6 SILVER COINS IN GREAT METAL DETECTING SESSION - MINELAB ETRAC

[@pondguru]

This one was a pure fluke. I just gave it a bash as although it is way up in the hills it was a nice flat piece of land at the end of a road, near the river with a footpath along it. Seemed like a decent bet for a few bits and bobs but I never expected the coin apocalypse which was to follow. I much prefer finding things where they are unexpected. Thanks for watching and appreciating the video.

[@pondguru]

Thanks for watching. I should be getting back there soon as I still have about 1/3 of the field to do.

[@pondguru]

No worries, man. Thanks for watching and appreciating. I had another avalanche of coins today with even more variety. Video to follow...

[@pondguru]

No worries, man. I hope to get out this sunday so unless its snowing or too windy I will make a video of it. Thanks for watching and appreciating.

[@hotmadras]

Fascinating, I was hooked all the way through! Thanks for another great vid!

[@pondguru]

I have done a video on equipment (see related videos or detecting playlist) but as far as the detector goes if I was starting again I wouldn't look at anything less advanced than the Garrett Euroace. It is an excellent machine with quick signal recovery, good depth and accurate discrimination. Has a very good pinpoint mode too. I'm sure there are other machines about but I know this to be very good at £279 or used around £200.

[@pondguru]

The old coins trully are monsters. The 'cartwheel penny' of George III is a full ounce of copper and the cartwheel twopenny is two onces. Can't miss those with a detector!

[@pondguru]

It is called a probe / pinpointer.It helps to locate the target with greater accuracy than a coil on the detector.

[@pondguru]

I think in this video I was using the preset 'relics' program but I can't remember for sure. The best one I've found so far is the 'roman site' pattern which can be downloaded from the minelab website. It seems to go deep and have great audio - I ignore all deep tones. I always use that one now and it gets better results. The 18" x 15" coil helps with depth and I run sensitivity as high as I can - getting deeper with every dig now.

[@pondguru]

Great find, man. Best of luck with future hunts.

[@pondguru]

Awesome. Obviously way out of range of any metal detector but it's amazing what comes out of the ground. There are still many discoveries to be made.

[@pondguru]

I'll give that a go as some of the copper coins I find have good detail but are destroyed by rubbing. Thanks, man.

[@pondguru]

Aaaarrgh! I've not found a gold coin yet....A nation of silver but no gold. It will come but I can't wait until that day. Nice one, man I bet you were in heaven when it popped up.

[@metaldetectingoregon]

I'm glad you mentioned "why" you think the reason for the coins. I'm still looking for that lost piece of land that people used as "something" back in the day and they all dropped silvers coins everywhere. Nice vid!!!

[@qashqai88]

Another great infomative vidio.Just started detecting and your tips are very helpful indeed.Well done.

[@pondguru]

It is a decent detector but I would personally spend a little more and go for the Euroace, also from Garrett as it has a much better screen and a DD coil as opposed to concentric coil so it gets extra sensitivity at depth which is very important.

[@pondguru]

No problemo, thanks for appreciating the upload.

[@pondguru]

I normally use a soft brass brush (bit like a toothbrush) to remove the tarnish on silver coins then rub them with a cloth and 'silvo' to prolong the shine. Copper coins I normally don't bother as I tend to destroy them. I haven't found a reliable way to clean copper ones yet.

[@savoy1801]

All your videos are great!..I've subscribed to your channel and am looking forward to more of your exciting finds...! Keep up the good work!

[@pondguru]

Yes I have a few facebook pages. The link is on my channel page in the title picture.

[@pondguru]

I found one just after Christmas, then another acouple of days later. lol Best of luck with your hunts, man.

[@Mikwar22]

What a field, great finds. You must spend a lot of time researching to locate such great places. Best regards Mikkel

[@pondguru]

I've found one cheapo silver ring but there are bound to be more. I'm finding ways to get even deeper with the etrac so it should continue to produce coins etc. for quite a while yet.

[@pondguru]

If you scroll through the metal detecting playlist on my channel and also at the right side of this page, there is a video which gives a run down of the finds I've made since getting the etrac.

[@pondguru]

The area i'm in does have the odd roman bronze coins but most of the land I hunt is pasture and the stuff is way down out of reach. Most of the stuff I find is quite modern (1700's onwards)

[@pondguru]

I have used vinegar and salt but it tends to tarnish the copper - haven't tried it on silver though.

[@paulmower9034]

29 coins pretty good!My record is 89 found on a little village green of no more than 2 acres.Apparently it had been a funfare site.I enjoy your videos they are well produced.

[@pondguru]

Just had another run today with 51 coins from 1964 back to 1737 - Groovy. 5 were silver too. Video will follow..... Enjoy.

[@pondguru]

I am planning to do a video about deep detecting which will have detector sound as the sound is more important than the screen display in that situation.

[@pondguru]

That's a spooky coincidence. My oldest find for ages was a 1754 1/2 penny too. It was one of my first finds with a Garrett Ace 150. HH

[@pondguru]

My collection is very limited compared to most of the guys in the club but I'm getting there. I'll do a vid toward the end of the year about what I've found since I started a few months ago.

[@007vauxhall]

Some great finds here. Loved the video. Many thanks :-)

[@MarcGray1990]

Awesome. I have you added on Facebook so will keep my eyes peeled there also. Trying to get out myself. Hoping to gain permission on an old estate in Shropshire. Plenty of old pathways, fields and tracks to do. Leading upto an old church which could be pretty interesting. But as of this moment it's thick with the cold white stuff! Cheers. Marc Gray

[@MarcGray1990]

Great video as usual. Looks a fab site. Weigh your pockets down with all those coins. Interesting beret badge find. Wonder if there is any more!? Keep hunting! All the best, Marc.

[@arisuser]

very very nice!! So many founds!!! I have to feel this feeling!! Thanks 4 this video! :)

[@pondguru]

No worries and thanks for watching and appreciating the video. Detecting can be addictive which is something I will cover in an upcoming video.

[@pondguru]

The snow sucks even more than facebook. Best of luck with the hunts, man.

[@pondguru]

Damn you...my time will come. lol Some of the guys in the club use the foil trick on silver roman coind but spit in it first, The chemical reaction produces a strange smell but removes the tarnish really well. Been back to the site today so another video will follow.... Thanks for watching.

[@grahamh1967]

Looks like yo had a busy couple of hours. Well done on your finds. Graham.

[@Steelgreyeyes]

To clean pennies and copper coins here in the US I use Hydrogen Peroxide, heated in a microwave about 1-2 minutes and then drop coins into that solution. You could also heat the solution and pour into a shallow pan or dish so you can watch the action as the surface crud is lifted away from the coin. Works best if you allow each coin to be worked on front and rear facing up.

[@pondguru]

Since many of the coins I find are very deep and I get them with teh 18" x 15" coil, I suppose I have a bit of an advantage but the site helps greatly. THe site in this video has given up over 300 coins.

[@TheX20people]

youre awesome :) my best find was a 1754 half penny , the 'georgivs ii' bust is still raised and the date is visible :)

[@Ill_Digger]

I does look like a great place to detect!! Look like your all by yourself! Awesome! Great finds!! Congrats! : ) Good luck on finding your first hammer silver! I don't stand a chance of ever finding one here in the States! : (

[@pondguru]

I've no idea what that could be but feel free to make a short video and send me the link for inclusion in the Worldwide Metal Detecting Finds series. I'm up to part 9 now and part 10 is imminent.

[@HenzGV]

thank you for reply, after posting the comment i found out you did a review on it so i found out on that video :D

[@pondguru]

No worries. Hopefully I can keep finding decent stuff to keep viewers interested.

[@SuperPepino666]

Good work friend...everytime is it adrenalin,when touch on the history.My last coin in this week...10silver krejcar 1869 Franc Iosef Ostereich-Hungary Caesar.Good luck in treasure hunting from Czech republik.M.Key

[@pondguru]

I managed 91 in 2.5 hours from this site on a great afternoon but the finds have trailed off on the last few visits as the coins get less and less. Last time was decent though 5 coins in an hour or so and included a 1920 sixpence and 1936 florin. HH

[@pondguru]

All the best yourself, man and good luck with your hunts. Feel free to add any of your videos as responses to any of mine, no worries.

[@TheJohn316uk]

lol just going through some of your old videos and realised that you had managed to get general zod to play you at the beginning of this video but not only that it was a great hunt as well...was great watching your old school days :) all the best john :)

[@pondguru]

I totally forgot about this video - it was in the days before I had a tripod and also before I realised that when talking into the camera I needed to look at the lens, not the viewing window, lol This site was a real coin holocaust and I'm really looking forward to getting into a field further down the valley which is larger and more accessible than this one. It has been used for camping, below a 17th century mill and is below a 16th century bridge but hasn't been cut for years, Went past the other day and noticed there are sheep in there so they will clear it quite quick and I should get on in next couple of weeks. Can't wait for that one as it has potential......will probably be crap, lol GL&HH

[@TheX20people]

awesome , ive also found a full sovereign from 1911 , with a cheapo detector , im buying thr garret at pro soon :)

[@Zeamond]

would love to see pictures or a video of your collection in its entirety

[@freeganjustin8214]

When I was doing this kind of detecting 35 years ago, you could get a Probus silver coin cleaning kit. The stuff for doing pre '47 (50%) silver was basically phosphoric acid suspended in a stiff paste which you worked into the surface with a brush. It did a good job without making the coins look polished. Once rinsed off, it was a good idea to treat with bicarbonate of soda, or the coins went blue over a few years. A near approximation is Naval Jelly rust remover, which is also phosphoric acid but in a gel. One thing to beware of is 50% silver coins go porous in acid soil, and will soak up any liquid chemicals you clean them with.

[@pondguru]

I tend to not clean them unless they have black tarnish then the spit and aluminium foil rick gets that gone. Baking soda paste is indeed a good one and I've used that on occasion. Thanks for watching and appreciating the video.

[@freeganjustin8214]

Pondguru Your 50% silver seems to survive better than what I found, probably due to being pasture finds. Mine were mainly on acid grassland and woods, which caused serious surface deposits and internal corrosion of the copper in the alloy. It took 5 years for them go a very pretty turquoise/blue colour after cleaning. I'm very much enjoying your vids because you seem to still enjoy coinshooting, which most searchers disdain once they build experience. Keep it up.

[@pondguru]

freeganjustin Yes I still love coin shooting and really that is all I will be doing on true pasture in upland areas but there will be the occasional nice artefact turn up. I don't like the featureless nature of ploughed fields as it is just a question of skimming them but pasture takes a bit more thought to locate the hotspots and get the deep finds. I have a few nice sites to go at which I have never done before over the coming weeks and a couple of hunts to edit but getting time for editing is a real killer.

[@dwhollrah]

I'm curious if you have since done some research on this site to solve the mystery of the high coin count there. ( Pardon me if you've already addressed this question...didn't look through the comments) As always, enjoying your videos!

[@mikeabrahams2893]

Hey Pondguru!...good work there...especially finding that army badge! My guess is that there was probably a camp there during the war or maybe a national service expedition had taken place in that field.....or maybe some accident prone farm worker kept losing money left right and centre

[@gurbe95]

What a huge coins you find there in England. Here in holland we have only litle coins :P.

[@chihene]

Ha! I think you have found the long lost Hexhamshire bank vault...It certainly looks as you have found a good site...when that many coins abound there's sure to be as ring or two...happy hunting..

[@honeynutcornflakes9900]

great stuff! keep 'em coming! :)

[@CorginShep]

@pondguru Have you tried using a paste of salt and acetic acid?

[@mybackpocket]

how big is your collection now fella? brilliant vid.

[@historybeneathmyfeet]

keep it up the hammered will come still you did well thanks for posting

[@TheX20people]

haha yeah i was , hoping to find a phillip and mary shilling next , i found this silver badge in an old house and its hallmarked silver , it had the initials 'CCS' on the front , its a shield with blue enamel , any clie what it is? theres no trace on google :/

[@HenzGV]

hey, what is that item shaped like a rod that you use when you have dug the hole to identify where the treasure is?

[@Diggin4LifeMetalDetecting]

Hey Pondguru...any chance you could do any depth tests on small silver with the larger SEF coils? Also, do you have the 12x15 for the ETrac also? Just wondering how it compares to the 15x18 SEF?Thanks...

[@pondguru]

+JC DTECT Small silver will register fine but the coil definitely needs to be going quite slow. I don't have a 15" coil but do have the ultimate 13" coil which is a very good coil - way lighter than the SEF coils. The 18" coil is so heavy that it will never be an all day coil so I tend to use it for a few hours then switch to the deus to give my arms a rest. Larger coils will definitely get extra depth and improved response on signals at depth but often at a cost of increased weight. The 13" ultimate coil is probably the best compromise.

[@Diggin4LifeMetalDetecting]

Pondguru, Thanks for that well rounded prospective. I will research that ultimate. Hopefully its big enough to get down a few more inches with it not being too much bigger than the pro coil.

[@pondguru]

I've sold a few scrap silver coins but kept the rest.

[@maximedwards3451]

Hello Pondguru. Thank You for the very much for Your informative videos, very enjoyable and interesting,I am just a beginner,but could You tell Me the reason for a pin pointer when the detector is on top of the hit,and You could just pass a hand full of the earth a bit at a time over the detector head. Best wishes and thanks again.

[@pondguru]

The pointer is generally used for finding targets in the hole when you're digging on pasture and going deep. In ploughed fields often the soil is soft enough to take handfuls of earth and pass it over the coil but that isn't as easy on undisturbed soil. If locating deep targets in pasture you'd have to dig a monstrous hole just to generate the loose soil for you to grab and pass over coil but the pointer allows for smaller holes and quicker location.

[@maximedwards3451]

Pondguru Hello again. Thank You for replying to My question,I see what You mean now about size of the hole e.t.c without the pointer. THANK YOU.

[@pondguru]

maxim edwards No worries, man. A pointer is almost essential for pasture hunting.

[@SuperJammygit]

great site you got there,,nice finds,,if you get a good silver coin and dont want to clean it,try folding a piece of tin foil,place the coin between the fold and rub them over the coin ,,this will high-light the legend,and will not damage you find,,works well on hammereds...ohh sorry..lol

[@Badger220455]

Nice haul Richard. Well done mate. HH Rodger

[@pondguru]

This was an incredible coin shooting field and I have another one which could well be better so I can't wait to get time off to really batter that one - top secret location, lol Thanks for watching and appreciating the videos.

[@pondguru]

They are shooting gloves so the thumb and finger folds back. I should really have them folded down to stop me getting mucky finger ends. lol.

[@nance2uable]

oooo nice coins!!!i never find so much coins at 1 day

[@kevinvatcher2637]

Hi Just a small correction, the two silver three penny bits, are actually sixpences, a common mistake, but apart from that, fantastic video's, love all of them, kev digger from Kent

[@pondguru]

Not sure how I got that wrong bu hey ho, lol Thanks for watching and appreciating the videos. HH

[@ackid59]

Pondguru, would you tell me why so many of the UK hunters get excited about Florin finds? They really react very excitedly so I bet its a rare find. But why so for Florins?

[@pondguru]

Any big silver gets me excited but florins tend to be a very attractive coin and not too common. Most silver finds over here will be sixpences or shillings so it's great to see something different crop up now and again.

[@ackid59]

Ahhh, thanks for the reply. Great vids! If that be the case, then many florins to you!

[@pondguru]

ackid59 It's been a long while since I found one so if one crops up I will have to thank you for the good karma, lol GL&HH

[@ackid59]

I'm more psycho than psychic, but I bet ya find one soon! Lol! Good hunting my friend!

[@grantkeeling3963]

I live in a urban area and I cant stop finding george the 6th ship half pennys I found a victorian local tea dealer token and I was over the moon lol found it at my local park.I use a garret ace 150 so you could imagine the amount of trash I have to dig but when those coins start popping up theres no better feeling

[@24334766]

good vids but can we hear the detector sound a bit more as well as the probe

[@JaykAnderson]

what do you clean your coins with?

[@carljohn529]

I've bought an etrac and I'm unsure about the settings which is the best setting to use and do I need to go into the menu and choose one of the 4 setting because I can't detect a hammered coin?

[@pondguru]

Carl John If you are in the UK this video will help give a rough idea where coin targets hit: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oajQaIlpqraAhKN9t also has a link to the following video which shows how to set up the machine like I do for pasture hunting although I tend to hunt with only one line of discrimination along bottom of an otherwise open screen now: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qJevZ4Z9rKxrnNl6eel free to ring me any time 9-5 weekdays if you want tips or advice, no worries.The etrac will have no problem finding hammered coins in all conditions down to a decent depth but depending on how the machine is set up the responses will be different. I tend to hunt in 4 tone ferrous audio but you can simplify that to 2 tone ferrous and have it as a simple yes / no machine. Good targets will give high tone and crap will give low tone. 2 tone is very simple.

[@pondguru]

Just got permission for the land where the 'Battle of Hexham' was and the surrounding land. none has been ploughed but you never know..... Going there next week so there will no doubt be a video of my success / failure.

[@cooldude2847]

What metal are these pennies made of?

[@markgriffiths2803]

Really good sets of videos, would be awesome to give the numbers for each signal before digging - audience participation - guess the coin :-)

[@pondguru]

I have a video showing all the UK coin signals and numbers - it is here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oajQaIlpqraAhKM The video description has all the readings written down and also has a link to the settings I use for deep pasture searching. Hope that helps.

[@TheX20people]

my phones being bollocks right now and wont let me send the link , do you have a page on facebook and i can send a picture?

[@steven2212]

Site of an old market?

[@jwatsonatunc]

Somebody's grandpa in Hexamshire is remembering all that lunch money he lost all those years ago...

[@pondguru]

Groovy. Someone will identify it, no doubt.

[@TheX20people]

my granddad also found a 1788 georgivs iii gold guinea , 8 foot down :')

[@grinder1234]

bi carb soda cleans hammers realy well doesnt , scratch them

[@lindamarielinkhauer3214]

Just thought I'd ask, what are these coins worth on the market ? Not that your going to get bloody rich right ?

[@pondguru]

+LindaMarie Linkhauer I found 3d, 6d, shillings, florins and half crowns on that site and they are all worth very little but it is the thrill of finding something which has been lost for decades or hundreds of years which is the main draw for detecting. I just wish I got more free time for detecting as I have more land than I could possibly cover even if I didn't work, lol

[@lindamarielinkhauer3214]

well said. ! Thank You.

[@alneal100]

Is that an authentic Geordie metal detector?????

[@pondguru]

+alneal100 It is indeed, wey aye man.

[@TheX20people]

i will do , the badge is dated around 1912-14

[@MarcGray1990]

Haha yeah Facebook is full of people moaning about the simple things. It just doesn't seem to be melting here in the West Midlands. Keep an eye out on my channel for my uploads which I hope to post up soon. See what me and my yellow machine can find! All the best Richard!

[@IosephusVarisque]

Oh, you lucky man... i don't have so much coins in my wallet , as you found in that field...

[@pondguru]

That field has produced over 300 coins and it was a real shame when the finds dropped off but I hope to find another coin shooting site. Lately I have been having good success around a mansion site so check out the latest videos where I find an awesome gold ring.

[@pondguru]

There is not as much stuff left there as there once was - lol

[@funnymakeslifesunny]

first! nice finds!

[@DJHausted]

12:14 ive found a necklace that did look like that one!

[@Broadshore]

Looks like a old Regiment Camp.

[@djscottdog1]

awsome

[@TheX20people]

ive messaged you the badge pictures :)

[@OriginalMudSlinger]

on pasture field most detectors will not get down to the depth that you need for hammed coin period say 17th century soil level unless the field has been ploughed up in the past I think if you want the hammered coins go on ploughed land mate I spent three years on pastures parks and it wasn't till they brought machines in to dig it out for lakes that I found my first hammered on land that I had detected time and time before they had took maybe 5inches off the grass so I think that you will be very lucky to find hammys on pasture that has never been turned over but the moles or rabbits foxes or badger may bring items to the top and a hoard could be a massive signal so worth doing still most of the finds I did have were Victorian Georgian and very few coins or artifacts earlier than 1650s and most quite large even with the top of the range machine you will have to hunt for the faint targets its very difficult good luck :)

[@pondguru]

I've had a few hammered off pasture but it's much more likely to find them on land which has been turned over. Sure around 80% of recorded PAS finds come from ploughed land so that kind of proves the point, lol

[@OriginalMudSlinger]

yeah I think if you find them on pasture they might not be so beat up by the plough so that's one thing going for pasture land

[@pondguru]

snorman72 Yes most of the ones I have found on pasture have been in great condition and about 20% on ploughed have been decent.

[@ilifetouch]

Everyone keeps saying they are finding belt buckles when in fact they are the letter D

[@boxerdoor]

found my first silver hammerd today whoop whoop

[@pondguru]

That's one you will never forget, nice one, man. Thanks for watching and appreciating the videos.

[@Lechapes]

time for new gloves lol

[@OriginalMudSlinger]

500 silver content not 925 silver content pre 1921

[@pondguru]

May have the dates wrong. Pre 1947 is .500 but pre 1920 is sterling .925..