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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 6595010, member: 10461&quot;]Say, [USER=44615]@paddyman98[/USER] - dug any Seated silver yet?&nbsp; At the rate you’re going, I’d say that’s inevitable, if you keep putting the coil to the soil in those older, less-exploited sites...</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Edit</b>- never mind- I forgot about your 1861 dime.&nbsp; So go get a Seated <i>quarter</i> now, or a <i>Capped Bust</i> coin! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>I’m rootin’ for ya there!&nbsp; Can’t wait to see it happen for you.&nbsp; In the Big Apple, I think it will, eventually.</p><p><br /></p><p>My all-time tally on those:</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Seated quarter: 1</b> - A well-worn 1855 w/Arrows piece found in Dandridge, TN.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Bust coins: 1</b> - a holed 1829 half dime found in Fletcher, NC.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Bust half dime was crazy-shallow- in the grassroots- and rang as a “pulltab” on the meter.&nbsp; At that depth (&lt;1/2”), I thought for sure it was gonna <i>be</i> a pulltab.&nbsp; Pleasant surprise!</p><p><br /></p><p>Always dig the “pulltab” signals when you’re in less trashy areas.&nbsp; Or at least when they have a little depth to them, like below 2” or so.&nbsp; All my half dimes and many of my Indian cents rang in at that “pulltab” range on the meter.&nbsp; Some were shockingly shallow.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Small gold is also in that low- to mid-range, too.&nbsp; And many of the nice old military buttons.&nbsp; In parks, I typically used very low discrimination (just enough to block out small rusty iron like nails and bottle caps), and watched the meter for clues to interpret.&nbsp; When in doubt, <i>dig</i>!&nbsp; But you knew that.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Seated half dimes I dug in subsequent years were also really shallow.&nbsp; I guess those tiny, lightweight coins didn’t always settle in the ground so deeply, or came back up due to <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frost_heaving" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frost_heaving" rel="nofollow">frost heave</a> during their century-plus in the soil.</p><p><br /></p><p>How deep was your large cent?&nbsp; My first (the Draped Bust from that Rev War shipyard site) was 8” to 10” down, but still gave a solid, repeatable signal.&nbsp; The other two I found on bulldozed sites, so they weren’t as deep.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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