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Beautiful 1883 Indian Penny Was 6 Inches Deep!

I've only managed to get out with my new Xterra 70 three times but each time was an exciting experience. The first time out was at an old school grounds which was built in 1919 and razed in 1974. This property was turned in to three ball fields which really aren’t used much because of it being a small farm community. I have detected this area many times and each time I walk away with something old whether it be a coin or some type of relic. This time it would be two 1910 pennies and one 1911 and a small broach. All four of these items came from depths of at least 8 inches. The soil mineralization is pretty hot here but the junk targets are scarce so listening for the deep signals wasn't too difficult. I have only used a few other machines that can hit coins at these depths here and the xterra 70 did its job well.

My second time out was at another school which was built in the early 1900's and is still being used. This one is just down the street from my house. Needless to say I've hit this hard over the years. I figured if I found anything old here, it would be a surprise. I detected for an hour with nothing but clad and decided to call it quits. On my way back to my vehicle, I received a solid 38 signal and figured it would be a clad dime or a memorial. I bent down and stuck the blade in the ground and popped out a 1913 Barber dime which wasn't even 2 inches deep. I guess that’s just one of those you scratch your head over trying to figure out how it could of laid there all those years and me missing it? There was an abundant amount of trash around it and hitting it with a lock on signal and with a nine inch coil truly was amazing. I really think this is going to be one killer detector in the trash when Minelab releases a smaller coil. I know there are a lot of anxious people waiting for it and I'm one of them!

My third time out I decided to detect the area between the sidewalk and street in an older section of town. I was just finding newer coins when I received a sweet 42 signal. I dug down about 4 inches and pulled up a silver quarter. As I was admiring my find, an older gentleman walked up to me and started asking about detecting. He asked if I would be interested in detecting his yard of his home which was built in 1898. I tried to hold back my excitement the best I could and told him I would be happy to. This was a small yard front and back of this old two story but I knew it just had to hold something old in way of coins. He told me he raised 3 kids at this house and I should find something. As soon as I ground balanced I didn't take more then two steps when I received a 40 signal and out popped a silver thimble from beneath the old oak which was about 5 inches deep. I would find a beautiful 1883 Indian penny next which was 6 inches deep. I finished up in the front yard finding just a few clad coins and a dog tag. I headed to the backyard which would produce a Barber dime, 1 merc dime, 3 toy cars, 2 wheat’s, 2 clad quarters and another dog tag. I showed the man my finds and he just smiled and said he knew there had to be a few old coins for me to find. I thanked him and gave him one of my Metal Detecting cards and he said he would check with both neighbors to see if I could detect their yards. As I write this, Mr. Calloway called me yesterday and said both his neighbors said it would be fine to detect their yards. Wow, talk about nice people! I will be heading there this weekend as work and family have me busy this week.

The Xterra 70 has been a pleasure to use and I just know its going to just get better the more I detect with it. This is one hot detector for coins and its number system along with its other key features make it one fun machine to use.

-Larry(IN)

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