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[u238]

So much falls in the vdi number range of common junk items. Old brass dog tax tags fall in the low ranges, buttons, early coins. It is important to dig those vdi numbers if one is in an area that their is almost no chance for a pull tab to be found. Areas that i dig all these readings in are the side walk tear outs and where they shave off the top layers of soil. Hunting this way i find more seated and barber dimes that mercurys.

 

[SHardy]

I just got back from 2 hours of hunting a park in the next town over and I

 

[allhuntedout]

in my book. Means it is not being hunted serously by anyone else. Keep hunting it... if it is an old site, the more trash you take out, the more stuff you'll find on your return trips. The ratio of good targets to trash will eventually increase.

There is one park here that has been hunted to death. It's funny, as there are only deep trash and iffy targets and newly dropped items. The 1" to 5" deep strata seems to be almost devoid of good targets!