I find lots of silver with my ATP, it's a silver magnet. Now I usually hunt for old silver, 1800s and older so if you want old silver then here is my strategy; look for the older farm fields, they would have been smaller and closer to the old roads then newer fields. Prior to farmers having all the gear they have now like trackers, herbicides and pestacides, farmers and their farm hands had to work in the fields almost everyday so if the field is 200-300 years old then it most likely will hold some silver and for sure old coppers. If you are hunting for newer silver and are going to all the same places everyone else is like schools, parks and sports fields you will likely dig alot of clad and all the silver that is still in the ground will be hard to find and masked by junk. Try knocking on doors around your neighbourhood, don't be shy most people are very nice and the rest... well they are A holes so don't let them get you down. Do a good job of digging and refilling and don't forget to smile and be friendly yourself, even if the answere is no.
The silver is out there and the ATP will find it, no problem.
HH
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