Not the best of days.

[GeorgeinSC]

I traveled on Wednesday from SC To Wv. Came up for Deer hunting which will start Monday. I had permission to detect the yard around a home that I know has been there for over 70 years. Was hoping for a real good hunt.

Arrived on site and next door neighbor got quite belligerent about me being there. I explained to him that I had permission and he still did not want to believe me and kept telling me to leave. I told him who owned the land and that he did not appear to be that person and to call the owner and talk to him. Told him my name so that he could call if he wanted. I again told him that "George" had given me permission. What he did not know was that "Georges" sister was one of the brides maids when my wife and I got married almost 50 years ago.

Broke out the Sovereign GT and commenced to hunt. One hour, Nothing, Two Hours, Nothing, Three hours, Nothing. I found pieces of cap guns, zinc jar lids (with glass inserts), pieces of copper and other assorted junk. I dug everything that gave me even a hint that there might be something good in the dirt. I suspect that someone has worked that yard over even though the home owner may not be aware of that fact.

My grand total for the three hours was three zinc pennies, Two stinking lincolns and one Canadian penny.

Having covered the entire yard I packed up and went to a local park. Six hours later I had $3.05 in clad and 23 lincolns. Got a lot of good exercise but sure was disappointed with my finds. Oh well maybe the next yard will be full of silver. Its raining today so I will have to wait a few days to hit that one. House has been in its current location since some time before 1937. Hopefully tomorrow will be the day.

 

[mudpuppy]

Wow...what a bummer..hope you hit the mother lode to make up for that day!
Mud

 

[BillF]

Could it be possible that the neighbor complained so much because he was the one hunting the yard and you were encroaching on his spot?

 

[GeorgeinSC]

Really do not know about that Bill. We are in Wv and sometimes people here do look out for their Neighbors. Would like to think that was the case. However it was obvious that he did not want me around. Who ever went over that yard did an outstanding job of rescuing all the coins/silver.

 

[BillF]

I feel for ya, George. I posted a couple weeks back about a house from the late teens I got permission to hunt. 2 1/2 hrs and the only good coin was a merc.
I just thought when I read your post that the man "doth protest too much." But maybe he was just watching out for your friend, like you said.

Really do not know about that Bill. We are in Wv and sometimes people here do look out for their Neighbors. Would like to think that was the case. However it was obvious that he did not want me around. Who ever went over that yard did an outstanding job of rescuing all the coins/silver.

 

[Ism]

I've hunted a number of older properties that netted few if any coins. Not sure why, when I mow my yard I lose pocket change so I would expect at least to find modern coinage from those that keep the yard up.
Most of the sites were rural country properties and doubtful they had been detected before, but its not out of the realm of possibility.
The one commonality between them is they were very loamy/sandy loose soil so its possible the older coins sunk beyond my detectors ability to see them.

I also had a fella that insisted I didn't have permission to hunt a farm property. So I did the same by telling him to call the owner (the number was on the for sale sign).
But when the neighbor took a second look as I walked closer to him (I was about 50 ft away), he saw I had a detector and not a shotgun in my hand.
I guess he had poor vision and thought I was deer hunting (which was not permitted). We had a laugh and he proceeded to tell me the history of the property and surrounding area.