Example of where I hunt

[Larry (IL)]

As Nancy was downloading pictures from the weekend, she sent me a few of one of the places we hunted. This is an example of what I look for in a place to hunt. The house was empty, on a corner lot and for sale..... all it took was a phone call to the listing agent and permission was granted. I had thoughts of filling our pockets with old coins here, but all I found was the Barber Quarter. One has to assume that a lot of these older homes have been hunted before and often not much to be found except clad............ BUT........... once in a great while you will come across a yard that has not been hunted before and it will be pouch filling time..........

In the other two pictures Rob found an IH not far from this spot and that is me working the boulevard.

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[Scott (Mid-Mich)]

That looks like a good place to find coins all right, but as you noted they were not to be found except the one. They are probably under that cement sidewalk.

That reminds me of the local historical society museum house in my town. I am the treasurer for the society and one of my volunteer duties is to house-sit this house once or twice a month on a Sunday afternoon when it is open to the public. Since not too many guests show up I sometimes bide my time by detecting the back yard. I have yet to find a coin at this place. Years ago my dad and I used his XLT and my DFX to look it over with the same results, no coins. A month or two ago I gave it a shot with my V3i and although I did not find any coins I did find a piece of a harmonica and other small bits of brass and copper. I think some places just do not seem to have coins in the ground. I was told that no one had ever detected this place prior to my dad and me.

Just this fall I learned that the house next door used to be this house's carriage barn and it was moved and made into a house for the neighbor. I imagine that the previous empty lot would have been the play area and that the ground was all shifted around during the moving so any coins that were there are out of reach now.

Happy Hunting,

Scott (MI)

 

[UtahRich]

Great looking place to hunt Larry. Private residences usually pay off in greater quantity and variety than public venues like parks and schools. Asking permission is difficult for most.

Even a heavily hunted house hides a few keepers.


Rich (Utah)

 

[Goat Rancher]

Great looking site. Some look good and are not and some look bad and are good. You never know for sure until you hunt them.

 

[mickfin]

Larry WTG man, Just being thear is 1/2 the funn, Mic

 

[Rob (IL)]

I never noticed in the picture of Larry my wife, Paulette, really looks excited. Rob