During the lull before the next storm, a short hunt! :drinking:

[quarterhorse]

I hunted 38,812.5 sq. feet, which equates to half of a soccer field, found $2.68 and a ring, "beats a stick in the eye ," but it's not gold

HH

QH

 

[Gopher John]

Did you hunt Goal to Goal or was it side line to side line QH?

I ask as I have a soccer complex with 17 fields to hunt.

So far I have just hit 2 sidelines sidelines where I thought fans would sit on canvas chairs.

I did not think the players would carry any thing in pockets of play shorts. Just curious.

Old Gopher John

 

[BH_Landstar_]

Hunt the play area and see

 

[quarterhorse]

Gopher John

Mine has 13 soccer fields, 3 football field, and a handful of baseball diamonds. I first mined out the sidelines, now I am going back and doing the fields. I do half a field a day. Not as much money but you get the silver charms, tokens, religious medals, ect... and there will always be some money. I haven't found any gold YET. The kids sometime informally come out and practice in street clothes sometimes, and then there are always the pick up games, when nobody's looking. I will tell you this IF there is a concession stand the money will be in paths or the corridors from the fields to it, and if nobody is playing the people will cut across the fields to get to it, seems like the quarter is the unit of money they lose the most around mine .

To answer your question I get a couple of those lawn flags that they put in when they treat it with chemicals for a warning and hunt it sideline to sideline using the flags as markers and move them as I proceed. I swing low and sloooow and try to overlap my side swings to overlap there 8 to 10 inches. If you go in the early morning when the grass is wet you can see exactly where you have hunted. I have found some real unusual finds, dollar coins, halves, and lots of multiple coin spills, up to 6 quarters, you will get the "hybrid" signals when a penny is on top a dime, or a zincoln on a quarter, and those 92 VDI's when you have multiple quarters stacked on top of each other. The other thing to look for is any little hill where they can go down and bust their little bass. I've found coins where a mountain goat would have trouble standing on......

Hope this helps

HH

QuarterHorse

 

[BH_Landstar_]

QuarterHorse is spot on with the above post.

 

[John-Edmonton]

I too love hunting soccer fields. And congrats on yet another ring. Keep the treasures coming.....

 

[Gopher John]

Thank you so very much QuarterHorse. You have been a big help.

I like your analyses of why things are found where they are found.

I will be putting your methods to practice. Thanks and more thanks.

Old Gopher John

 

[ezdiggen]

I have become a huge fan of soccer fields. When I was in Florida this past winter I hit a huge athletic complex on a regular basis. I hunted the sidelines and did real well.
I'm very careful to not leave much evidence of digging. I only use a screwdriver and my Pro Pointer.
I'm back in Indiana now and have my eye on several soccer complexes to hunt as soon as it quits raining.