Don't you just hate it when...

[ironhorse]

Hey hey diggers !
Dont you just hate it when you get to a new site and within the first 30 to 40 minutes realize that you are merely just the last person to hunt the site...not the first.
Tracked down land owners to over 200 acres and got the go ahead and wishes of luck.
Found the three sites that were clearly marked in the old atlas. Found that they were all clearly hunted...not to death but I showed up for final knockings.
The sites were easy to find too so I was surprised and relieved to find a few keepers.
The oldest site gave up one button, lucky for me it was a Royal Regiment of Artillery from 1812 era.
Next site was a bit better but thin finds again..ramrod guide and sawnut( 1850- 1900) along with a few rotted large cents 1860s- 1910 ( not shown).
Last one gave the silver...2x 10 cents 1956 and 57 and a silver thimble.
Too bad it was busted up it has a nice scene engraved .
But this place also had a pair of great buttons! I said many times before that railroad relics are one of favourite finds, but a pair of buttons was unbelievable.
The Boston & Maine Railroad flourished with passenger travel between 1840 and roughly 1940 and is no where near me. These buttons turned up a long way from home.
But they now have a really good home here with me now!

Until next time ....get a good night's sleep so you can get up early and be the first in the field....not the last.

 

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[Nathan W]

I found out the old church site I got permission to do has been hunted since the 80s by people just sneaking on . But I still got a lot of goodies. My detector is better than the two knob 80 versions

 

[E-Trac-Ohio]

Very nice finds - congrats !

Yes, being told right after you get permission to hunt a new site that ...
"You probably won't find anything because it's been hunted by a lot of other people in the past"
is really not what you want to hear !
But very often it's not true at all - we've all made great finds at the so called "Hunted Out Sites".

Good Luck on the return hunts !

 

[Nathan W]

Very nice finds - congrats !

Yes, being told right after you get permission to hunt a new site that ...
"You probably won't find anything because it's been hunted by a lot of other people in the past"
is really not what you want to hear !
But it's very often it's not true at all - we've all made great finds at so called "Hunted Out Sites".

Good Luck on the return hunts !

Unless someone grided the entire site and has a good machine

 

[Nathan W]

Very nice finds - congrats !

Yes, being told right after you get permission to hunt a new site that ...
"You probably won't find anything because it's been hunted by a lot of other people in the past"
is really not what you want to hear !
But it's very often it's not true at all - we've all made great finds at the so called "Hunted Out Sites".

Good Luck on the return hunts !

I keep finding stuff at hunted out sites

 

[E-Trac-Ohio]

Unless someone grided the entire site and has a good machine

I agree with what your saying but keep in mind that just because someone has a top end detector ...
doesn't mean they are proficient with it - that takes many, many hours in the field.
Lot's people believe that by buying expensive machines they will find more.
Any detector is only as good as it's operator's skill level allows.
One of the golden rules in this hobby - "No site is ever completely hunted out".

 

[Gare]

Nice finds thanks for posting them

 

[ironhorse]

@ etrac and Nathan
On a very minor level I feel bad for the new guys getting into detecting...there are lots of old sites disappearing every day around here..we are in a housing crisis and development is taking over prime land that was once a detecting site at alarming rates and I've hunted tons of them to point where you wouldn't even known there was a site there aside from the iron and pottery/ glass so theres that

Having not known what was there in the beginning I would never know how good or bad the site really was but I can say that the next guys there will have a worse time than me

 

[The Rebel]

Nice job on the finds!

 

[Nathan W]

I agree with what your saying but keep in mind that just because someone has a top end detector ...
doesn't mean they are proficient with it - that takes many, many hours in the field.
Lot's people believe that by buying expensive machines they will find more.
Any detector is only as good as it's operator's skill level allows.
One of the golden rules in this hobby - "No site is ever completely hunted out".

I understand , I've hit this church site and got civil war bullets and horse rosettes and forks/ flat buttons/ v nickel, I m curios as to what they found . Probably the silver coins

 

[oldmxrat]

That's a good bunch of saves, congrats!

 

[Hunk-a-lead]

Hey hey diggers !
Dont you just hate it when you get to a new site and within the first 30 to 40 minutes realize that you are merely just the last person to hunt the site...not the first.
Tracked down land owners to over 200 acres and got the go ahead and wishes of luck.
Found the three sites that were clearly marked in the old atlas. Found that they were all clearly hunted...not to death but I showed up for final knockings.
The sites were easy to find too so I was surprised and relieved to find a few keepers.
The oldest site gave up one button, lucky for me it was a Royal Regiment of Artillery from 1812 era.
Next site was a bit better but thin finds again..ramrod guide and sawnut( 1850- 1900) along with a few rotted large cents 1860s- 1910 ( not shown).
Last one gave the silver...2x 10 cents 1956 and 57 and a silver thimble.
Too bad it was busted up it has a nice scene engraved .
But this place also had a pair of great buttons! I said many times before that railroad relics are one of favourite finds, but a pair of buttons was unbelievable.
The Boston & Maine Railroad flourished with passenger travel between 1840 and roughly 1940 and is no where near me. These buttons turned up a long way from home.
But they now have a really good home here with me now!

Until next time ....get a good night's sleep so you can get up early and be the first in the field....not the last.

love all those finds, especially the silver, wtg

 

[IHC656]

@ etrac and Nathan
On a very minor level I feel bad for the new guys getting into detecting...there are lots of old sites disappearing every day around here..we are in a housing crisis and development is taking over prime land that was once a detecting site at alarming rates and I've hunted tons of them to point where you wouldn't even known there was a site there aside from the iron and pottery/ glass so theres that

Having not known what was there in the beginning I would never know how good or bad the site really was but I can say that the next guys there will have a worse time than me

I’d guess I’m still some what new at this detecting game. Year 4 for me. Early on I wasn’t having much luck. 1870’s lumber town now all corn field for example was hunted to death and top of that some knuckle head without permission was out detecting the day before the land owner told me it was ok to go out. Not wanting him to think it was me I quickly told I am not the guy out there right now. (Land owner did not give anyone else permission) he then told me.

But recently I found two never detected sites, which gave me some excellent finds.

And well done on your finds!

 

[jewelerguy]

at least the site wasn't cleaned out completely

 

[Almy]

I've made some good silver and copper coin and other finds, like a big brass bell, on heavily-pre-hunted sites. I think that the others just didn't cover the area very well. I was not using a high-end machine (a Tesoro Cibola). I think some of the earlier detectorists were using more expensive machines, considering the iron I dug that they avoided. In at least one instance, I found a copper coin just beside a piece of iron, suggesting to me that an earlier detectorist discriminated out the iron and missed the nearby copper.

 

[Digger RJ]

Hey hey diggers !
Dont you just hate it when you get to a new site and within the first 30 to 40 minutes realize that you are merely just the last person to hunt the site...not the first.
Tracked down land owners to over 200 acres and got the go ahead and wishes of luck.
Found the three sites that were clearly marked in the old atlas. Found that they were all clearly hunted...not to death but I showed up for final knockings.
The sites were easy to find too so I was surprised and relieved to find a few keepers.
The oldest site gave up one button, lucky for me it was a Royal Regiment of Artillery from 1812 era.
Next site was a bit better but thin finds again..ramrod guide and sawnut( 1850- 1900) along with a few rotted large cents 1860s- 1910 ( not shown).
Last one gave the silver...2x 10 cents 1956 and 57 and a silver thimble.
Too bad it was busted up it has a nice scene engraved .
But this place also had a pair of great buttons! I said many times before that railroad relics are one of favourite finds, but a pair of buttons was unbelievable.
The Boston & Maine Railroad flourished with passenger travel between 1840 and roughly 1940 and is no where near me. These buttons turned up a long way from home.
But they now have a really good home here with me now!

Until next time ....get a good night's sleep so you can get up early and be the first in the field....not the last.

Very Cool!!! Congrats!!!