TEXAS COIN HUNTERS PLEASE READ

[d3t3ctr0n]

If you are from Texas, specifically near the Dallas / Fort Worth area and know of a good place to find potential silver coins, please pass on some of that information please. I've been Metal Detecting since April 2013 and have not found one single silver coin yet! I need some ideas or some hope that I will find something, someday. Thanks!

 

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[BigWaveDave]

If I may..... your neighborhood, or older part of town, undoubtedly has homes built in the 50's, or before... start there. On a weekend morning, look for a guy your age, or, perhaps someone you can relate to in some way, and ask to hunt their yard. My best hunts, happen just like that.

I wouldn't start with "how 'bout them Cowboys!" though...after the beating my Pats put on you.

 

[Loco-Digger]

Do you hunt older permissions or just public lands?

 

[CRUSADER]

Research some ploughed land because with that machines lack of depth you need all the help you can get. The plough will bring the older finds to the top for you.

 

[baspinall]

I know people that do very well with that detector. Research old picnic spots. Anywhere people gathered. Ask permission at homes.

 

[retire05]

I just got back from a trip to a friend's house that lives in Weatherford (about a half hour west of Ft. Worth). I saw many old farms/ranches there along the way to Ft. Worth. I would look at NETR Online ? Historic Aerials. You can use it to compare current places with older locations. Just play around and look for structures that are on older maps and not on newer maps. Those are always good places to start as well as the good advice others have given you on this thread...Brad

 

[NEPADIGGER7]

I agree with big wave Dave...knock and ask...you have nothing to lose just to gain!

 

[Scrappy]

Look for old dirt; Old patchy grass, intermingled with new grass, is often a giveaway, as is old cement, bluestone curbs, and old houses...I learned architecture just to figure what style houses are truly old as I drive around. Take notes on hunches. Ask permissions to old houses you find. Aerials I don't use, but old maps help.

I occasionally find a silver coin or two using the above. I lived in TX for 6 years.

Steve

 

[rhedden]

When I started detecting in the 1990s in upstate NY, I used my machine for an hour every day after work and did not find a single silver coin for the first 30 days. The best advice I can give is to focus on areas that are less obvious or less accessible to other detectorists. I finally found my first silver dime (1919 merc.) on private property, and it was a whopping 1/2" deep.

I now live in Texas, and I don't use my machine much. Parks are illegal to detect in my area, and most of the older houses are in crummy neighborhoods. In the Dallas, I would try looking for defunct church groves and picnic areas outside of the city limits. Searching on historic photos of church gatherings would be a good place to start. You will likely have to gain permission to search any promising spots, as there is very little public land in Texas compared to the northeast.

 

[McKinney_5900]

A buddy of mine seems to keep finding silvers along curb strips. That puts you in the public's eye more, so expect intermittent confrontations. People find silvers in sidewalk tear outs, etc, yet there again, there's public eyeballs and sometimes yellow tape indicating to keep off, even is it doesn't specifically say Keep Out. My natural intimidation-side stops me from those types of high public visibility opportunities.

I live in north Dallas myself. I still find a silver coin once about every 30 hours on average of swing and dig time, in spots where I seem to be the last tector to even try. Detecting is exercise to me but getting lots harder to muster the umph to go like before. Lean pickins here in DFW area, even getting so for fresh dropped clad. jm2c