Question about water hunting.

[Cherokee_Kidd]

I was doing research for another form of th'ing and discovered that people have been traveling up and down the local rivers for close to 200 years. Do you think I should detect the old stops where people would get on and off the boats or should I detect in the water?

 

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[Deepdiger60]

Personally i would do both but most people would get off a boat at a ramp or dock in 200 years rivers change course . Good luck

 

[wrecker]

You never know until you try. I would search in the river first, but that's just me and depends on the conditions you have: currents, boat traffic, accessability, local laws etc.

 

[Cherokee_Kidd]

I was able to find out where some of the stops were and I'm still researching the others . I think I'm gonna start with the stop thats in the middle of the woods as the research showed there was a stable and a small store there back then.

 

[Treasure_Hunter]

I would check both, but remember rivers change courses over a couple hundred years, that is why they find flat bototm boats and river boat remains in farmers fields more then mile from the river.

 

[Cherokee_Kidd]

Yeah I know river change course . The site I'm gonna search first used to be right on the bank of the river but now its in the middle of the woods , the river is about 2 miles away.