"Hunted out" yard keeps giving.....

[lrgoodger]

Three times now the first signal when I turned the detector on at this site was old silver. It's unusual for the silver to outdo the Indians in an old yard, but I got two seated and this Barber now and only one Indian. Hooray for hunted out yards.

 

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[Digger RJ]

Three times now the first signal when I turned the detector on at this site was old silver. It's unusual for the silver to outdo the Indians in an old yard, but I got two seated and this Barber now and only one Indian. Hooray for hunted out yards.View attachment 2118204

Very Nice!!! Congrats!!!

 

[lenmac65]

That’s a real beauty. Congrats!

 

[oldmxrat]

Fantastic, congrats again!

 

[jewelerguy]

I hunted my parents yard several times every year for about 30 years in various soil conditions (dry, wet, hot, cold, etc.) and used different angles of approach and different sweep speeds and always managed to find things I had previously missed.

 

[Almy]

I wonder whether previous detectorists rejected the silver signals, mistaking them for aluminum trash?

 

[ArfieBoy]

That is a very nice piece of silver. Thanks for sharing. Congratulations!

 

[JeffInMass]

Takes an awful lot to convince me a place is hunted out- keep at it and I'm sure there'll be more. Nice Barber!!

 

[scruggs]

Just love those hunted out places when they give up the good old silver like you found! Congratulations!

 

[TerryC]

I will never declare a site "hunted out".

 

[TerryC]

I have found that a "fast sweep" will find a silver dime deeper than a slow sweep. Anyone agree?

 

[MD Ghost F75]

Three times now the first signal when I turned the detector on at this site was old silver. It's unusual for the silver to outdo the Indians in an old yard, but I got two seated and this Barber now and only one Indian. Hooray for hunted out yards.View attachment 2118204

Perhaps you should just hunt for 10 minutes each day. You’ll have one hell of a coin collection!

 

[Gare]

NICE going you are making believers out of a lot of people irgoodger

 

[E-Trac-Ohio]

A great looking Barber - congrats !

 

[TerryC]

IRGOODGER, is that extensive list of finds you have from Michigan? I may just have to RETHINK this AZ stuff and head up that way.... if you have room for another detectorist in the neighborhood. That list is IMPRESSIVE! ╦╦ç

 

[lrgoodger]

IRGOODGER, is that extensive list of finds you have from Michigan? I may just have to RETHINK this AZ stuff and head up that way.... if you have room for another detectorist in the neighborhood. That list is IMPRESSIVE! ╦╦ç

Most of it was found in Michigan. A lot in Indiana since I am close to the state line. Some on business trips or vacations, but mostly Michigan. It's getting harder and harder to find a productive place, though, since all the parks and public schools and most churches are hunted out now (or at least heavily hunted).

 

[lrgoodger]

I did finally get a second IHP from this yard Tuesday (a 1902), which I gave to the owner along with a 1919-S Lincoln that was brand new when dropped. It is now green, of course. I gave them the first IHP too, an 1881 and I offered him a handful (8 pieces, I think) of wheaties I had found there, but he declined. I just wanted to show him that the other hunters most likely HAD found coins, they just didn't tell him.

 

[lrgoodger]

IRGOODGER, is that extensive list of finds you have from Michigan? I may just have to RETHINK this AZ stuff and head up that way.... if you have room for another detectorist in the neighborhood. That list is IMPRESSIVE! ╦╦ç

There is a catch to that list. I hit a once in a lifetime site here in Michigan. You can read about it here;

Ron Goodger Detector Finds - 27 Days Digging Decatur

The original 27 Days Digging Decatur story was published in Treasure Magazine in four parts spanning the April '94 to July '94 issues. I believe it was the only four part story they ever published. When I called the publisher to ask him if he had gotten the story I sent him, he said yes. But did

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[Rich in Houston]

Well there ya go bro! Nice....

 

[Trezurehunter]

Very nice. I like that old silver.