HS FOOTBALL FIELD FINDS

Swanie1 · Nov 26, 2006

I got the urge to go metal detecting, this afternoon, so drove about 15 miles to a small town to check out it's HS foodball field. Normally, they keep it locked up when school is not in session but I got lucky and the gate was open. I pulled in and got out my Garrett 2500 GTI detector and proceeded to hunt around the perimeter of the field and around the refreshment stand, etc. I couldn't walk three feet before I had to dig coins and they, mostly, were quarters. In three hours I dug up 54 clad quarters, a 1943 Washington quarter, a "no date" standing liberty quarter, 20 clad dimes, 2 nickles, and 20 memorial cents. It started to get dark enough that I couldn't see what I was digging or my finds would have been greater. I'll have to go back another weekend, if the gate is open. Not bad for three hours hunting.

TreasureTales · Dec 28, 2006

Sweet. What part of the football field are you finding these coins? Under the bleachers? In the field itself? Near the walkways? WHERE

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Swanie1 · Dec 28, 2006

I haven't even gotten onto the field, itself, but have been hunting around the refreshment stand, the end zones beyond the goal posts, and grassy areas on each end of and behind the bleachers. I wonder if there is anything on the football field. I'll have to try that, also.