Buried theasure

I know this is a stupid question, but can someone explain to me if a coin is dropped on the ground say 150 years ago, how does it get into the ground so that when you dig it up it's down 5"

It's not so much as it sinks,
as It gets covered Over.

Lay a quarter on hard Ground & Check it daily

It will collect Dust, Leaves, Etc.

Exceptions are Muddy Areas of Course
where Gravity Takes over

At a plantation site I hunt  the average depth of most finds  figures out to approx. 1/16" per year. I'm sure that some years were worst than others, dry vs wet etc.

Also, let us not forget about earthworms. They bring up earth by digging their holes and help to bury things.  They can bury an item by 1/5 inch a year.  Just my two cents. 

Ya got floods too, covering ground with silt, and don't forget just plain rain - it does the same thing, only slower.

For more on the subject please read:
http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/topic,250558.0.html

GG~

Appreciate the info; thanks.

I do know that most old Indian points are down deep, in many cases in the B horizon (below the top soil).

Also, let us not forget about earthworms. They bring up earth by digging their holes and help to bury things.  They can bury an item by 1/5 inch a year.  Just my two cents. 

And what about farm dung?

(lol)

Appreciate the info; thanks.

I do know that most old Indian points are down deep, in many cases in the B horizon (below the top soil).

Remember that the best time to hunt for points is in a plowed field after a nice rain. 

Appreciate the info; thanks.

I do know that most old Indian points are down deep, in many cases in the B horizon (below the top soil).

Remember that the best time to hunt for points is in a plowed field after a nice rain. 

Would that be because the rain adds contrast and highlights on the point, making it stand out?

Never hunted points before..

Appreciate the info; thanks.

I do know that most old Indian points are down deep, in many cases in the B horizon (below the top soil).

Remember that the best time to hunt for points is in a plowed field after a nice rain. 

Would that be because the rain adds contrast and highlights on the point, making it stand out?
Never hunted points before..

That's part of it.  The rest is because, a lot of times the rain will wash the dirt away from the piece and undercut it, leave it on a little pedestal of dirt.  Around here, when I was growing up, farmers' kids would fine buckets of them during planting season. Choctaw and Chickasaw.  Mostly arrow points, but occasionally a lance head or knife.  One can find an occasional flint piece, but mostly old "mud" rock that was hard to get to knap evenly.

You cut grass, dust blowing around, It all gets on top of the coin and it starts moving down, down, and down......Matt

Gravity, if this was Jupiter quadruple the depth.

I like the theory that is seeks its own density (except that puts gold on the bottom).

Sort of like panning gold, except that it's a much sl-ooooooo-wer process.