Searched two civil war sites!

[dirty digger dude]

I got nothing. Drove 100 miles to 2 known civil war sites and found exactly nothing to post. I did find a whopping 49 cent in clad. I even switched to all metal mode and all that turned up was a modern dinner fork. I am seriously thinking about quitting completely. I have a club meeting in 2 days and again I have to show up with not a single item worth showing off.

 

[worldtalker]

DirtyDiggerDude,Hang in there brother,you don't hit everytime,but when you do WWWHHHOOOAAA!!!!!HH

 

[brucebob]

Hang in there! I know how you feel though. I have found nothing but junk and clad so far BUT I still had a good time and I know there's still a lot of good stuff out there.

 

[Woodland Detectors]

Bummer. Keep trying.

 

[djm of PA]

Hang in there man, don't quit! I will tell you this, it is all about location. If the goodies aren't there, you won't find them. Being on this website is great, but it has also skewed my expectations. Almost anyone can find silver/gold/relics if they have the proper area to look or better yet virgin territory. The key for you is to start knocking on doors, looking at old maps and stay patient. While you may never have the luck of others on here, I'd take more pride knowing my spots were obtained by hard work and perseverance rather than by the almighty dollar and happenstance!

Good luck and keep your chin up

 

[justanotherpulltab]

See you said that the 2 civil war sites were "known", see thats the problem, they were "known" probaly by alot of people so it was wiped out! Hang in there, I've been in alot of downs and then you find the big one. Keep your head held high and your coil low!

 

[ivan salis]

known CW spots are often "heavily worked / hit spots" -- a bit of research to find lesser known smaller skirmish spots often helps to find a spot with something left to find.

 

[relic lover]

I found nothing of significance my first whole year of detecting. Old maps changed all that for me. now I have a sweet collection.

 

[DanRiverMan]

What state are you in dude? I may can look at some of my old notes and research etc. to see if I have anything that matches up close to your area?

Scott

 

[poppa19]

Im in a bad slump also, only thing found this year so far , other than junk and clad 1 wheat penny hang in there you'll hit soon

 

[MKnTenn]

Took me almost a year to find something to get excited about when I started. It will take time to learn that some areas are alot better than others, what I mean by that is you will learn that in hunted out sites you must think outside the box, like hunt the really thickly grown up areas, or right up next to a fence or next to the road. Try to spot the places others might not try. We had a nice CS camp once that most everyone was about to give up on, we took an guy in there that had been relic hunting alot longer than us and he jumped into the thickest pile of brush and stickers in the camp he could find and came out a little bloody but he was holding 3 very nice CS staff buttons. We all felt like idiots. Don't give up, try something else like swimming beaches maybe, kind of mix it up and sooner or later you will be on here showing off something really nice. GL