park selection

[greasecarguy]

Ok, so ur tired of hitting the same old local parks you and the rest of the locals have hit over and over . You are wanting to travel to a new location; what is the best criteria for this...I mean;

When you are deciding where to go, what is ur criteria? Do you look for park age 1st then city size? I mean I might feel a bit uncomfortable hunting in the village square of a small town.

Is there a minimum size of park or town? 30k 0r 40k people? 2 or 10 acres?

What makes driving out of the area to a particular park appealing?

Just wondering if there is a particular google query or fav. website u use.

HH

Aaron

 

[Johnlightning]

Any town and any size if the park and or town is around 1900, im in. Just look at the houses around the park, if they look like before 1930 houses I hunt it. Ive hunted parks no bigger that a double tennis court before and had success. Some small towns will have a sign going into town like, Est 1884 or such so you know its old and Im hunting it. I just google a town in say a 100 miles or less,read some history of it and just pick a couple along a highway or common road and spend a day. JOHN

 

[Jason illinois]

I think with the time you spend to drive and the money you pay for gas a few times I can spend my time swinging and buy a 6x8 and hit trashy local areas. I drive sometimes 100 miles around my little town of 100k people in a weekend looking for signs of activity that would stir up the old coins. I have not ventured out of town as of yet. I think the guys who drive around are trying to find the virgin sites. I cant find much in local parks but my oldest silver (1876) and only seated coin I ever found came from one plus a 2x 1866 shield nickel pocket spill. The 1828 and 1835 large cents I found in sites the grass was removed keep me from feeling like I need to stray away from home for good finds. (And seeing Bryce pop out a seated dime a couple doors around the corner from where I once lived woke me up a little too! )

I would like to hit virgin sites too yet slowly but surely I keep finding stuff in town although its been hunted like crazy. With the new political climate I have been braving the "hood" where a lot of old houses are. I just found a .50 cal Desert Eagle shell an inch deep on the blvd., that was a little reminder of why I chose to avoid detecting there before. The crack heads will still be crack heads though so be careful!

 

[amc rulz]

Gcg, I say forget the parks, FRONT YARDS are where it's at. amc

 

[LabradorBob]

I use old topo maps and google earth.

 

[UtahRich]

I love going on road trips. Find an old town, learn about it, and go! I like to find trade tokens from various cities and towns, so I get out my token books and look for some interesting tokens that might be valuable and go to those places if I don't have any other reason.

It is usually more economic to stay close to home, but it is fun to take a Road Trip with a couple of the guys and adventure into new places.

Go, have fun, and come back and tell us all about it. (keeping locations hush of course if you find that virgin park)


Rich

 

[drkp88]

Hi Aaron,
It all works - like the law of numbers. Sooner or later you luck out. Remember, the harder you work the luckier you get!
Here in New England the possibilities are great - Colonial stuff, old silvers etc.
Some out of the way spots that you "assume" evrybody has hit have't been hit that hard because everybody else is thinking the same way: "that spot HAS to have been pounded before!"
Research is the best, but sometimes I go by the gut and it often pays off. My detecting buddy and I have been hitting a large area that is so obvious that it's silly.
It's right in the open on a main route. We hit it hard a year or so ago: Over 30 large coppers and a 1/2 cent, military artifacts, indian heads, two centers, small amount of silver though.
Bruce in Ct

 

[Hotcz70]

http://www.findmall.com/read.php?19,1069292,1069292#msg-1069292

 

[bertman]

Be sure to ckeck with Law enforcement before you dig... Many small towns require a permit, most of which are good for 1 day only... I know of one town where the permit was $50.00...

HH Robert