How do I approach a sports field?

[Lone Wolf]

Howdy All,

I tried a new (to me) sports field this morning. I have been hunting local parks up until now. The sheer size of area to hunt was a bit overwhelming. How do I approach this? The area that I am talking about is approx. 1/4 mile wide by 1/2 mile deep. It contains 2 baseball fields, a skateboard park, a kids playground (with the bark base), a concession stand with vending machines attached to a covered picnic area, the rest is just grassy areas with the occasional tree and the entire park for the most part is surrounded by a strip of woods that separates it from a residential area. I found myself just kind of wandering aimlessly trying different places that looked interesting. Can anyone offer any suggestions please? Also ..... should I hunt the actual baseball fields themselvesf? I'm reasonably good at digging and filling the holes I make, but I don't want to take a chance on causing some kid to get hurt.

Thanks,
LW

 

[Mick in Dubbo]

Probably the best thing you could do, is to go there when it's being used and watch where people go, spend money, place there clothing on the ground when participating in sport, where they sit down ie, sidelines, under the shade of trees or any raised ground eta. Where do folks gather, watch the sports from. Detecting successfully, is to know where people gather and then hunt those spots. By observing, you can be surprised quite often, simply because folks can gather in places you wouldn't normally expect.
The concession stands sound good and I'd say that around the bases may well prove productive for rings eta, due the the fact that players could be diving to may the base and could occassionally lose rings when doing it. (I don't know much about baseball so can't offer much more in that regard.)
Mick Evans.

 

[Joel-Winnipeg]

Baseball field can be good but you may have to grid hunt the whole area.
When they run and catch the ball they may fall and lose rings etc money out of there pockets.
Where people place there equipment and take of there jackets.or unpack there duffel bags.
Behind the protective fencing where they sit to watch the game in chairs or on the ground.
Small grandstands are also good unfortunately could be metal supports but still worth visual look.

 

[Lone Wolf]

Thanks guys,

I have also started looking in the grass just beside of the parking lots. I have found several coins there. I guess it comes from people getting in and out of their trunks.

LW.

 

[deerman]

n/t

 

[Old Katz]

I always start with the side lines where people stand. Lots of stuff there.
Then I start working from one end of the field to the other. I'll usually divide it into
sections and work it well before moving on to the next section.

Katz