Hello everyone, Yesterday I did a 5-hour dirt fishing hunt at Pelham Park located in the Bronx NYC. It was another frustrating trip. Searching for silver is getting harder as time passes. I have been talking to several of my detecting friends that I have met over the years, and we agree that many of our parks are becoming hunted out. We might have to start hitting parks that are not allowed. See, we get a list from the parks department of parks that are allowed to be detected. We stick to the list. But there are many that aren't allowed for whatever reason. I will be tricky to do but we are desperate! I'm sure others have done it but there is only one way to find out! Here are my recent finds.. 1943 Philadelphia Nickel - It is in bad shape with blobs on the surface that when cleaned exposes some of the copper that is mixed with the silver 9 Wheat Cents - With Nickel Old Button Everything Neat heart shaped piece of lead
Nice haul. I went out yesterday myself to a local park for about an hour or so. The best find was the James K. Polk Presidential dollar - the first one I've found. Looks like it was hit with a mower.
Cool. Neat toy car. You made me lay out my finds over the years. Minus 6 cars that I keep at home . These are in my son's room at my mom's place.
Some nice finds but the reason you aren’t finding much is because you and your detective friends have cleaned those parks out. Some of your past posts after detecting trip are amazing but it is getting less and less.
Nice. I have never found a silver coin. I recently found a silver bracelet, but otherwise I seem destined to only find common change. Today I found 4 quarters, one dime, and one penny. Nothing older than 1984. I am sure I have spent well over 150 hours metal detecting various parks and homes over the past fourteen years. When I hear people complain about *only* finding one or two silver coins during their expedition, I can only stare at the ground and wish I could be that for just once.
Is it possible to get a special permit? In my area you can't hunt state parks but some will sell you a one day permit. I found out the hard way. A really nice park ranger let me slide without a fine. The permit came with a set of rules. We even have school yards that don't allow hunting or limit hunting. They don't allow hunting while the kids are at school.
Hmm. That makes me think of my old elementary school. It was built in 1959, and it's still in use today (after many renovations). But at recess, we'd all go up to the fields and playgrounds behind the school, and the woods behind them - and those were abandoned many years ago, now overgrown. I wonder what someone would find detecting there?
Paddyman, does Gettysburg, PA allow detectors in their park? If I was a hunter, that place has so much history it would be quite a thrill to roam that place. No telling what might turn up there.
Not only is it illegal to metal detect in Gettysburg National Park, it's a federal offense. It's also illegal to even have a metal detector in your vehicle within the park.
Yeah, I still hope to take up detecting someday... but detecting Gettysburg or Antietam would feel way too much like grave-robbing, not to mention vandalism. Now, if I could detect some of the pastures near my childhood house, that might be different. Back when there was still a corn field behind the house (instead of apartments and a fitness center), plowing turned up a Civil War shell. I remember it sitting on my brother's dresser. Heaven only knows what else is in those fields -- they're about five or six miles from Antietam, as the spirit flies.
Not really. I probably won't break the rules. I could cause problems for myself and other NYC detectorists. I said what I said a few days ago because I was just frustrated.
State parks in CT. is allowed. Allowed as long as metal detectorists follow the code of ethics. Fill the holes and respect the land (leave it as it was). Schools and public parks are okay also. Historical sites are OFF limits. I did have a former friend who worked alongside archeologists in a dig for the Indian reservation that we have here. Just applied and got in. Not sure how it went as our friendship is no longer.
Oh, I'm aware. I didn't seem to have that allergic reaction as a kid (wandered into a thick patch of it, nothing happened), but I know you can get sensitized with repeated exposure, so I avoid the stuff anyhow.
I dug some warty Warnicks like that! Your button- is it one-piece, or two-piece? If it's a one-piece flat button in that style, it's likely pretty early; say 200 years old or thereabouts (give or take). Two-piece would make it a bit later.
