steelheadfever
New member
I noticed an old home which was probably built in the late 20s or early 30s. The home was abandoned. I began my search for the owner. It took me over a month but I found the owner which turned out to be a corporation. They had bought the home and property to make room for a new subdivision. They were going to tear the home down but they did not know when. They gave me permission to hunt the property to my hearts content. The home has been vacant for 4 or 5 years and you can imagine what the lawn looked like. A riding lawn mower was needed, but I did not have access to one. When swinging the coil over the surface you have about 4 or 5 inches of grass to deal with. I stomped on the grass to flatten it down which did give me better results in detecting finds. I had only had my MXT a short time and I was still learning its ability. When I began searching the lawn I was unable to detect anything at all. I knew that there had to be something, so I began to make adjustments to the detector. I began tweeking the knobs and in doing so, I began to get results. I found that by backing off on the gain somewhat resulted in more finds. I have been able to recover 7 silver coins, buffalos,wheaties and old and new clad coins. I have hunted the property for about 10 days and now the finds are few and far between. I have a choice to make,have the lawn mowed or wait until the demolition begins and they scrape the lawn. The lawn is pretty big and I know it will cost a pretty penny to have it mowed. I keep thinking that there is still more to be found. I'll let you know what I decide. Just remember when hunting the old homes to be patient and go slow. The treasure is there. HH Dennis in Idaho