Clad the Impaler
Hero Member
- Jan 11, 2010
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Here's a few pics of my finds from Sat. This is more than likely my final hunt for 2012, and possibly my last hunt ever. Got a 1898 Barber dime (silver coin no. 78), 1899 indian, watch fob, 8 wheats (teens-'40s; not pictured), and a marble (not pictured). Clad total was $5.68 (most of it quarters).
I am well short of my 2012 goal of 100 silvers. City parks have been picked clean/hunted out. I'm tired of the frustration of researching a good spot, driving there, gridding it for several hours, and not finding anything. A few days later, along comes another detectorist, who hits the same spot you just gridded a few days earlier, and finds 5 or 6 silvers.
So, you go back again, gridding again, vowing to find something this time. Again, no luck. Same other detectorist returns a few days after your 2nd attempt, and, AGAIN finds another 5 or 6 silvers.
I'm just tired of the frustration, wasted time, and lost gas $ in not finding anything where others easily do.
As mentioned above, the city parks have been picked clean, making silver almost impossible to find (at least at those locations), and I'm not sure I want to waste all my time and gas $ driving all over the state looking for a spot that hasn't been pounded to death for the last 2 or 3 decades.
I am putting my detector up for the year, and possibly for good. If anyone is interested in a used E-Trac (and possibly an Ace), check Ebay, you'll probably find it there in the not too distant future.
I am starting to believe that, at least here in the Chicago area, there are simply too many detectorists and not enough spots to hunt.
Anyway, pics of Saturdays finds are below.
I am well short of my 2012 goal of 100 silvers. City parks have been picked clean/hunted out. I'm tired of the frustration of researching a good spot, driving there, gridding it for several hours, and not finding anything. A few days later, along comes another detectorist, who hits the same spot you just gridded a few days earlier, and finds 5 or 6 silvers.
So, you go back again, gridding again, vowing to find something this time. Again, no luck. Same other detectorist returns a few days after your 2nd attempt, and, AGAIN finds another 5 or 6 silvers.
I'm just tired of the frustration, wasted time, and lost gas $ in not finding anything where others easily do.
As mentioned above, the city parks have been picked clean, making silver almost impossible to find (at least at those locations), and I'm not sure I want to waste all my time and gas $ driving all over the state looking for a spot that hasn't been pounded to death for the last 2 or 3 decades.
I am putting my detector up for the year, and possibly for good. If anyone is interested in a used E-Trac (and possibly an Ace), check Ebay, you'll probably find it there in the not too distant future.
I am starting to believe that, at least here in the Chicago area, there are simply too many detectorists and not enough spots to hunt.
Anyway, pics of Saturdays finds are below.
