deepbeep
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This will be a long post, so go get some coffee. I am hoping somebody can give me some insite. Please understand, I am not telling this story to complain, because I am having a blast! But here it my delema:
In 1988 I bought my first detector. It was a Garrett GTA1000. The first day I had it, I found an old rusty gun along the great trail. I was hooked! Over the next 15 or so years I hunted pretty regularly. I was out at least 2 or 3 times a week. I mostly hunted the yards of older homes, some old churches and older schools.
I have a collection of about 250 silver, hundreds of wheats, and probably about 30 indians as a result. I have kept every coin I ever found, including clads. I always said I was keeping everything until I reach retirment age, then selling and buying the "best-state-of-the-art-machine" in the market at that time.
Well, the old GTA1000 didn't quite make it to retirment. So, I recently bought a Garrett GTAX550. I know neither of these machines are in the catagory of the best Whites, or a Minelab, but they certianly aren't junk machines either.
Now to get to the point. I bought the GTAX about 6 weeks ago. Since then, I have found and hit some incredible spots.....
1. A "ghost town" with 6 old building that used to be taverns.
2. 5 yards around old houses that were built in the mid to late 1880's
3. A total of 9 one room school foundations found on a map of 1903.
4. 4 old parks from around 1900 that have been heavily hunted.
5. An old stone church foundation with 1822 carved in the stone step.
Of all these places, the oldest coins I have found so far were a couple of wheats in yards. NOT ONE silver coin in over 100 hours of swinging the detector. Is it getting that hard to come by silver? Im I doing something wrong? I would love to hear some input.
Like I said, I am not complaining......I have loved the scenery of these old places, and it is just great getting out again. I am just trying to analize just what is going on and try to improve and learn in the process.
Thanks for chiming in!
Tim
In 1988 I bought my first detector. It was a Garrett GTA1000. The first day I had it, I found an old rusty gun along the great trail. I was hooked! Over the next 15 or so years I hunted pretty regularly. I was out at least 2 or 3 times a week. I mostly hunted the yards of older homes, some old churches and older schools.
I have a collection of about 250 silver, hundreds of wheats, and probably about 30 indians as a result. I have kept every coin I ever found, including clads. I always said I was keeping everything until I reach retirment age, then selling and buying the "best-state-of-the-art-machine" in the market at that time.
Well, the old GTA1000 didn't quite make it to retirment. So, I recently bought a Garrett GTAX550. I know neither of these machines are in the catagory of the best Whites, or a Minelab, but they certianly aren't junk machines either.
Now to get to the point. I bought the GTAX about 6 weeks ago. Since then, I have found and hit some incredible spots.....
1. A "ghost town" with 6 old building that used to be taverns.
2. 5 yards around old houses that were built in the mid to late 1880's
3. A total of 9 one room school foundations found on a map of 1903.
4. 4 old parks from around 1900 that have been heavily hunted.
5. An old stone church foundation with 1822 carved in the stone step.
Of all these places, the oldest coins I have found so far were a couple of wheats in yards. NOT ONE silver coin in over 100 hours of swinging the detector. Is it getting that hard to come by silver? Im I doing something wrong? I would love to hear some input.
Like I said, I am not complaining......I have loved the scenery of these old places, and it is just great getting out again. I am just trying to analize just what is going on and try to improve and learn in the process.
Thanks for chiming in!
Tim
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