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How much planning ....

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oldranger

New member
Do you folks put into a
typical hunt? I know a
road trip takes a bit of advance planning
but what about local hunts?? A lot of planning,
some planning , or spur of the moment ..??
Just asking cause this year seems a lot less
productive than last year ..ive found a few good items
and returned all 3 .. but It seems like i hit a 2nd year
slump..................:unsure: Yeah Thats gonna be my
excuse !!!!! :rofl:

Anyway just asking

Ron

Rangers ...When you care enough to send the VERY best ... :usaflag:
 
Hey Ron,

The way I got it figured, with your Karma from recent returns,
your just gearing up for a really big find. Who knows, maybe
a for real gold coin or a rare Morgan dollar. Probably something
you could trade for a high zoot state of the art detector. LOL!
Dig those scratchy borderline targets and let us know when you
hit it big. That way we can say we knew the Old Ranger back
when......LOL! Warm regards, Jim
 
I do a lot of tot lot, and park hunting, which don't take much planning.

That said, I've been doing research on an abandoned town site, about 100 miles from my home. Part is on BLM land, and here in New Mexico, using a metal detector therein is verboten. The major part is on private land, and it's taken me nearly a year to obtain permission to trespass, much less hunt the place. With the help of a neighbor who works the gas wells about the area, I just got an okay (in writing no less!) to detect, and dig it. However, the place is rabid with diamond backs, so I'm waiting until late November to hunt it. The site hasn't been occupied for about 80 years or so. I've located the town dump, and one of my friends is into that kind of labor. What I'm most interested in, is which building was the saloon. I know it has a wooden floor, but the exact location is not know. There are about 10 buildings still standing, so it will be fun!

So, to answer your question, it depends on site in question.
 
The gear bag is always ready for a local hunt. Grab it, the detector, something to drink and we're gone!

John
 
I have done some extensive historical research on some areas I would like to metal detect, within 50-75 miles of home, but due to health reasons most of my metal detecting is local and spur of the moment. I definitely plan to continue my research and work on finding the owners of the properties I am interested in and trying to persuade them to let me metal detect there. One of the old Indian towns I want to search may or may not be allowed because of historical laws protecting these areas. Nobody lives there, but one of these sights is considered sensitive or maybe the right term is adverse to metal detecting.
This old grist mill site my late Step-father used to work before the state of Ga., got it for the Agrirama in Tifton, Ga has snakes falling out of the trees. I know this for a fact, because he had a trap line on this creek where the water from the mill ran into and I took this young lady down there in the early 70's hoping I could get a little kiss or two and lo and behold some snakes just fell out of the trees. Needless to say, snakes and romance do not go hand in hand and she was at the car waiting for me when I walked back to the road. I look back and laugh at it now, but I was a mad little rooster back then. ha. ha....They were not even poisonous snakes, just oak snakes I think.
I really wanted to metal detect this site, but the family sold it to a tree farming outfit and everything is posted: No Tresspassing.

Ron, I agree with Jim. You're going to be blessed for all your good deeds.

Alan, that place sounds interesting and I hope you find something valuable or historic. Watch out for those snakes. Charles Garrett mentioned in one of his books that he was removing a
rock from a hole and there was a snake or snakes in the hole and another time he nearly fell into a nest of baby rattlers or maybe grown rattlers. They all scare me.
 
Yeah a few years back I published a two-part article in Lost Treasure on snakes folks can run into detecting. Here's a biggun these guys ran into detecting. About a ten foot diamondback.

Bill
 
:usaflag:I'm glad we don't have big-a$$ snakes like that up here.

I have'nt done any long-range hunting trips yet. Have a few in mind that are only a few miles out. But I mostly just stay in town. I have a half dozen spots that I chip away at little by little. Makes it more interesting for me anyways. I just make sure I have water, cell phone and extra batteries. I even bought an extra set of hardware for the coil/shaft assembly..just in case it works itself loose and it gets lost. I highly recommend that.
 
oldranger said:
SNAKES???????????? :surprised:

Not much scares me but .....................
SNAKES???????????????

HH

Ron

RLTW
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Ron....now I keep thinking of Indiana Jones...


"WHY DID IT HAVE TO BE SNAKES!!!!????" LOL. But I agree...black snakes I can kinda take...but Diamond Backs...um...there better be a million bucks out there! hahaha.
 
That man is standing too close to that snake, even if he's dead. Looks like he was bred from a romantic renunion with a diamondback and a python. That's one huge snake. I bet if you shot him with my little pistol, it'd just make him mad. Get a shotgun. Of course, I try to avoid snakes if at all possible and give them the road if they want it.
 
Yeah that's the biggest diamondback I've ever seen. Saw an eight footer once and thougjt that was huge. If that puppy nailed you you had better be right outside the emergency room at the time. That thing would pack enough venom to knock an elephant down.

Bill
 
I ain't afraid of them just have a world of respect for them and give them a wide berth. I was face to face with a big cottonmouth one time, about six inches between us nose to nose. That was one hairy moment. I think he was more surprised than I was.

Bill
 
Hiya OLdRanger. Gues I'd have to admit to a little of both. Most times I have a spot in mind and I'll just grab my stuff and go. While I'm going, however, I always have my eyes open for an abandoned house, a foundation hole, etc/ I've also put in some research. I have copies of some of the old plat maps of the area which I study now and then. I have about 5 untouched sites with potential lined up. Just a matter of getting me and the owners co-ordinated. Mostly though, it's "Hey I should try there" Grab the stuff and go.
MrGee
 
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