Trashless sites

[critter0527]

What is your experiences in finding sites with little to no trash? I have one old faithful site that always gives up clad with little trash but I found that by luck.

 

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[Normsel]

They are few and far between. Most places with any decent finds are trash laden as well. I did find one place that was grass that was used for a parking lot for activities but very few trashy items.

 

[RobRieman]

Trash means people and people drop the goodies. I look for the trash on a site as it seems to produce the best finds, unless you find the dump. Lol

 

[Tom_in_CA]

My most memorable site that fits that description, was this:

In the early 1990s, I researched out and found a country picnic site, that had served a small town of only 700-ish people. It was a country meadow where all the townsfolk would hitch up their wagons or model T's, each Mother's day, easter, 4th of July, etc... and everyone in this little community would go out and have a picnic a few x per year. The town was small, and the years of usage were fairly slim (some usage in the 1880s, and again in the 1910s/20s). The last of the picnics in this oak grove ended in the mid 1920s, d/t a new park came into vogue elsewhere. So after the mid 1920s, it's just been nothing but a cow pasture.

Thus it was a) strictly picnics, b) pre-dated foil and tabs and aluminum, c) never had any structures or buildings there (that introduce building material junk, nails, etc...).

The place was a dream come true. The only "junk" we had to deal with, was occasional bullet shells, shotgun butts, etc.... We ended up pulling about 150 coins, from seateds, to early mercs and wheaties. I think the absolute newest coin we found was a mid 1920s mercury dime.

 

[Cutaplug]

Usually the nicer houses have less trash and more goodies. If you're in the part of town with lots of rentals it's exactly the opposite. Also, huge parks that have been hunted tend to have less targets so if you use a large coil and deep seeker you can find some oldies.

 

[critter0527]

That sounds like something I dream about...

 

[Jason in Enid]

Never found such a place.