Decimal Coins (coin shooting)

[Nick_admin]

I posted this to discuss coin shooting.

[NZnuggethunter]

Hi everybody...just a post to start off. Question, what gear are you running and with what coil when out coin shooting?

I am currently using a Minelab Explorer SE with the stock 10.5" coil at the moment. It seems to to a good combo for reasonable depth and sensitivity.

However I am looking at getting another coil for more coverage and depth. I am leaning towards a Coiltek 15" search coil, I have read a few reports that this combo is very good on the SE and results have been so good that some people have left the coil permanently on thier SE for everything.

So dont be shy...post here what you're using and any success stories about your coin shooting experiences...

[Sido]

Hi NZnuggethunter,

The detector i am using is the Bounty hunter tracker iv and have also purchased recently one of those cheap chinese made detectors in being the md 1023 Goldsnoop model, selling from kmart in oz for $89 dollars. I am actually impressed with its capability and couldn't go wrong with that price.

With the goldnoop i have found at a local park in melbourne 5 rare german millitary bullet shells dated 1896 and 1899, my best find so far, as to how they got there, i am still reasearching the area, i do know though Germans lived around this area since 1850's. Other finds have been pennies shilling, couple threepences, modern coppers such as 1 and 2 cents, also cant forget the usual rubbish. I have not done beach detecting yet but will this weekend........like to know what you have found in NZ..........

Getting a Minelab detector is a good choice, hopefully i will buy one myself. Purchasing a coiltek coil is a great choice, been to their shop also, .....................just asking what sort of detecting do you do as the 15" coil suggests your into deep larger targets or does the SE respond well with this configuration from the reasearch you have done.................also do the maori's of past have relics in the form of metal...........the aboriginals dont here, imagine it would have been a treasure chest of gold artifacts to look for.

Letting you know also that i do more research than detecting and i should be out more testing the sites, it frustrates me but would be nice to have a detecting buddy to feel more at ease from the prying eyes of the public.

Sido

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[NZnuggethunter]

Hi Sido

On the question about the 15" coil... reports suggest that they do get slightly more depth than the stock 10.5" coil. Also the sensitivity is almost the same.

Pinpointing the target is a little bit harder but with practice it can be done with relative accuracy for objects at average depth (4-6") and down to about the size of a 3d piece (old money), anyway once a target is detected you can narrow it down with a handheld pinpointer when you start digging .

The main reason why one might choose to use a 15" coil is for ground coverage in areas relatively low in targets and or junk, such as open country, large parks or beaches.... In other words you can cover alot more ground quickly with th 15" than with the 10.5" stock coil or on some detectors an 8" coil. So when you do hit a target you can slow right down and recover the target and move on to cover alot more ground until your next hit.

If you do come to an area with high target density with the 15" coil you could have a smaller coil at the ready to deal with this senario if you feel there is a good chance of missing good targets masked by signals from bad targets under the coil at the same time ( maybe a 10"x5" elliptical coil would be good here).

Thats probably why you see the gold seekers out with 14" and 20" monos on their machines especially in Oz where there is alot of ground to search which would take a very long time with a smaller coil.

As for the Maori question......short answer, no....The Maori mostly had stone tools and shell ornaments along with bone carvings or hooks, etc.

They were introduced to metallic objects when the Europeans arrived on shore such as tools, jewellery, and possibly weapons: knives, swords, pistols, and muskets.The relics one would most probably find in NZ would be objects from the pioneer days when the settlers arrived and everything after that.

I am a newbie to this fantastic hobby ( 6 months now) and have wanted to take it up for a long time. Now that I have settled down where I am (NZ- South Island), I have taken the plunge and finally got a detector. I am now looking at alot of places around here with any history(100yrs aver) and am going to gain proper permission to try these areas with hopes of finding coins/relics....

NZnuggethunter