Are grub worms attracted to coins ?

[lookindown]

I often dig up small grub worms in the same hole with coins. Is it just coincidence? Does anyone else notice this? Maybe if i dug random holes I would still dig up grubs now and then. I live in Florida.

 

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[Chug And Red]

I find little worms all the time, Some times as I'm using the Garrets to pinpoint they come wiggling out of the Ground!!! If some one is fishing near by I ask them If they want them!!! HH Chug

I find the grub worms next to coins and metal all the time never thought about it!!!

 

[CENLAcoin]

I live in Louisiana, and I think I probably see a grub worm about 60-75% of the time when retrieving a find...

You might be onto something here!

HH,

-Will

 

[mrwilburino]

Same thing in Ohio. It's a good reminder to keep my lawn fertilized.

 

[donj]

I dug one up just this after noon that was as big as a dime. Big juicy thing :P

 

[deepskyal]

Japanese beetle grubs...fry them up...yummy!!!

Grubs love grass roots and can destroy a lawn in large numbers...make it look like some detectorist killed spots in the grass. If you find a lot of them, means you'll have a bad year for beetles that emerge and eat all your nice plants.

Al

 

[jeff of pa]

I'v also Noticed the Tiny Pis'ant Nests surrounding
Coins & Metal on occasion.

The grubs may be coincidence, as when you have Grubs
they seem to be everywhere.

The ants on the Otherhand May incorporate them
into their Nests, for dry Storage,
Like Fish use Trash for Protection
http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/board,32.0.html

 

[oldcoon]

Skunks love to eat grubs. They dig little holes to get them. Lots of holes.

Sometimes metal detectorists get blamed for the holes skunks dug.

 

[Woodland Detectors]

Hmmmmm, Ants and Grubs, yes. I have noticed this as well. Maybe they are attracted to the metals leeched, after being in the ground a while.

 

[Montauk3]

What about ringworm? Has anyone found any when they recover rings?

 

[oldcoon]

What about ringworm? Has anyone found any when they recover rings?

No but I've found some fish worms when recovering fish.

 

[mretrackr]

when i see a grub or worm before i find the target a think to myself.... is this a rich grub or a poor grub

seriously though,,, I believe they are attracted to them because durring the daylight hours the coins are warmed up and the coins and other metal objects cool more slowly than the sorrounding soil so the grubs stay at a warmer temprature a bit longer once the day turns to night. it seems most are coiled up benieth the coin. i also think that once the coin cools down and becomes too cool the grub digs down further leaving a void beneith the coin than the coin works its way deeper into the earth


HH

mikeB

 

[sandnsea49]

What a great thread. Here in Ohio I notice the same thing. Never thought it was because of the metal. I throw them out of the hole for the birds.

 

[liftloop]

I like too pin point my mxt over ant hills, I wonder if they can tell they run a round but it mite be because of the shadow that i cast.

 

[NGE]

I dug one up just this after noon that was as big as a dime. Big juicy thing :P

Yummmmmmmmmmm...........

 

[NGE]

Do Not ever chase flocks of starlings away out of your yard. When they look like a heard of cattle grazing across your lawn, they are actually feasting on grubs, just set a spell and watch them, you'll see them stick their beaks in the ground and gobble them up. They locate them by seeing the holes they leave on the surface. They don't get a grub every time, but it is a hit or miss kinda game.........NGE

 

[batcap]

Man, there are some quick-witted fellows in this thread! Below is just a rant.

Charles Darwin began and ended his career discussing earthworms, and in reading his last book you can just imagine any meadow or farm field as a churning tempest as these creatures, as well as grubs, ants and such, are continuously burying and bringing things to the surface. Seriously, it works out to be TONS, every acre, every year. This is the primary way how coins and other small items get buried, not seasonal foliage fall. Here is a link to an article regarding Darwin's theory of bioturbation (not his word). It's an easy read, and I found it really interesting. In the links at the end you can read the actual book for free online.
I've been waiting for ages to use this link

http://www.hindawi.com/journals/aess/2010/823047/

 

[angler 07]

Sorry, I have to go semi off topic. I haven't noticed grubs in association with coins, but at one spot where I detect 9 times out of 10, if I dig up aluminum (and theres alot of it) I also dig up a grease ant nest. Some people call them sugar ants. Theyre the tiny reddish brown ants that will foil a picnic or cover your kitchen counter if you spill the pnacake syrup. I don't know what it is, but they love aluminum.

 

[DevilDog812]

i actually noticed this in my backyard. i was digging all over, and no grubs. then when digging a zincoln pocket spill, there are at least 5 in a maybe 2 square feet! didnt really think of it til i saw this post

 

[DIGDIG]

This is why I always take a chicken with me, lol.

Seriously, when detecting on my own 2 1/2 acres I take the kids young chicken that thinks my metal detector is a grub worm detector. The chicken waits and as soon as I get a hole open he is jumping in for the grubs.
Just to prove my point I'll try and get a pic and post it.