ftwhite03
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So yesterday was the first real day that I have gotten to hunt. I just bought my Ace 250 last week and have been itching to go, but the weather down here hasn't really agreed with me. Unfortunately I got off to a pretty bad start, but towards the end of the day things got much better. I decided to check out this old ghost town area down the road from where I live. There is a really run down house that I have been looking at for a while, it looks maybe late 1800's. I knocked on the door of the property owner and said, "Hi! I do metal detecting as a hobby and was wondering...." and got the door slammed in my face. The was a pretty heavy blow to me since it was the first house I have ever asked permission to hunt. (Not to mention my first day detecting since I was a kid.) I almost gave up and went home, but decided to give it one more try. I went to a area where I know that an old school house had been. I believe it was there from the late 1800's through to the 1950's. I asked the caretaker of the area if I could hunt and not only did he say yes, but he pointed out to me where the school has sat on the property and gave me permission to hunt the 17 acres around it! I was pretty excited to say the least. It turns out that he went to school there when he was a kid. I didn't find much in my couple hours of being out there, just a bunch of clad, 1 1950 wheat penny and a lot of 1970's style beer cans, but I had a lot of fun doing it. I know that if I keep at it, I'm sure the area will produce some good finds. On a side note, I was talking to my Grandmother yesterday and it turns out that she went to school at the place that I am hunting. Crazy! The wheat was pretty worn and is at the top of the pic.
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