Old homes.....bust?????

[oneguy]

I hunted a place today for 4hrs, dug 26 coins, best I could do was a couple 40's/50's nickels. I worked real hard trying to land this place for a month. It's one of the older homes in town (1910), on the Historic Register, blah blah. Imaculate yard, sprinkler system, etc. Couldn't even scare up a wheatie. Had a lot of thunkers and I believe the old stuff is just out of reach? I wouldn't doubt that I lost 4-5" on the grass alone. Really had high hopes for this place but doubt I'll return.

I've done a few of these well manicured BEAUTIFUL older homes and so far it almost seems they don't produce for me as far as older coins? The junkier older stuff has been better FOR ME and the 50's stuff better yet. I think in the future I will avoid the fancier lawns type privates? Anyone else notice what I've mentioned above.....?????

bummed in Montana.........

 

[Elton]

Large cents, Indians and a ton of Silver.. Came home with clad and pennies...

 

[ironsight]

Toss of the dice as to whether an old home has any oldies. Searched a few old vacant ones myself and as far as finding oldies, got skunked with every one of them.
Sooner or later the 'law of averages' has got to kick in.

Just a guess, far as the manicured lawn thing, could be some of them lawns were filled-in, graded and sodded-over sometime during the past decades.
Some might still hold oldies but digging foot deep holes might not go over well with the owner.

Not a door knocker (yet), but i'd think people who keep well manicured lawns would be less likely to let a stranger poke holes in their precious lawns.
Personally, i wouldn't even think of knocking on one of those 'well manicured' doors.

 

[oneguy]

Large cents, Indians and a ton of Silver.. Came home with clad and pennies...

EXACTLY....lmao!!!!!

Personally, i wouldn't even think of knocking on one of those 'well manicured' doors.

My first clue should have been that there was no trash so to speak under the coil.....I knew then I had some deep sod. That's two in a row now. Think I'll stick to the more seedy older places.....lol

 

[utahshovelhead]

Keep in mind that some of the nice old homes are re landscaped. A yard with really old coins in it will usually look really old as over 100 years and people tend to not like the bumps and overgrown stuff. This is the not always the case but more than likely your NICE yards have had some pretty good changing going on. But only on e way to find out.

good luck.

 

[Mark in S.E. IA]

I've done way over a 100 yards and I pass on those really nice looking yards. between landscaping and being mowed so much I feel the old coins are out of my reach.

I like those yards that almost have more dirt then grass. it seems like those kind of yards the coins are not very deep.

 

[bskerj]

I've done way over a 100 yards and I pass on those really nice looking yards. between landscaping and being mowed so much I feel the old coins are out of my reach.

I like those yards that almost have more dirt then grass. it seems like those kind of yards the coins are not very deep.

I will choose a dirt yard anyday over a manicured ...I am always looking for homes that the owners have let the yard go, or better yet ,just starting a landscaping project. Also, homes with a lot of trees, especially pines tree, seem to have less grass due to the pine needles and there acidity . I just finished a house built in the early 1900's and pulled 13 silver out of it over a 3 day period, oldest a 1894 Shilling, and also got a nice 34 Walker out of it.

 

[Goes4ever]

If a house looks good to you more than likely it looks good to other people who detect as well, and I can almost bet it has been detected before. Finding a virgin yard is way harder than you think. After fields are planted I pretty much door knock all season and hunt old yards, MAYBE ONE OUT OF 15 are good. And i am willing to bet most have been hunted one time or more in yrs past. I cant even remember how many times that I have door knocked and the owner has told me, you can try but it has been detected X amount of times before!

 

[rocknrolldad55]

Dont think a place is hunted out because the homeowner says its been hunted before. We hunt a park thats been hunted to death.We hunted this starting last year in the spring. Many homowners walk across the street and tell us there is always someone hunting there and we wont find much. We are well over 50 silver coins a few indian heads and some buffalos.Most of the coins are in trash . There are bottle caps everywhere . Last Sunday was our first day hunting there this year and we found 2 rosies 2 mercs and an indian head.Also 11 wheats. All iffy signals and usually in the hole with a nail , foil or bottle cap.i know this isnt a house but im sure it will pertain to home lawns to. use a 705 with a NEL tornado and my buddy uses the CTX. He usually finds more silver then i do .The CTX is unbelievable. I can still find my share of silver. Learn your machine and you shall be rewarded. Most of the coins we find are skipped over because of the signals.