I'm sure it's been posted before but I never paid much attention to it if it was. Fruit trees.
One of my favorite detecting areas is a military base housing area that was demolished, turning it into a giant park-like place. Scattered around among the big oaks and some pine trees are Bradford Pear trees planted by various tenants in the past, they grow quickly and grow well here providing great shade. Every single one of these trees has been a hotspot for coins, in fact they've been the best-producing areas out there. Whether it has to do with the shade or the fruit, some kind of "community activity" or whatever else, the signals are plentiful. And sometimes deep. The digging under the trees is the best around, kind of sandy and always moist even during drought, so it takes about 4 seconds with a trowel to dig to 6". My deepest finds have occured here, along with my most unusual and valuable. Last weekend I scored a '64 dime, a '58 quarter, half a dozen tokens, 6 wheats, buttons, toy cars, a dog license and 46 various clad coins and Memorial cents in an area no more than 30 feet in diameter. All of course under, between and around a couple of pear trees.
If you're searching an area and see a fruit tree, (apple, pear, peach, whatever) slow down and see if it doesn't produce like my areas have. If you live near an orchard you absolutely need to check it out, especially if it's one where the public can pay a fee to pick their own fruit. Same goes for blueberries or strawberries, they grow low to the ground and picking them usually involves a lot of kneeling or even lying down.
Steve
One of my favorite detecting areas is a military base housing area that was demolished, turning it into a giant park-like place. Scattered around among the big oaks and some pine trees are Bradford Pear trees planted by various tenants in the past, they grow quickly and grow well here providing great shade. Every single one of these trees has been a hotspot for coins, in fact they've been the best-producing areas out there. Whether it has to do with the shade or the fruit, some kind of "community activity" or whatever else, the signals are plentiful. And sometimes deep. The digging under the trees is the best around, kind of sandy and always moist even during drought, so it takes about 4 seconds with a trowel to dig to 6". My deepest finds have occured here, along with my most unusual and valuable. Last weekend I scored a '64 dime, a '58 quarter, half a dozen tokens, 6 wheats, buttons, toy cars, a dog license and 46 various clad coins and Memorial cents in an area no more than 30 feet in diameter. All of course under, between and around a couple of pear trees.
If you're searching an area and see a fruit tree, (apple, pear, peach, whatever) slow down and see if it doesn't produce like my areas have. If you live near an orchard you absolutely need to check it out, especially if it's one where the public can pay a fee to pick their own fruit. Same goes for blueberries or strawberries, they grow low to the ground and picking them usually involves a lot of kneeling or even lying down.
Steve
