Where do you find your Best finds?

[Larsmed]

My fellow hunters!

I am curious to know where you found your best finds? Parks, beaches, or your own yard?

Mine would have to be the beach. Found a Cache of pennies..haha..

Note, I have not even been out for 20 hours total as of yet.

 

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[dugupfinds]

In the ploughed fields of the UK. Beach stuff is too modern for me.

 

[Jeffro]

It'd be hard for me to put my best finds in any one particular spot.... Parks have produced well for me, so have mining areas, and swimming holes. Old houses in my neighborhood produce well, too. I know most have never been hit with a detector.

 

[SHERMANVILLE ILLINOIS]

L,

welcome to the board.

Not sure I consider the location as being
important, as far as being a "best find".

Enjoy the finds more, (best finds), when something comes up
that says your research paid off and your
in the spot you want to be, and finding things
that could be related with the research you did.

Even if it's only some scraps, a dump, or what have
you.

If your talking value, (gold, silver, and platinum), would
say parks or beach.

have a good un......................
SHERMANVILLE

 

[whitesid]

any place with alot of history and where you put the time in.

 

[cryptodave]

Plowed fields at or around areas I have put research into seem to be the top producers for me.

 

[Sandmaniac]

The name says it all. But I have access to great beach area. From the end of the Boston harbor all the way up the coast. New England has been home to some of the most dangerous shipping lanes in the world. Now if I were down south I would probably say the fields around where the CW battles were fought. So I think alot would have to do with your locality. I realize this is all obvious, just thought I'd throw in a thought or 2.
Mike

 

[hollowpointred]

the only thing the places where i found my best stuff have in common, is that they were all old places where people used to gather years ago. places that i found through research, cellar holes, ruins,old schools and parks ( the key word here is "old"). they weren't always easy to find but the effort i put in to find them was worth it. research is the key!

 

[goldencoin]

Oldest coin- 1796 colonial coin, front yard
Best jewelry- 1976 class ring, school yard
2ed best- gold wedding band, Myrtle beach
weirdest find- coffin handle, local park

Good Luck

HH
-GC

 

[ModernMiner]

My favorite spot has to be old farm properties. You never know what you are going to find.
-MM-

 

[skierbob]

In the woods.
Bob

 

[neonman]

In the ground

 

[JimBeHuntin']

I like to research old farm house sites where the home no longer exists. In my area the sites are usually in plowed fields and easy to hunt if you can just locate them.

 

[Aqualand]

On the surface, whether it's a field, riverbank, beach, or the carpet in front of the elevator at work. I've lost count how many times I've found stuff in plain view, cash, jewlery, coins and artifacts. Yesterday it was an unfinished arrowhead on the riverbank, plain as day. I've found many early coppers on beach hunts following storms where I was just eyeballing the surface while running the machine. Some of my favorites: a 1830 half dollar on the beach that a couple in front of me had stepped on; a delicate, tiny, early 1700s Jesuit ring; and a nice 1756s holed Spanish two reale shining in the sun. When I started hunting, I put alot of energy into watching my coil to make sure I was swinging it right, staying close and level to the ground. Once I got that down, I realized that getting my zen at a particular site meant swinging but at the same time swiveling the heard and using the eyes.

 

[garbage digger]

Strangely enough my most valuable find (14k with ruby's and diamond) came from a junior high school, but id have to say the beach produces the most when I can find time to get out there.

 

[Dick from IA]

In the woods adjacent to parks are often best for me. Years ago people used to explore the wooded areas more than today; tougher hunting with fewer but better finds

Dick

 

[MD Dog]

Fairgrounds, especially older ones

 

[Comanche Todd]

flea markets

the stuff you find at flea markets is usually in much better condition than stuff thats been buried for 50 years or more

I go flea market hunting every Sunday morning

 

[waldopeppa]

EBAY of course!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[go4gold]

I am new to this board & I should have my new detector this week. Thanks for all the replys on what to buy. I chose the Whites Matrix M6...... My best finds have been out of peoples trash. I have been a trash man for 17 years & you would never believe what I have found. Now I cant wait to see what I may find buried in the ground.