Gridwalker306
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So I have a honey hole that has produced mega silver coins, and a ton of other great stuff from 1880's to the present. I have only detected half of this spot, because the other half is the thickest un-mowed grass, nearly four feet deep in spots. I have pictures of turn of the century baseball games played, with hundreds of spectators, and I know other events took place here as well. I was told that it would have to be burned first, then junk collected, then it could be mowed and maintained. I have offered to be the person in charge of lining up the local FD for a controlled burn, and then mowing it forever, if we can get it burned.
My concern is that I don't want to melt the finds before I dig them up! The mowed adjacent sweet spot produces old coins anywhere from 4-10 inches deep, so I imagine this other half would be similar. Has anybody ever burned grass to be able to detect, and if so, is the several inches of earth enough to insulate the finds from the heat?
My concern is that I don't want to melt the finds before I dig them up! The mowed adjacent sweet spot produces old coins anywhere from 4-10 inches deep, so I imagine this other half would be similar. Has anybody ever burned grass to be able to detect, and if so, is the several inches of earth enough to insulate the finds from the heat?
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