Ah yes.. another one hooked! <grin> Dude! If you're looking for coin, clad or otherwise, try some of your local parks. Areas around ball fields,( baseball, soccer or football) especially Bleachers and or concession stands. The paths between the bleachers and the concession stands! Around picnic shelters, or large trees where someone might spread a blanket for a picnic or just lounge around on the ground in the shade. Look for where people will have sat down, to watch a game or just watch their kids play.. along embankments or small hills beside ball fields or playgrounds. Parking areas... NEVER EVER overlook GRAVEL parking lots. Most people think that would be a bad place to detect, but it's GREAT! Not only do people spill change there as well as anywhere else (think people pulling keys out of their pockets or purses and pulling loose coins out with them.. tinkle tinkle tinkle).. but the coins are usually pretty easy to find. Think about it, the coins in sand, grass and soil "sink" with time.. drop a coin today and in 6 months it's under the grass roots. But Gravel isn't as yielding, drop a coin in gravel and it might get dusted over or even turned on edge, but it's not going to sink down like it would anywhere else. Now a parking area with gavel AND grass is good too, the grass is good camouflage for most drops, but still easy to retrieve when detecting.
Along sidewalks and driveways are other good places to look when detecting. Just think about where people congregate, what they are doing when they congregate.. Where are people likely to inadvertently drop or lose coins or jewelery or whatever? Beaches, (don't ignore the waterline and IN the water), swimming holes (rivers or lakes) fairgrounds, flea markets, farmers' markets? Most of these venues are public properties too, so usually no permission is required, though you might want to check on your local laws and ordinances, someplaces don't allow detecting in parks.. *sigh*
One place that a LOT of people find stuff, and you will find these EVERYWHERE, are kiddie playgrounds with swings and climbing structures.. "Tot Lots" they call them. Swings and slides. Of course there are volleyball pitches too .. especially close to the net, on either side.. <grin>
Check with your church or churches in your area, you can detect their grounds and parking lots or along the walks going to and from the parking. School yards, of course I wouldn't recommend hunting there while school is in session <grin> I usually hunt the school yards in the summer when classes aren't being held.
Well there you go, a few ideas for places to hunt. No matter where you go though, have fun! And be thoughtfull and courteous. Remember to fill your holes back in after digging something up! And take time to talk with anyone that approaches you while you're indulging in your hobby, You never know who might "hook you up" with a new place to detect or know someone with some property, etc etc.
Above all else.. have fun! Happy Hunting!
Frodov
