I have been looking up the shells and many are from the 20,s and teens and some more modern, I have been thru lots of woodsso far and not one penny or silver coin but the shot shells and slugs are all over the woods but most are found on the bank over looking the river or ponds, i find it hard to think they could not have had one pocket spill or loose one ring I am in dispare. The modern shells of course have plastic and the bottom wich used to be made of brass is steel and rusts away , its nice to be out in the woods in the morning with the chip monks and birds, I would not think of inviting anyone to detect with me as the finds are so far non existant but who knows i may find a coin yet .
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found more old shotgun shells
- Thread starter GunnarMN
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Gunner, do you know of some history that drives you to hunt such a barren tract of land?
I found the same thing a while back at an old fairgrounds (now a public park). Tons of shot shells from the turn of the century.
With all the shot shells I only found one merc. The place was probably cherry picked but your's isn't. Sounds like you found the duck hunters blind.
I found the same thing a while back at an old fairgrounds (now a public park). Tons of shot shells from the turn of the century.
With all the shot shells I only found one merc. The place was probably cherry picked but your's isn't. Sounds like you found the duck hunters blind.
Critterhunter
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Keep at it. You'll find some coins. My 1855 seated quarter, 1858 silver 3 cent piece, 1835 bust dime, and 1891 seated dime all came from the woods in the middle of no where. And like you I was digging a lot of shot gun shells in those areas. I also have pulled a barber half, a walking half, and several barber, merc, and rosie dimes, along with a barber quarter in the woods. Then there's the V-nickes and buffalos and large cents. The number of coins you find may be slim but the quality of them is usually very good. Sometimes you'll go for hours without a good signal. I usually don't dig the shot gun signals anymore unless I feel like it and am hoping for a gold coin or ring or something.
What I do is look at the layout of the woods. I try to hunt ridge tops as they were often used as highways on both foot or horseback back in the day. Hunters also favored walking the ridge tops too because they could spy game from a distance. I also look for bottlenecks...Places where there is only one way up or down a ridge. Can't tell you how many good coins I've found on the slopes going up or down a ridge that were the only way to cross them. Always good spots. Around water is good too as they often camped by water sources. Even a small creek.
You soon develop an eye for what areas are dead zones and what ones are potential traffic or activity areas. I pay attention to the threshold and if it starts nulling out, indicating iron, then I know I'm in an area where humans have done things before. Keeping an eye out for pottery shards, bricks, old trails, non-native plants, etc...all of these things can indicate old house sites or places of activity.
Woods hunting is my favorite. On a hot summer day I can stay in the shade under the trees and out of the sun. You don't have people looking over your shoulder and no worries about getting kicked out by the cops or something. I usually hunt areas with older trees where there isn't much ground cover. The areas with ground cover I hit in the winter when it dies down.
What I do is look at the layout of the woods. I try to hunt ridge tops as they were often used as highways on both foot or horseback back in the day. Hunters also favored walking the ridge tops too because they could spy game from a distance. I also look for bottlenecks...Places where there is only one way up or down a ridge. Can't tell you how many good coins I've found on the slopes going up or down a ridge that were the only way to cross them. Always good spots. Around water is good too as they often camped by water sources. Even a small creek.
You soon develop an eye for what areas are dead zones and what ones are potential traffic or activity areas. I pay attention to the threshold and if it starts nulling out, indicating iron, then I know I'm in an area where humans have done things before. Keeping an eye out for pottery shards, bricks, old trails, non-native plants, etc...all of these things can indicate old house sites or places of activity.
Woods hunting is my favorite. On a hot summer day I can stay in the shade under the trees and out of the sun. You don't have people looking over your shoulder and no worries about getting kicked out by the cops or something. I usually hunt areas with older trees where there isn't much ground cover. The areas with ground cover I hit in the winter when it dies down.