Where to hunt for coins???

[ELITE]

I have been metal detecting for a while know and having trouble choosing where to hunt any advice?

 

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[boris]

Your own back yard may be good as are beaches and parks and school yards. places near drinking water and old mail box area are good too.

 

[seekandfind]

Hi Elite, do you have that many sites to choose from? If you do count yourslelf as lucky. Around me Ive got parks,playgrounds, some fields. Been at it six months and all i can find is clad.fake jewelry,few rings not worth much, I still enjoy the hobby. You got beeches,volleyball courts, the woods (watch for hunters!!) anywhere they are diggin up a sidewalk or street. Louisiana should have a lot of history, go to the library and look up the history of some nearby town. I have done this and it has yet to pay off with finds but it can be very interesting. Goodluck and happy hunting

 

[bill from lachine]

Elite,

20 years of detecting....almost exclusively public parks, school yards and sports fields even though these sites have been picked over by me and others...I can still squeeze quite a few keepers every year for my troubles as well as the usual clad and odds and ends.

If you're looking for the older finds....head to the older parts of town where you live or go to nearby towns that have some age.....the sites are out there....just got to sniff them out..

Regards + HH

Bill

 

[ELITE]

Thanks for all the great adviceI am trying to look for old places but i am not sure how to tell if it is an old site any advice

 

[Terry Soloman]

I have been metal detecting for a while know and having trouble choosing where to hunt any advice?

If you are looking in local playgrounds or parks, you are looking in the same place as everybody else since 1980. You need to start trying to research places people gathered in the PAST (1870 - 1950). You need to start thinking outside the box, and be prepared to do a little work with your head, not just your machine. Good Luck!

A Few Sites to Get You Started:

1) Old Schools
2) City/Town Parks
3) Circus/Fair Sites
4) Old Churches
5) Old Homestead Sites
6) Swimming Holes and Areas
7) Picnic Groves
8) Athletic Fields
9) Scout Camps
10) Rodeo Arenas
11) Campgrounds
12) Ghost Towns
13) Beaches
14) Old Taverns
15) Roadside Rest Stops
16) Sidewalk Grassy Strips
17) Amusement Parks
18) Rural Mailboxes
19) Reunion Areas
20) Revival sites
21) Fort Sites
22) Winter Sledding Areas
23) Lookout/Overlook Sites
24) Church Supper Groves
25) Fishing Spots
26) Fishing Camps
27) Resorts
28) Old Barns and Outbuildings
29) Battle Sites
30) Band Shells
31) Racetracks
32) Rural Boundary Walls
33) Roadside Fruit and Vegetable Stands
34) Under Seaside Boardwalks
35) Flea Market Areas
36) Ski Slopes
37) Drive Ins
38) Canal Paths
39) Vacant Lots
40) Motels
41) College Campuses
42) Farmer Market Areas
43) Town Squares
44) Urban Yards and Backyards
45) Disaster Sites
46) Areas Around Skating Ponds
47) Hunting Lodges and Camps
48) Mining Camps
49) Railroad Grades, Stations and Junctions
50) Hiking Trails
51) Waterfalls
52) Rural Dance Sites
53) Lover's Lanes
54) Areas Adjacent to Historical Markers
55) Old Gas Stations and General Stores
56) Fence Posts
57) Chicken Houses
58) Bridges and Fords
59) Flower Beds
60) Playgrounds
61) Old Garbage Dumps
62) Cloth Lines
63) Military Camp and Cantonment Sites
64) Wells and Outhouses
65) Abandoned Houses and Structures
66) Areas where Old Trails Cross County or State Boundaries
67) Piles of Scraped Soil at Construction Sites
68) Old Stone Quarries
69) Areas Around Old Abandoned Cemeteries in the Forest
70) Junctions of Abandoned Roads (crossroads)

 

[bill from lachine]

Elite,

One clue is the size of the trees at urban green spaces....the bigger the better....also ask the old timers in your area where they used to play and hang out when they were young....could be an old picnic site, swimming hole, etc...some of these
places may not even be used for that purpose anymore....increases your chances for older finds.

Regards + HH

Bill

Thanks for all the great adviceI am trying to look for old places but i am not sure how to tell if it is an old site any advice

 

[ELITE]

Thanks for the great advice everyone and happy hunting.