favorite type of site

[MUDSLINGER]

What kind of site fills you with anticipation? park sites are good cause lots of people gather there but an old stage coach stop is exciting or do you prefer old picnic grounds along the river bank? Some great finds have come from cellar holes which are old home sites. Old carnival sites are often productive. So folks what is your favorite?

 

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[Kurios1]

That's a great question. I happen to love construction or demolition sights very much. Some of my best hunts and finds have come from targets getting disturbed from their rest and laying right on or near the surface. I recently tried my hand at field hunting more earnestly this spring and recovered some nice old coins, buttons, and relics. River banks are indeed one of my favorite places to hunt because back in the day folks congregated along them and the concentrations of finds seems to increase right on the river bank. I also love the scenery. Early spring in the woods can be fun if you know of some old homesteads out there. Yeah, lots of potential spots for recovering cool old stuff. Honestly, I'll hunt anywhere!

 

[AlienLifeForm]

Any site with the good stuff is my favorite.

 

[MUDSLINGER]

Any site with the good stuff is my favorite.

what kind of sites do you encounter in DFW? Are they rural or urban?

 

[AlienLifeForm]

what kind of sites do you encounter in DFW? Are they rural or urban?

Mostly urban and suburban sites is where my goodies come from. Seldom do I find anything good at rural sites, mostly pieces of farm implements, and a lot of ferrous material. I have found the odd coin or relic here and there though, in the middle of nowhere which really makes me wonder how it got out there in the first place.

 

[diggummup]

I love to hunt old abandoned rural areas, be it home sites or what have you. Unfortunately nothing like that exists around here. Rural that is.

 

[RustyGold]

Beach but would love to search old cellar holes but alas I'm not in the right area for that.

 

[MUDSLINGER]

I love to hunt old abandoned rural areas, be it home sites or what have you. Unfortunately nothing like that exists around here. Rural that is.

I once saw on line a flyer for a central Florida animals to market that lasted a week beside a railroad line. It seems a market fair was held annually. It did not give the county or city but I bet with a little google search you might get a lead. The flyer was dated late 1890s. I think I had typed in old fairs carnivals for Floida.

 

[digging440yrs]

Cellar holes in the middle of no where are my favorite

 

[diggummup]

I once saw on line a flyer for a central Florida animals to market that lasted a week beside a railroad line. It seems a market fair was held annually. It did not give the county or city but I bet with a little google search you might get a lead. The flyer was dated late 1890s. I think I had typed in old fairs carnivals for Floida.

I'm in Broward county just east of you. I used to travel to metal detect but I haven't for several years now. The problem for me with urban areas is they are just so darn trashy. I like to dig most signals when I detect. So the beach it is. Too darn hot for me though this time of year though. Humidity the way it is, I'm sweating bullets by the time the sun comes all the way over the horizon in the mornings. That and I can't be in the direct sunlight for too long. Health reasons.

 

[Blak bart]

All those old spanish treasure spots. Always trying to find those cobs and old spanish jewelry !! There are some spots near naples where spanish treasure coins have been found, have you ever searched any of those spots mudslinger ??

 

[Tom_in_CA]

Virgin country picnic sites that started usage in 1880s and ceased all operations by the mid 1920s. Every single "penny/dime/quarter" signal are heart-stoppers. Since, by definition, can't be newer than mid 1920s. Doh ! And zero junk (aside from a few nuisance bullet shells), since there was never any structures there, and since it predates aluminum. Talk about Christmas come early !

 

[Blak bart]

Wow tom that does sound pretty appealing when you put it that way !!
Thats wear all those gold coins come from. Lol !!

 

[Tom_in_CA]

Wow tom that does sound pretty appealing when you put it that way !!
Thats wear all those gold coins come from. Lol !!

Hey there BB. This country picnic site gave up about 150 coins between 3 or 4 of us, over a few-month period. Started with 6 or 7 coins each, each time, then as time went on, we struggled to get any last remaining V-nickels, early wheaties, barbers, seateds, etc... By the time it was sterile, we all compared notes and counted about 150 coins. The NEWEST of them was a mid 1920s merc

One gold coin: 1881 CC $5 gold. I wasn't the lucky one to get that

This site was the draw of a nearby small town which .... up to the 1920s, had a whopping population of only 400 or so folk. And the site was only used @ occasional Mothers day, 4th of July, Church picnics, etc... Hence hardly a "big-town" draw. Just an informal country oak-studded meadow. And the ONLY reason we wised up on that, was talking to an elderly fellow in the early 1990s, who recalled as a boy in the 1920s, having picnicked there. I don't suppose that if anyone now was to research the location, that anyone alive would know about it. Nor was it written in any book that I know of. Just a passing sentence in a history book about "picnics in such & such canyon", but doesn't say exactly where.

 

[gentleone444]

Virgin country picnic sites that started usage in 1880s and ceased all operations by the mid 1920s. Every single "penny/dime/quarter" signal are heart-stoppers. Since, by definition, can't be newer than mid 1920s. Doh ! And zero junk (aside from a few nuisance bullet shells), since there was never any structures there, and since it predates aluminum. Talk about Christmas come early !

Well how do you find those?! Sounds amazing!

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[gentleone444]

Well how do you find those?! Sounds amazing!

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Oh wow I read the rest. Just goes to show theres history that isnt on the internet or in books...very cool.

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[Tom_in_CA]

Oh wow I read the rest. Just goes to show theres history that isnt on the internet or in books...very cool....

Back in the pre-internet days of the very late 1980s/early 1990s, I was at the library leafing through their local history files. That is printed resources like pamphlets and brochures-type-stuff, that's too small to be considered "books" for the regular library shelves. And over the years, they get alphabetized and filed in manila folders in file-cabinets.

As I was going through the local-history section, I stumbled on to a thin paper-pack booklet of perhaps 25 pages. It was on the History of Gonzales, CA. It had been written at the time of that city's 100th anniversary, in 1976. At that time, in 1976, several long-time ranching family patriarchs and aldermen old-timers had gotten together to write their memoirs of early life in that city. Most of it was common knowledge stuff. Like when the railroad came to town, how the town got its name, blah blah. But then there was a few pages on "social life in early Gonzales". Which talked about the various fraternal lodges, recreational pursuits, etc... And a sentence alluding to "picnics in such & such canyon". And the next sentence saying that "... as of 1926, such & such other new site became the location for picnics".

I got out my topo maps, studied that canyon name, but found that it was MILES LONG. Hence I'd need more precise info. I asked a few people from that town, but no one knew anything about it. Then I looked at the contributing authors names in the front flyleaf. About 5 names of those who had apparently been old-timers in 1976. Hmmm, is it possible that any of them are still around ~15 yrs. later ? I went through the phone book and one by one found no such name, etc... When I got to the very last name, I found a perfect match in the phone book. Cold called and someone answered the phone!

From the sound of the voice, a very elderly man. I explained that I was a history buff doing research, and wondered if he could shed like on mention of picnics in such & such canyon. He described the exact bend in the road, and from there, a certain dirt road that goes another 1/2 mile out into a draw canyon, etc.... And with that description, we found it.

We found out someone had been there before us (long story) but we don't know who they are and what they found. They certainly missed a lot

 

[coinman123]

Old woods, where there was a settlement abandoned before 1800.

 

[Mzjavert]

Beaches, but I don't live anywhere near one. The next best thing is school tot lots as they tend to have less trash. I have found gold, silver, and a 1600 y.o. Roman coin in school tot lots.

Got an old high school in an even older neighborhood a half block from where I now live. Despite the insane level of trash, this has potential. So this has me excited.

 

[GA_Boy]

Long ago it was CW battle sites. Later it was Gold panning, later it was old abandoned homesteads and today it is old houses, around large trees , and parks.
I guess pretty soon it will be wherever I can roll a wheelchair. I may have to have a "Hearing Ear" dog to alert me to the BEEPS.
Marvin

EDIT: Beaches when I get to go to one.