Whats your thoughts on parks?

[zags08]

So i have been in a "slump" the past few hunts pulling out nothing but pop tops and memorial pennies. I have been hitting woods near my home on Long Island. I wanted anyone's thoughts on trying to hunt parks. I live near tons of ballfields, schools, etc? The land mass that most of these places were built on were once potato farms. Any words of wisdom would be great! thanks

 

[silvercop]

hunt um just bring along a trash can

 

[detector dave]

I like hunting schools, i find lots of clad , rings ( gold,silver, and tin) you will find tons of things at schools and parks. some of my oldest coins and rings came from old city parks. most parks have been parks sence the early 1850's if not later. Hunt every place you can and remember gold rings can read from tinfoil to pull tab. Dig the tabs to find the rings.

 

[wolcottdigger]

I like parks the last two rings I found were in parks. Look for large old trees, ponds, places with picnic tables and those barbecue grills that are cemented in the ground. Also look for paths in the grass that are worn from people walking on them, hills where people sled in the winter (if that applies to your location).
Be extra neat when digging your holes and do a good job of re-filling them, I have a Lesche digging tool and I cut a three sided flap in the grass and flip it over to search for my finds. The areas around athletic fields are great but I don't actually go onto the playing areas (I was a grounds keeper for twelve years at a college). along sidewalks is another great place, if the park has a pool try the fence line around the pool if there is one, people are always hanging clothes over the fence. The ground around buildings in the park is great like bathrooms, changing rooms and especially snack bars.

Joe

 

[spartacus53]

Yes hunt parks, playgrounds, pools, parks, picnic areas, anywhere were there is people and heavy traffic and you find coins and jewelry

 

[LI Tom]

You can find good ,old stuff at some LI parks.I and people I hunt with ,have found LC's,colonials,old buttons,Barbers and other silver coins at parks.I only woods hunt,from mid-Nov.to mid April,because of ticks and Lyme disease.To hunt State parks,you need a $40 permit you can obtain at Belmont Lake

 

[vanoldschool]

Parks are not bad, but usually alot of peolpe and pull tabs, I like schools, a majority of my rings this year came from elementary and middle schools, also soccer fields are great

 

[Tank69]

hunt em.

we all hit slumps , you gotta do like folks say an look outside the box for new places even if at times it seems like you have it everywhere ....I spent 3 hours yesterday on google earth looking around my town for new places to hunt an now have 5-7 new possible places .

good luck

 

[goldnow]

I was raised around Baldwin schools on L.I. The elementary and High school are on the same large grounds. It was once a golf course 60+ years ago. It borders a brook, thus the name of the Elementary school, Brookside. There is a hill we used to sled down in the winter. People would sit alongside the brook. There are a few ball fields, a football field and plenty of areas people would hang out on. They had carnivals and many events on this area. Plenty of old trees people sat around.

I always wanted to go back and check it out, but that would be an improbability now, so if you do do it, let me know how it works out. Can't promise it's virgin, of course.

 

[BuckleBoy]

Look up the local laws (yes, do research!) to see if there are any restrictions on MD use.

 

[mikewaz]

I normally hunt the woods, but jump out into the fields or parks when I get a little burned out to dig some clad and silver. Ever since I got my F75 I like the trashy areas because most people don't.

There's usually quite a bit of clad in between all the pulltabs and screw caps. You just have to be patient. Hit it with a small coil if you got one and you might be surprised.

I found a beautiful 1901 Barber dime in between a mess of pulltabs in a heavily hunted park and the coin was only 3 or 4 inches deep.

Good Luck out there!
Mike

 

[bangorguy]

hello, all we have a park here in bangor maine and i see people detecting it at least twice a week i ask if they found anything and most of them say no i think it has been detected to death lol. well here's what i like to do, i go to the same park but the thing i do diffrent is i start detecting the edges, most people that detect park's turn on the machine and go right to the middle of the park, but forget about the best part the "edges" if the park has been detected alot you will have a better chance at finding something at the edges i found 3 indian heads and a seated dime last year while a guy with a very nice fisher was detecting in the middle as i see everyone doing this. he ask me if i found anything and i just said yes a couple of pennies. don't want to give it away lol. but give it a try and see what happens. good luck and happy hunting. "god bless" ben.

 

[West Jersey Detecting]

Personally, I only hunt "parks" if I am desperate. This applies to kiddie playgrounds, school yards and ball fields. I do like wooded parks and nature parks though! Also the wooded areas surrounding all the above. Check out my email that I sent you!

 

[scrubber]

Most of my hunting has been in parks. I like to look around the perimeter of basketball courts, especially if there's a grassy rise next to them for people to sit on. Also, people like to sit under trees in hot weather.

For fresh finds, look in grass long enough to hide jewelry and large coins so they're not apt to be spotted by people without detectors. That's a time when a pinpointer really comes in handy.

Large grassy areas where people toss footballs and frisbees can be good and a lot of previous MDers won't have taken the time to comb them well. HH

scrubber

 

[allen]

go slow and dig all signals !!

 

[Nick A]

I hunt almost exclusively parks... but I hunt OLD parks for old coins. Generally no suburban, new, tot-lot parks. Any site that is old has potential though. Even your potato field parks. I recall one guy in one of the forums who usually tot-lot and athletic field hunts for new stuff got two large cents out of one of those new athletic fields. You never know what was on that land before it was fields and parks, especially in an older east coast area of the country.

 

[Woodland Detectors]

With the bad comes a little good. We all dig our share of junk but, under that junk are good tones....I promise. Stay persistent

 

[crazyjarhead]

Parks can be real good except for all of the trash (aluminum, pull-tops, etc)

 

[Detectingfreak]

Dig all the tones! I found that out when digging tons of foil at this one elementary school, and out popped an 18k gold pendent. Just goes to show you that you don't know what you will find next!