Have you detected your own yard?

[flash5153]

Is there a scrap of tin foil in your yard anywhere or do you think you have it all??

I have about 5 acres including the woods out back, the other 2 acres, I mow. Yes a huge yard. I have been over it. Around the house I have cleaned it out pretty good but there is more there. Found many wheat pennies and 1 silver roosevelt . I must say I am slacking on this. big field next to house is clean, hard to find a signal but have found a few wheats there. Behind house is loaded wt alot of junk,pull tabs,ect but have found some wheats there too.

Out in the woods in back there is 2 foundations , not sure what was there exact. I have not run the coil at all out there. Too much little trees and brush. Been thinking about it though. Possible it could be better than my yard.

I hit my place every now and then , when real dry and if time is an issue. If I could find one indian,or older coin, it would change things.Just seems there is nothin real old here. I have been herre 4 about 4 years now.

Im gone hit it this week some since it so hot. I can come in and take a break if I want.

Good Luck

 

[TABAGO]

well when I first got my BH I just had to try it out the first signal i got turned out to be a dime I,, thought that was a good sign, haven't had any luck in my yard since but I don't hav e much junk left in the yard LOL well thats the only coin i'v found in my yard

 

[m.updyke]

ive hit my yard in spots havent grid it out yet or anything. trying to learn all the diferent sounds the makes. so far ive found car parts, tons of aluminum foil. 3 quarters 37 pennies 4 wheat pennies 2 dimes and a slug from a 410 i believe. and a few matchbox cars.

 

[mwaynebennett]

I found two 1/2 zinc pennies, 1 quarter and what's left of a corroded copper penny. The Pacific NW has acetic soil that wats up pennies.

Mark
Elite 2200

 

[GoGoGopher]

I started hunting my back yard until I found out the guys who did the siding on the house left large pieces of sheet metal and tons of nails behind...damb slobs!!!...I gave up after digging up 5 large pieces of siding, and about 25 nails, and not finding much else...

HH,

 

[JJ]

My first seated and shield nickel came from my (small) back yard. I wouldn't rule out any of your property for a minute. Wheaties are a great indicator of silver. They are there! And the chances are very good you are the first to ever detect there. It doesn't get much better. Grab the 10" coil and wait for a good rain. The silver will sprout! HH, JJ

 

[diggindaddy]

I agree. When I first got my MD, I went out in my yard, I have 2 1/2 acres so it gave me a good chance to practice, I still go out when we get a good rain to check again, and every now and then, I still pull out a wheatie.

 

[mwaynebennett]

Wait!!!

You are saying that rain will make targets easier to find?

Boy, I can't wait for monsoon season to start here in Washington.

Mark
Elite 2200

 

[diggindaddy]

NOOOOOO! I mean to say, that when it rains, it forces items closer to the surface, most of the items, in my case, is junk but I do get lucky sometimes and find a coin or two.

 

[mwaynebennett]

Well dd, I can't understand that. I have found zinc pennies four inches underground, well, at least what's left of a zinc pennies, and it rains one heck of a lot where I live. I have a difficult time understand how a penny can sink 4" into the soil, in a grass lawn in just a dozen years.

Mark
Elite 2200

 

[diggindaddy]

I can't answer that one, I live in Southwest PA and I have a lot of activity in my yard, I just notice that after a rainy period I seem to find more items in my yard, mostly junk but sometimes I do find a couple of coins and every now and then I find a wheatie, maybe I had overlooked them in the past.
But I must say that my aluminum can collection is coming along nicely.

 

[Tony66]

I have and every time I do my MD beeps. My family has been in the house about 35yrs. It's a small yard, there's not that much to check. I get beeps but I can't always find whatever it was. I haven't detected in a few months due to 2 sprained rotator cuffs but the last time I was in the yard I did manage to dig up 3 or 4 BB's about 3-6 inches deep that were mine from when I would shoot BB guns in the back yard- 14-16 yrs old then...42 now. I know there's more stuff (junk or not), I just cant seem to find it when I try to dig it up.

 

[Rob ohio]

Found a 1921 S silver dollar under a tree in my back yard back in 1975 with a BH TR500. Sure wish I could hunt that yard again.

 

[MDtreasureboys]

Hey All,
I just have to tell you all the coolest story ever. This is currently unfolding in our own backyard with me and my three boys ages 11, 8 and 4. I had a metal detector when I was a kid (I'm 37). I always dreamed of discovering buried treasure, but naturally never found any with my cheap little detector that I found in my parents basement. Now that I have a family, we picked up a cheap metal detector a few years back for my oldest son. It sat for a while, as he was too young to really use it at the time and because of my past failures, couldn't really get fired up about it. We bought a lot adjacent to an old farm and built a house on it about 4 years ago. As we've lived there, we've learned more and more about the property, never dreaming what was about to come our way. The farm dated back about 200 years and apparently was visited by Abraham Lincoln. It has an big old stone house and barn and it has a huge, and i mean HUGE pond on the property which backs right to our property. Now, the current owners are not nice people at all, unfortunately. My boys have begged and begged to fish in this pond and try out their one metal detector for years and were denied. Well, not to worry...

About nine months ago, my oldest son took out his metal detector into our field that we own that borders the farm property. He was scanning back near the lower part of our yard (we have about 2 acres) and he got a small hit. He dug it and pulled out a nice mercury dime...not bad, but not the mother load by any stretch of the imagination.

After a few days, I became intrigued and then decided to join him. My other sons tagged along....

We started pulling some nice clad - wheat pennies and the like....again, not the mother load, but fun and good exercise. He was using a Bounty Hunter EX. I decided to get him a 505 for Christmas along with a nice pinpointer.

Weeks passed and my oldest son really began to understand how to use his BH 505. He knew how to read the indicator, how to adjust the depth/sensitivity settings, discrimination dial (even though he prefers all metal).

Then, one spring day he got his first silver dollar hit...I tried helping him out and we were down about 10 inches. The spot was back near the end of the property about 25 feet from the border of the farm owners part...I was a bit skeptical, but the signal was there. He was getting frustrated and almost gave up, but I decided to just stick the probe in and feel around. I got a hit. I then carefully used our digging tool to pull out the plug on the side and there it was....Morgan dollar in practically uncirculated condition...1890 O !!! We were so excited...we practically had tears in our eyes. It's amazing what pulling something like that out of the ground can do...

Well, since then, we've found several more Morgans of the same year and condition within a 20 foot radius. We're finding tons of indian head pennies, but the silver dollar hits are becoming more evident as we learn what we're doing and honing our craft. I have a gut feeling that this might be part of a cache from the depression that might have been broken open by some farm equipment many years later and we're just now finding it. Our property used to be part of the farm the property backs to. There are also several strange old petrified fence post markers in the vicinity that have been undisturbed.

My gut tells me that there's a lot more and even possibly some gold. We just need to find it. Luckily, we now have an additional 505 and are getting a larger coil for both of them. We also have pinpointers, a homemade sifter, and some other great tools in our arsenal.

What an absolutlely awesome family legend unfolding right before our eyes. I'm just so glad it's really happening for my sons. I feel like a kid again! I keep telling them that someday when I'd dead and gone, they can pass this story down through the generations and it will be really neat!

Every day is a new discovery.

 

[teleman2525]

md treasure boys kool story finding old coins is the best it sure can put smiles oh your face keep diggin and have fun

 

[JJ]

Wait!!!

You are saying that rain will make targets easier to find?

Boy, I can't wait for monsoon season to start here in Washington.

Mark
Elite 2200

NOOOOOO! I mean to say, that when it rains, it forces items closer to the surface, most of the items, in my case, is junk but I do get lucky sometimes and find a coin or two.

Can't say I've heard of that one. You are right for hunting after a good rain not because of rising targets in the ground, but because ground moisture conducts the signal given off by your detector much better than dry soil. You will get much better depth in moist soil and just find more. Unless surface erosion occurs faster than natural ground build up, the target will not get any closer to the surface. The winter freeze/thaw cycle causes ground shifting which will move coins. Don't forget to factor in earthworms, moles, and other ground dwelling creatures to naturally move things around. On the the flip side, a coin's sink rate and the reasons for it are a highly debated topic. JJ

 

[diggindaddy]

I agree, as I said before, I live in SW PA and have alot of activity in my yard, backhoes, trucks, and of course, an 8 and a 4 year old who have taken it upon themselves to "dig holes for daddy" Also I have 3 natural springs running under and through my property, so I do have alot of ground movement. In fact I had to redo my french drain around my house do to all the water that runs through my property. No wonder I got such a great deal on the house!

 

[Oakman404]

The conductivity of targets gets much better after it rains. Most people find more when the soil is saturated then when it's dry. If you have hunted your yard during a dry spell, you shoyuld go back over it after it rains. You may be surprised at what you have missed. You will also increase your depth after the soil is saturated.

 

[m.updyke]

well im not finding as much aluminum foil balls anymore. think i got most of them dug out of the yard. now im working on the side of the house and the soil is almost all black ash type soil.now im finding old pull top type tops of cans. just the tops the rest of the can is gone. rusted away i guess. about a 20 foot square area i guess but im finding them every pass. my house must be sitting on an old dump or something lol. i have managed to find 17 wheat pennies, 2 silver dimes an 2 old axe heads and several other coins.

 

[MDtreasureboys]

Just posting an update here...from the MDtreasureboys original post last week

Hunted with oldest son today. 2 more morgans from 1887 and 1889 plus some nice Indian heads.