good-bye ol' winter! (too much fighting the flu...) :starwars:

[ezekiel]

hey everyone! FINLAY winter is gone at my place! it's 40F right now and i am PUMPED! anyways instead of researching where to go detecting i have been being lazy all winter XD i check on the forum once in a while but than after that it's back to playing video games! (happens when you grow up with 6 siblings and we all played video games) i kind of have been having a issue with going to sleep though, (well now it's pretty much gone thanks to my loving christian family ) but sometimes when i would go to sleep i would think about heaven (anyone think about heaven during night time and then you're head starts to hurt because you start to think about living forever and that's really REALLY hard to think about?... or is that just me XD?) basically i think about heaven then i think about living forever then my head starts to hurt and i can't sleep... ANYWAYS done talking about my life, (it's all boring i know, trust me XD) i want to hear how everyone Else's winter was! (because who doesn't like to hear about someones life? i know i don't!) like.. what did you do for the past winter that involved metal detecting (i may sound kind of creepy right now, but I'm not. i am NOT a stalker XD I'M ONLY 13! 14 may this year..AAH i keep on rambling on and on and on about random stuff! it's like I'm writing an article!) ANYWAYS AGAIN hope it's not TOO cold for anyone right now!


LIKE ANYONE WILL READ THIS ARTICLE!

 

[TroynSon]

I have only done a little research on places to hunt but I think I may have found a ghost town that used to be a coal mine operation. Had a school and company store. All gone now and some lies on a public park. The school is located on private land across the street, also gone. Not sure where the company store or post office was though. Also the ground that lies on the park may have been heavily disturbed in the making of a Damn for a lake at the park. I'll give more info and location to any member at the meeting if they like. I'm hoping the property across the street is not plastered with no trespassing signs. Would make it hard for me to go up and ask permission. Country folk can be very edgy about there wooded property.

That is a very deep thing (Eternal life) for a person your age to be thinking about. Confide to your Pastor or Parent with questions you might have. Definitely would help.

Well, that is the only metal detecting related thing I have done this winter and hopefully turns into something good.

Peace.

 

[flinthunter]

What have I done this winter that involved metal detecting?

Well, the urge to detect has been fairly constant and this recent January Thaw has made it even worse. One thing that helps, or makes the urge worse I'm not sure, is to go through the Findmall forums and watch the posted videos from others hunts last year. I also keep up with the posts on my detector specific forum for anything said or shown that might increase my detecting skills.

Researching old plat books is also helping me this winter. I have 4 ghost towns to check out. One, I already have permission to hunt but can't get into it until June due to a hunting lease. The other 3 are in farm fields so I still have to contact the landowners for permission to hunt. I have about a dozen 100+ year old house sites that I have permission to hunt with quite a few more mapped out to ask the landowners about.

I struck up a conversation last fall with a gentleman that is very interested in trying out a metal detector. I was telling him about a farm field a couple miles from his residence that I wanted to hunt and he shortly obtained permission for me to hunt it. There is supposedly either a coffee can or small bucket full of store tokens scattered around on it. I told him that as soon as the ground thaws I will get in contact with him and we can go there and get him started detecting. If we start finding tokens it should be a good way to get him hooked. His father-in-law and another friend of his together farm about 3000 acres so I should be able to get on some old sites there.

I am hoping to hunt 3 area mid 1800's to early 1900's possible country fairgrounds locations. I have permission to hunt one, need to get permission to hunt one, and still am trying to locate the exact location of the third.

In a couple weeks it will be time to hunt for deer antler sheds and also to tap some maple trees. Then in April mushroom season starts. Looks like its going to be a busy year.

 

[flinthunter]

I'm hoping the property across the street is not plastered with no trespassing signs. Would make it hard for me to go up and ask permission. Country folk can be very edgy about there wooded property.

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You're right, country folk can be edgy about their property, but if you go up to their door and explain who you are and what you would like to do there is a very good chance they will give you permission to hunt. The worst they can do is say no. Right now we have a guy trapping coyotes on Moms place. He asked permission so we said yes, go ahead and trap. If I had caught him there without permission I would have called the sheriff so it pays to just ask. Just relax and knock on their door. You'll find out most landowners are friendly even if they tell you no.

 

[TroynSon]

Wow. I'd day you have used your time wisely filehunter. Those are some awesome leads. Hope they produce well for you. Thanks for tip. Have not really asked a complete stranger about their property yet and just have to clear that first time then I'm sure it will come easier.