against the wind
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- Jul 27, 2015
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- E-trac, Excalibur, XP Deus, & CTX 3030.
- Primary Interest:
- All Treasure Hunting
In 2015, NYC Parks Department allowed metal detecting in 35 parks. The 2016 permit was expanded to include a total of 162 parks. Now many of these parks are what we call "Corner Parks" They consist of a few benches, some shade trees, and no grassy lawns. There are probably 20 or 30 of these "Corner Parks" It makes it look as if the NYC Parks Department is trying to accommodate everyone who uses their parks for different activities. It's a game. I'm not complaining, I'm simply pointing out how silly the bureaucracy can be.
In all fairness, one of the newly added parks consisted of over 100 acres and gave me 26 silver coins earlier this year. I'm trying to search as many of the newer parks on the list in hopes of discovering a new honey hole or two. On Monday, I hit a park called Jerome Park.
It has an interesting history. There was a Racetrack called the Jerome Park Racetrack. It was very popular from 1866 to 1890. New York City acquired the land and decided to build what is now the Jerome Park Reservoir. Demolition of the racetrack, and construction of the reservoir began in the mid 1890's. The land surrounding the perimeter was meant to be used as parkland but it didn't officially become a park until 1940.
I noticed some old trees and decided that I would start my hunt in the shade.
I must have hit the area where the wooden bleachers for the original racetrack once stood. The CTX was picking up a lot of iron signals. I dug up 7 or 8 six inch nails before I finally decided that I would stop investigating these iron signals. Judging from the copper pipe and fittings that I dug,, I probably wasn't too far from the original bathroom facilities. After four hours of digging through fill and small rocks, I had only a few clad coins to show for my efforts. I decided that it was time to scratch this park off the list.
In all fairness, one of the newly added parks consisted of over 100 acres and gave me 26 silver coins earlier this year. I'm trying to search as many of the newer parks on the list in hopes of discovering a new honey hole or two. On Monday, I hit a park called Jerome Park.
It has an interesting history. There was a Racetrack called the Jerome Park Racetrack. It was very popular from 1866 to 1890. New York City acquired the land and decided to build what is now the Jerome Park Reservoir. Demolition of the racetrack, and construction of the reservoir began in the mid 1890's. The land surrounding the perimeter was meant to be used as parkland but it didn't officially become a park until 1940.
I noticed some old trees and decided that I would start my hunt in the shade.
I must have hit the area where the wooden bleachers for the original racetrack once stood. The CTX was picking up a lot of iron signals. I dug up 7 or 8 six inch nails before I finally decided that I would stop investigating these iron signals. Judging from the copper pipe and fittings that I dug,, I probably wasn't too far from the original bathroom facilities. After four hours of digging through fill and small rocks, I had only a few clad coins to show for my efforts. I decided that it was time to scratch this park off the list.
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I like that. 
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