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<p>[QUOTE="pennsteve, post: 1429697, member: 33011"]I had a metal detector as a teenager and even then I knew the right way to dig up a coin. First of all, once you have it centered in on your detector, you DON'T go poking into the ground with a screwdriver to find the object. One of my own methods was this....Look at the center of the coil after you center the signal, then move the coil out of the way without moving your eyes so that your eyes will be on the spot of ground where the object should be buried.....then cut a U shape around that center spot, depth of the cut depends on the strength of the signal you got, and then flip up the plug (if it's grass). Put the coil over the hole and if you get no signal, the object is in the plug of dirt/sod you just flipped up. Once you found the coin (using your fingers and not a metal object), flip the sod back into the hole so that the grass doesn't die. I've never scratched a coin digging it up and never spit on one. I'd stick it in my collection bag and wash it in water when I went inside.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="pennsteve, post: 1429697, member: 33011"]I had a metal detector as a teenager and even then I knew the right way to dig up a coin. First of all, once you have it centered in on your detector, you DON'T go poking into the ground with a screwdriver to find the object. One of my own methods was this....Look at the center of the coil after you center the signal, then move the coil out of the way without moving your eyes so that your eyes will be on the spot of ground where the object should be buried.....then cut a U shape around that center spot, depth of the cut depends on the strength of the signal you got, and then flip up the plug (if it's grass). Put the coil over the hole and if you get no signal, the object is in the plug of dirt/sod you just flipped up. Once you found the coin (using your fingers and not a metal object), flip the sod back into the hole so that the grass doesn't die. I've never scratched a coin digging it up and never spit on one. I'd stick it in my collection bag and wash it in water when I went inside.[/QUOTE]
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