If you think the old park is hunted out, you gotta read this!

[bk]

This old city square has been one of my favorite detecting spots for more than 30 years. It had produced many old coins in the past, but I had given up on it a long time ago because there wasn't much left to find there.
On a recent road trip my detecting buddy Jerry and I were looking for construction sites to hunt when we drove by the old park. We both looked at each other and said "Look, they have the whole park scraped".
Sure enough they had taken anywhere from 2" to 6" of sod of the entire square block. Between the two of us we got 28 Indianhead cents, 2 seated liberty dimes, 4 Barber dimes, a bunch of wheats, 2 gold rings, and a hand-made silver ring made from a Barber quarter, all in about 10 hours of detecting.
Even with the sod shaved off, the older coins were 3" to 6" deep.

 

[day dreamer]

Great finds,Thats like finding a cache but scatterd out.

 

[mchamby]

Wow, what an opporunity to fall on. HH
Mchamby

 

[Dave N Japan]

WOW A dream come true!

 

[lucky1777]

Congratulations on your great finds.

 

[dave-enc]

great finds bk way to go on some great finds
hh
dave+bobbie

 

[Mirage]

Wow, you did get lucky with the right time right place. Very nice finds! Usually around here they fence off the whole place and post NO TRESSPASSING signs. Yes - those 8-12" deep small coins are out of range for any detector.

Mirage

 

[bomber]

man,u've hit a great spot,keep the pics coming

 

[Wetgreenie]

BK sure seems to have the EYE........ Wow!

 

[birdman]

Congrats!! It is amazing what we leave behind.

 

[PBK]

Hey, BK, way to go! Maybe you should send in an article to Western & Eastern Treasures. I'll bet they'd love those finds and photos.

 

[stoney56]

BK and Jerry, Congrats on all those great finds! 8) BTW, did you find out where the scraped soil went? That might be a possibility as well. It could also make a newbie MD'er go WOW! an 1877 IH at 1/2" deep. LOL

 

[jorge del norte]

Wow, you did get lucky with the right time right place. Very nice finds! Usually around here they fence off the whole place and post NO TRESSPASSING signs. Yes - those 8-12" deep small coins are out of range for any detector.

Mirage

so is not a good idea to cross those little fences, even with no sign up they are doing the same thing right now in my town with little temp. fences.

 

[dg39]

WOW, WOW, WOW, WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
WHAT ELSE IS THERE TO SAY ABOUT SOMETHING LIKE THAT!

 

[nate]

What luck!  Guess this tells you something (if you did not already know) about the effective detection depth of your MD.

In the early 60's a shipmate taught me the art of making rings from silver quarters.  My wife still has one I made.

Nate

 

[trk5capt]

Great Finds, At A Great Site, Congrats To You Both. trk5capt...

 

[Green1]

owwwwo.. what timing,, wtg,,

 

[EDDE]

YOU SUCK! but on a high note i have a park near me that is"HO"but i took a freind here last year long story short. he poped a 1917 merc out from a tree, were i was!with a 9 inch coil it was crappy tash tones, sorrounded like trash, need to dig past the trash it was at 4 inchs!!!thats what keeps me going back......

 

[jc2]

. . . Dreams do come true . . . congratulations on the great finds . . . and definitely go back again if you can . . .

 

[Nana40]

WoW BK!

JACKPOT!

Congrats on those awesome finds!!!

Nana

 

[gregd573]

How do you say....."green with envy".....never mind its said. No really, that is some great finds, congrats........gregd573