regardless of the numbers a sov would give you a good whack in the ears through the headphones. ;-)


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lifejockey  
Posted : Tuesday, 9 April 2013 12:02:11 PM(UTC)
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a sov would give you a good whack in the ears through the headphones. ;-)



I look forward to letting you know if does or not :)

Mike
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Posted : Wednesday, 10 April 2013 10:20:18 PM(UTC)
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So when it finally rains a bit, what numbers do I look for?????

Cheers
Mike



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