Sidewalk to street detecting

[Coinseeker 78]

Today I tried for the first time detecting property lines that the city has control over from sidewalks to the curb. I only had enough time to dig the front of one house about 75 feet by 3 feet. There were very many signals from a nickle to 25 cents. All of the money I found was clad. I thought I might have some old coins because except for the dime they were all very corroded. But after cleaning the coins they turned out to be clad. The junk consisted of bolts nuts some pieces of steel and a plastic thing in a hole with a coin. The consistency of hits in a short distance gives me some enthusiasm to do some more of this digging. We have had a lot of rain lately but the dirt was very hard and the finds were all shallow. About 2 to three inches. Have any of you detectorist had much luck finding older coins hunting these type areas?

Titan Man

 

[Golden Silver]

Titan Man: Back in the 1980s in Los Angeles one of my first silver coins was found in just such a strip, at the edge of the curb: a 1936 Walking Liberty Half in AU condition. Keep at it and if you are in front of an old house, slow down and retrieve every signal. You never know.

Golden Silver

 

[brett2259]

I would love to detect a district that is historical. It dates back to the 1900's. I figure that I should detect in the back of these buildings as there are parking areas. I would love to see what I would find.

 

[tenedy]

there was a post on this a while back in the friends and finds forum..... maybe it helps