Metal Detecting

:smile To All Of You Out There That Likes To Metal Detect, I Have Found I Great Place To Find Coins. Driveways. I Metal Detected In My Driveway And Found A Bunch Of Pocket Change. When Someone Gets Out Of The Car And Have Some Change On Their Lap It Goes Into The Gravel. Trust Me. I Go Out Metal Detecting In My Driveway And Come Back With At Least 25 Cents. If Your House Is Old You Will Probaly Find Old Coins In Your Drive Way. You Can Also Metal Detect In The Gravel Parking Lots In The Park And You Will Find $2-Plus. I Went To The Park About A Month Ago. I Metal Detected In The Playground Sand And In The Parking Lot. I Found About $3 In Pennies, Nickels,Dimes And Quarters. I Have Not Really Found Anything Old. The Oldest I've Found Was A 1966 Penny. To You People That Don't Have Metal Detectors, Now Is A Good Time To Start. You Can Get Yourself A Good Working Metal Detector For $200 Or Less. I Got The $200 Boundy Hunter Metal Detector At Walmart And I Love It. I Bring It In The Car Everywhere I Go. It's Really Fun. Also If You Are Looking To Lose Weight And Fat This Is The Hobby For You. It Is Also Really Good For Coin Collectors Like Myself.

 

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not trying to be mean but it is easier to read if you Dont Write Like That and yup, metal detecting is a lot of fun!

 

Write Like What?

 

In Texas during the summer the lakes are usually 10 to 20 feet below normal, take your medal detector there and you will find anything from rings to old pocket change that swimmers have lost over the years.

 

I've Done That Before At A Lake Around Here. I Found Lots Of Wheat Pennies.

 

I think he meant with the first letter in every word capitalized.

 

that's exactly what i meant

 

I read it again after he said something about it and it is hard to read. sorry. it's an old habit.

 

At least you capitolize

 

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I got a bounty hunter for my birthday last weekend and am in the process of learning how to use it correctly. I am exited to start using it. I did figure out that if the detector says there is a coin at 2 inches, and you don't find it there, there may be a licence plate about 7 inches deep!!

 

mine does the same darn thing.

 

One of my favorite things to do. I am not sure about your area but here every where has been hit hard!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The place I find most of my OLD BETTER coins are under rocks that where used for walk ways. Most of the time the rock can be flipped over and replaced with out it ever looking like it was disturbed (a must in someones yard). I ahve found 1 silver dollar but it was well wore. The best find I have had yet to date was 2 Barber quarters with full LIBERTYS and nice detail XF-AU. The funny part of that story is they were in the yard of the owner of thecoin shop that I go to most often. I offered one to him and he said "keep them I never would have found them and I didnt loose them". It is a great hobby.

 

One of my best sites I've found for detecting was along a walkway leading up to an old house. I found probably 50 wheaties and a few silver pieces too but oddly not any newer coins. My theory is that possibly the people had small kids at some point who lost the change while playing while young or possibly it was change dropped back when people had to pay for milk to be delivered door to door. Yes, I'm that old to remember such..lol Anyhow, not sure they got there, but sure was fun to find them!

Was curious if anyone else who's found silver coins in their respective area's have found it to come out of the ground with almost no soils attached and shining like silver whereas newer clad coinage comes out of the ground almost black looking? Was wondering if that's a universal occurence or just happens in our part of the countries soil types?

 

Hello,
I live in the NE and yes that is pretty much how it always is around here the silver coins do not collect dirt but the others are usually dark and ugly. I once found a silver barber dime with a full LIBERTY that was only 1 inch deep. Since the metal detector indicated it as being 1 inch deep I jabbed my screw driver into the ground and hit a solid rock (missed the coin by about an inch, Thank goodness). This coin was as clean as if though taken from circulation.

 

silver is a precious metal, so it is MUCH less reactive... thats why you can find silver coins like that (sometimes)

 

I really want one but where I live is so over populated and there is no more open fields and what not. Only upstate NY is where its not that populated

 

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go to some local parks or schools. or even your own backyard. no matter where you live there are still dozens of places to metal detect.

 

All this talk about detecting has got me with the itch to get out an peck around a bit... Noticed in one of our neighboring towns that nearly a whole block of the old downtown houses had been torn down and probably in a few months will stand a whole lot of new apartments or duplexes. Think I'm gonna head over that way this weekend and see if I can find a coin or two. Hardest part will be trying to find the owner of the land so I can get permission to hunt there. Most folks don't seem to mind if you hunt places like that IF you get permission first. What's good about the site is that it's older than most places in our town dating back to the early 1800's. Could be some nice finds over that way if noone's already detected it!

 

i would. houses are the best place to find old coins. me and my friend found an old house in some weeds last week but we have to come back in fall or winter because there are hornets all over the place around there. i can't wait to go there. hard telling how old that house is. i hope you have good luck there where your at!:smile