Depth of discovered treasures

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	Does anyone know at what depths were the famous treasure discoveries made? I could not find anywhere the depth and type of detector used in the latest Anglo-Saxon treasure discovery. I assume real treasures are generally much deeper than what any detector can find. For example recently in my country a construction worker found around 2 kg of Roman gold coins at 10 ft while digging for a swimming pool. Cheers!

Most Roman and Anglo Saxon treasure trove is found quite shallow as depths go. The original detection depth might be less than 24 inches.

With all of my personal experiences to hand, I can safely say that even with a two box detector, I have never found a treasure cache deeper than that. This is why I am always so puzzled about people asking how deep a detector will work. Your logic is flawed, my friend. Think it terms of one meter or less in depth and focus on accuracy of target location rather than depth.

Let's say you use a two box detector and locate a signal at 10 feet. You dig and dig to find out it was nothing. This will be the case most of the time. And I do mean MOST of the time. After a while, you will begin to see that people bury their garbage deeply and their treasure not so deeply. They need to get at it fast, not spend 3 days digging it up. It's notionally good from an analyst's point of view to believe all treasure is buried deeply but the reality of treasure is that the owner wants to keep it safe but close. If you think in that light, your recoveries will increase.

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Remnants of an old well used for hiding gold? Maybe!

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	A hiding place can be anywhere from 40 centimeters down to 1 m, depending on what is being hidden. Over time the 40 cm to 1 m distances turn out to be 80 cm to one and a 1.5 m (a phenomena well-known by archeologists). Therefore, we can say that almost all of the unimagined articles that have been buried since the beginning of time are still waiting to be found. Why? Because the metal detectors found commonly on the market (Very Low Frequency) do not work any deeper than 30 to 35 cm, and will not give out a signal even if you pass right over a metal deposit. Never Forget: Valuable items will be buried deep in the ground. Statistics show that more than 85% of valuable deposits are hidden between 60 cm and 1.2 m below the surface. source : You are not allowed to view links. Please Register or Login http://www.deepers-detector.com/English/Lost_or_Hidden.html

Statistics of found treasure don't bear this out. It becomes more difficult to be accurate in guessing this sort of thing because of the closed mouth nature of most treasure hunters. At any rate, the original question asked was where are they FOUND not where are they likely to be. The first is verifiable by actual fact the second is a guess.

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Soggy soil will make things sink over time.  Think about the worst case scenario, quick sand. You can place an object on the surface and it'll be 6' deep in five minutes.  Soil conditions will dictate where something ends up.  It might have been buried at six inches but ends up at three feet.  It certainly wasn't the intention of the person that buried it for it to be three feet down, but it is.  Now it's your job to locate it after everybody else has given up.  Oh the fun we have, right

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