cheffer
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- Joined
- Sep 17, 2004
- Messages
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- Golden Thread
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- Location
- Western Mass
- 🥇 Banner finds
- 2
- Detector(s) used
- XP Deus, Fisher 1275 LTD, Fisher 1265, Fisher 1270, Tesoro Vaquero
- Primary Interest:
- Metal Detecting
Here in our neck of the woods, there's a lot of competition for finds in the ground. Most of us have tapped out the regular spots, or, like Secondstar, going back slowly through all the trash to pick the missed ones out. To find a virgin picnic area is extremely rare, but this morning I think I stumbled upon just that.
I've been doing a lot of research on outlying towns, mainly poring over old maps and guidebooks to find the spots where people have hung out over the years. Small ponds, rivers, hilltops and the like. This spring I've logged a lot of miles in the woods, but have been unlucky so far.
This morning I decided to check out what looked like a small flat spot surrounded by boulders just off the Main Street in one of the hill towns. No sooner did I turn on my machine when I found a 19th century spoon, always a good sign. For the next hour I pulled one coin after another out of this small area:
Totally surprised by the variety, with the exception of a single contemporary coin. Not even a lot of new trash, so this area has not been visited much in modern times. The half dime was a thrill, I could barely hear it on the Deus. Only my second in 14 years of detecting.
Along with the spoon, lots of other old relics; buttons, bullets, buckles, and bell. Even though it's a small area I feel like I've only scratched the surface.
So, when you get discouraged, remember these spots still exist, just a matter of finding them. Can't wait to get back there!
HH,
Steve
I've been doing a lot of research on outlying towns, mainly poring over old maps and guidebooks to find the spots where people have hung out over the years. Small ponds, rivers, hilltops and the like. This spring I've logged a lot of miles in the woods, but have been unlucky so far.
This morning I decided to check out what looked like a small flat spot surrounded by boulders just off the Main Street in one of the hill towns. No sooner did I turn on my machine when I found a 19th century spoon, always a good sign. For the next hour I pulled one coin after another out of this small area:
Totally surprised by the variety, with the exception of a single contemporary coin. Not even a lot of new trash, so this area has not been visited much in modern times. The half dime was a thrill, I could barely hear it on the Deus. Only my second in 14 years of detecting.
Along with the spoon, lots of other old relics; buttons, bullets, buckles, and bell. Even though it's a small area I feel like I've only scratched the surface.
So, when you get discouraged, remember these spots still exist, just a matter of finding them. Can't wait to get back there!
HH,
Steve
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