Invited my Nephew to a Defunct Pool to hunt today

[jeff of pa]

I wanted to see if my Black Widow Headphones would improve my odds of Finally finding Real Gold with my Explorer.
and also wanted to see what his CTX could do here.


before:


Now











My Gas rebate not so well 54 cents



mainly because I was Hogging the low
foil Tones.

which of course improved my Foil Finds



I also found a
Charm



and a Size 8 14K Ring



My first since I switched to the Explorer

 

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[ARC]

Nice... A little bling man.
Sweetness... best find in a bit Jeff. IMO.

 

[Thigh66]

Congrats on the ring! A good day

 

[Oddjob]

Did the pool still have the sand traps. I worked as a life guard during my time at the university and we would have to run a rake down those massive sand traps daily. It was not odd to pull up a chain of some sort. I always wanted to MD one.

 

[scruggs]

Wow! It worked...real gold! Good job!

 

[trapperart]

Congrats on the gold

 

[jeff of pa]

Did the pool still have the sand traps. I worked as a life guard during my time at the university and we would have to run a rake down those massive sand traps daily. It was not odd to pull up a chain of some sort. I always wanted to MD one.

not that i'm aware . I think it was all grass & Concrete

 

[djm of PA]

Envious of that ring! My first dig was also a ring but as clean as it was, no markings. Got an Elk Hotel 5cent trade token and some clad. Good day out.

 

[Evolution]

Congrats on the gold Jeff ..... and excellent use of the word defunct.

 

[releventchair]

Better try the Black Widows again ,it could have been a fluke.

Congrats on the gold!

 

[Oddjob]

not that i'm aware . I think it was all grass & Concrete

OK, well when these old outdoor pools where built they had these giant sand boxes. A pool that size would have had 2 joining boxes at least 4 foot wide, 7 foot long each and about 5 feet deep.

When the cities destroy these pools, environmentally it is safe enough to leave those sand boxes behind. Sometimes the worker just break off the cement curbs around the boxes just under ground level, leaving the sand traps. I have never heard of a city investing the man hours and money it takes to dig up the sand box all the way.

Just food for thought; if you ever go back you may want to just keep your eyes out. The box would either be located directly behind the pool or it was in a structure.

Just saying because I always wanted to hunt one my self after seeing the stuff we pulled out with just a rake. The way I figured it, that it would be one of those digs done layer after layer since the good stuff sinks, leaving the best for last.

 

[CoilyGirl]

Way to go Jeff,ya done good!

 

[texjim]

That is way cool. Can i borrow the new head phones

 

[texjim]

Cool Token Dennis.

 

[Chug And Red]

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[deershed]

Congrats on the gold!! Always good when you see gold in the hole.

 

[WHADIFIND]

Congrats on the first gold! Hunting for them certainly causes a LOT of work though, don't it.

Looks like an interesting place.

 

[BARKER]

Hi Jeff; Maybe the real gold was the time you got to spend with your nephew. Great find. What did he find ?? PEACE:RONB

 

[jeff of pa]

Congrats on the first gold! Hunting for them certainly causes a LOT of work though, don't it.

Looks like an interesting place.

Yes it's actually another Large Park.




I think the Football field is the Schools .
there was a Ball field just north of the pool grounds in 1959
before the pool was built




strange thing, considering it is a large town,
there doesn't seem to be any real histrory
other then it's connection to coal.

and being it's distance from me, it is hard to get up there much.
every time I went up though I said there must be gold there.
But I just couldn't find any.
My Troy Phones just make a Thump sound in the gold/foil range on my Explorer.
my Sovereign used to thump when it was auto tuning. So my mind
would ignore the thump if I wasn't paying extra close attention.
the Black Widows are making a Nice Low tone I can't miss

 

[jeff of pa]

Hi Jeff; Maybe the real gold was the time you got to spend with your nephew. Great find. What did he find ?? PEACE:RONB

ring and token.... see his post above here #9 in the Responses by djm of PA