Find's Treasure Forums

Welcome to Find's Treasure Forums, Guests!

You are viewing this forums as a guest which limits you to read only status.

Only registered members may post stories, questions, classifieds, reply to other posts, contact other members using built in messaging and use many other features found on these forums.

Why not register and join us today? It's free! (We don't share your email addresses with anyone.) We keep email addresses of our users to protect them and others from bad people posting things they shouldn't.

Click here to register!



Need Support Help?

Cannot log in?, click here to have new password emailed to you

Changed email? Forgot to update your account with new email address? Need assistance with something else?, click here to go to Find's Support Form and fill out the form.

Does Anyone Have Any Idea What I Will Find In Buck's County Pennsylvania?:confused:

Mr Metal

New member
[size=small]Hi, I just bought a new metal detector, (a:bounty: Fast Tracker) and I have to say I got it for a bargain, :bouncy::clapping:($52.02 + FREE 2-Day Shipping!):clapping::bouncy: so I guess that's all good. However, when I was buying it at Amazon I was worried a bit. Will I find anything at all of interestwhen i go out hunting? Just so you know I hear that George Washington, as well as many of his troops camped for a couple of weeks on the spot where my house is. What impact will this have on my finds?

In case you want a specific city near where i will be hunting... It's Jamison. Try looking for it on Google EARTH.



By the way, nobody has found a grave on accident when they were digging right? :detecting:
__________________________________________________________________:goodnight:________________________________________________________

Also what finds have other people made with a :bounty: Fast Tracker? Please share what, the value, and where.
 
OK...first off...When entering a new forum, it pays to read the posts already there, at least the last 100 anyways...most of the time your question can be answered in this way, or by searching the forum for keywords, such as "fast tracker".
To more possitively answer your question, if you live on or near a historical landmark, or site, your in very good luck...I would say you chances of old coins and relics is much higher this way. the Fast tracker is a capable machine, but do not hold the assumption of most new detectorists, that every time you go out, your gonna strike it rich. Go out with NO expectations whatsoever, and you will NEVER be dissapointed...I do not hunt to get rich, or to find silver and gold on every outing. I hunt for the simple thrill of not knowing what I might dig up next. Check your local laws...Make sure that where you plan to hunt is not gonna bring a rain of trouble down upon you...Stay away from Private property (unless you get Written permission to hunt there). Monuments, memorials, State and Federal Lands are usually bad places to detect (check first) Authorities can confiscate everything you have with you at the time they catch you (detecting gear, your car, etc.). You can also face Prison time, and very hefty fines. In my city, the tresspassing charges are $350 at a minimum, and or 90 days in jail. School yards and playgrounds are normally safe spots to hunt (but again, common sense dictates that if a tot lot, or school is in use by many children, their parents may not look kindly on someone weilding a strange device, and carrying what appear to be potential wepons lurking near). Research research research...90 percent of metal detecting lies in research...look up your local history, over a wide range of years...do google searches for "your city, state" and civil war, or revolutionary war, etc. Look at your area on Google Earth, and search for open fields or large orpen areas you may hunt, then find out who owns that property and if you might gain permission to hunt there.
Have never heard of anyone finding a grave with a detector, but I can imagine it HAS eben done...Stay FAR AWAY from grave sites...It is usually frowned upon by the public, and in many states, digging within so many yards of a graveyard is a Felony. The caretakers of the yard DO NOT have the right to tell you it is OK. Burial plots are PRIVATE property...
read the manual for your detector 10 times over, and practice with it while reading. Bring the manual with you (a copy of it) on your first hunt. You do not know how frustrating it can be to have to go home to figure out what a particular button or sequence of buttons does if you do not remember.
Follow our code of ethics (I am sure it is printed on your manual somewhere...Usually near the front, or on the rear cover)...
learn to dig proper plugs...Always fill in your holes, and strive to leave the ground as you found it...When your done, you should be able to look back in the ground you covered, and not be able to tell you were even there...
I hope these words help you in your new "Addiction" (It is far more than a mere hobby)...Never be ashamed to ask any question...The only dumb question is the one that remains unasked...
I do not want my warnings to scare you away from the hobby...I am a straight shooter, and tell it like it is...This hobby has brought me much enjoyment, but you MUST use your brain at all times...The one question I ask myself all the time is, "Am I doing the right thing by hunting here?" if I say no, I pack up and move on...

Happy Hunting,
 
GoGoGopher said:
The one question I ask myself all the time is, "Am I doing the right thing by hunting here?" if I say no, I pack up and move on...

....because angry landowners exercising their second amendment rights have been known to magically appear if one does not ask one self this question soon enough........:surrender:
 
If it is Buck's County, you will probably find Buck.

Sorry I couldn't resist. Good luck with your project. Dave
 
Well, since my family first arrived in Bucks county in the mid 1600s, anything you find might belong to me via my ancestors, so you need to send all valuables you find to me for evaluation. If I can prove that they did not belong to my family members, I'll gladly return them to you.

Thanks,

Mark
 
you said your own property may be a goerge washington camp woo great place to start and learn and its yours no one to complain have all ball dig all at first learn the sounds the settings get the feel of your detector youll love it all penn. has old places ask permission knock on doors talk to your local historical sociaty:wiggle:
 
Top