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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Archived-1" data-source="post: 849611" data-attributes="member: 254181">hi timo, my detector was just over 1000 pounds and it will find a small silver hammered coin at about up to 1ft, the detector i want is around 4500 pounds and that will find a small silver coin at around 2ft, the more you pay for a machine the better it is, bigger thicker items can be found deeper but on average with my machine i am only digging 5/6 inch, some field are better than others, last year this field were i found the coins today i had around 50 roman coins 15 or so hammered silver coins a George 1v half sovereign and a Viking gold ring along with other roman and medieval items, i spent a lot of hours in this field maybe 150 hours are so, nothings set in stone with the hobby its down to luck, but if you study land and areas you stand a better chance of finding stuff :-).</blockquote>