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Found me second one in the last month
- Thread starter ArnieTX
- Start date
Tired Rooster
New member
Good finds....it's hard to top a gold coin though.......
E-Trac-Ohio
Well-known member
Congrats on the GREAT finds Arnie - Half Dimes are a real piece of history !
goldensilver
New member
Nice Congrats HH in 2014looknforgold
Member
Nice snag on the seated... good job
Thanks. I keep telling my buddy how special the half dime find is for his second silver. He hasn't been detecting long enough to understand how hard they are to find. I should charge him guide fees 
The most important thing I have learned, and learned recently,and that is increasing the quality of my finds, is to swing your coil over the oldest areas you can find. It sounds simple and basic but after years of hitting old churches and schools and finding great stuff (but not really old old stuff), the minute I broke out the historic county maps, historic topo maps, and started hitting the oldest know inhabited areas around me, my finds started getting better. I'm hitting areas that the only trace of human presence are the scattered stones, broken china bits, and broken glass laying on top of the ground. My best finds are in open fields and brush country where people used to be but are not any longer.
Another thing I'm finding is people camped all over this country. I often walk around large tracts of property just "eliminating" dirt. My detector may run silent for minutes without a squeak and suddenly I get into iron. When that happens I'll slow down and investigate the area more thoroughly. We have switch tracks that go around our property and I'm finding small camping spots all over the area. I guess many of the railroad workers in the 1870s camped near the tracks and bridges as they were constructing them. Seeing burnt rock piles is a key to finding an old camp spot. It seems many people moving through the area back then may have frequented a lot of these spots.
I'm having more fun now exploring open/vacant properties (with permission of course) than I did targeting the turn of the century church or old school yard. I live in a rural area and am learning that people were walking, hunting, camping, moving all over this land. I encourage everyone to use the historic maps, local history portals, and google earth to find long forgotten spots. Also, learn how to use your tax office website to identify property owners. The finds are out there just waiting for you to bring them back to light.
Happy New Year
The most important thing I have learned, and learned recently,and that is increasing the quality of my finds, is to swing your coil over the oldest areas you can find. It sounds simple and basic but after years of hitting old churches and schools and finding great stuff (but not really old old stuff), the minute I broke out the historic county maps, historic topo maps, and started hitting the oldest know inhabited areas around me, my finds started getting better. I'm hitting areas that the only trace of human presence are the scattered stones, broken china bits, and broken glass laying on top of the ground. My best finds are in open fields and brush country where people used to be but are not any longer.
Another thing I'm finding is people camped all over this country. I often walk around large tracts of property just "eliminating" dirt. My detector may run silent for minutes without a squeak and suddenly I get into iron. When that happens I'll slow down and investigate the area more thoroughly. We have switch tracks that go around our property and I'm finding small camping spots all over the area. I guess many of the railroad workers in the 1870s camped near the tracks and bridges as they were constructing them. Seeing burnt rock piles is a key to finding an old camp spot. It seems many people moving through the area back then may have frequented a lot of these spots.
I'm having more fun now exploring open/vacant properties (with permission of course) than I did targeting the turn of the century church or old school yard. I live in a rural area and am learning that people were walking, hunting, camping, moving all over this land. I encourage everyone to use the historic maps, local history portals, and google earth to find long forgotten spots. Also, learn how to use your tax office website to identify property owners. The finds are out there just waiting for you to bring them back to light.
Happy New Year
ArnieTX said:Thanks. I keep telling my buddy how special the half dime find is for his second silver. He hasn't been detecting long enough to understand how hard they are to find. I should charge him guide fees
The most important thing I have learned, and learned recently,and that is increasing the quality of my finds, is to swing your coil over the oldest areas you can find. It sounds simple and basic but after years of hitting old churches and schools and finding great stuff (but not really old old stuff), the minute I broke out the historic county maps, historic topo maps, and started hitting the oldest know inhabited areas around me, my finds started getting better. I'm hitting areas that the only trace of human presence are the scattered stones, broken china bits, and broken glass laying on top of the ground. My best finds are in open fields and brush country where people used to be but are not any longer.
Another thing I'm finding is people camped all over this country. I often walk around large tracts of property just "eliminating" dirt. My detector may run silent for minutes without a squeak and suddenly I get into iron. When that happens I'll slow down and investigate the area more thoroughly. We have switch tracks that go around our property and I'm finding small camping spots all over the area. I guess many of the railroad workers in the 1870s camped near the tracks and bridges as they were constructing them. Seeing burnt rock piles is a key to finding an old camp spot. It seems many people moving through the area back then may have frequented a lot of these spots.
I'm having more fun now exploring open/vacant properties (with permission of course) than I did targeting the turn of the century church or old school yard. I live in a rural area and am learning that people were walking, hunting, camping, moving all over this land. I encourage everyone to use the historic maps, local history portals, and google earth to find long forgotten spots. Also, learn how to use your tax office website to identify property owners. The finds are out there just waiting for you to bring them back to light.
Happy New Year
You discovered the "secret" to the old finds, Arnie! Doing the same things, I have found four half-dimes this past year.............with only a very limited amount of hunting time.
Iowa Dale
Sooper Dave
Well-known member
Some very nice finds! Those half dimes are hard to come by, Congrats!