Although some hunts just stand out in my recollection--amazing relic finds or old coins--some finds are quite special to me because of the lengths at which I went to in order to coax another item or two from a "hunted out" site. Now, I'm not talkin' about those places where there are still occasional targets. I speak of those sites where my metal detector is absolutely silent for swipe after swipe. I dug a nice cavalry spur from the side of a steep hill at a Civil War site that was hunted to death. The slope was so steep I couldn't even stand to detect. I went to an old "poor farm" in Virginia that had been hunted by at least three other detectorists. After an hour and a half in the yard without a remotely desirable ping I decided to crawl around on my hands and knees beneath the sprawling bushes in the side yard. There I got one nice signal: a beautiful 1903 Barber dime. The last experience I had was in West Virginia at a hunted out churchyard. Without any luck in the yard itself, I worked outside of the fence row to recover three Indian cents that others had missed. These finds have always been great ones for me, because to find something in a heavily hunted site is, in a sense, to prove one's self. Hunting "outside" the area, using very low discrimination, crawling around under bushes or over rough terrain. These types of techniques seem to be what it's about. Please feel free to share your experiences. Have you nabbed a fantastic find that countless others have missed? Is there a coin or relic that you worked super hard to find?
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