Small town & to many detectors

[bula]

Well I have been going out trying to find a few new spots & it is getting hard around here. It seems that every time I find a new spot someone has already been there. I have noticed several other new folks around swinging their sticks & the pickings are slim to say the least. Yesterday was my best day of the month, I hit a high school & came up with $5.50 in clad in about a two hour hunt. Even went to a old mining camp & found nothing it seems they are getting hunted out as well. I keep reminding myself that no place is ever hunted out but it is sure getting slow around here.

 

[Bearharold]

I have found that hunting these hunt hard places makes you better at your detecting , . You just have to take your time and learn the detector and the weaker signals and when you do you start finding the good stuff the others ran over and left . Makes the prize even more sweeter when you find a good older target that you know someone else missed . How sweet it is .


Harold

 

[Nancy-IL]

Harold said it all. Oh yeah! That's a great feeling for sure!

 

[Flintstone]

I also live in a small town, and when i see another one detecting i like to go talk and kind of watch how he detects. If he swings wide, up and down,then i show him where the better spots are so he can get most of the trash out 2to3" down, then i take my MXT and go after the good finds. So don,t worry about others unless they have a good detector and know what they are doing. Flintstone

 

[srf2112]

Sorry to hear about your frustrations bula. My town, which isn't very small, is quite different. I rarely see anyone detecting. If I do, I do just like Flintstone and extend my hand and any advice I may have to offer. I understand all about earning your own rewards but if they're a decent person ( which I've found true MD'ers are ) I always like to help just as I've been helped. We're ALL standing on someone elses shoulders. JMHO
HH
Scott

PS- Course, if they're NOT behaving decently, I won't hesitate to point that out to them either.

 

[xentryx]

I know your pain but in a different way. My town is older but besides the occasional house and heavily and I mean heavily hunted park, there's not many spots here. There's a few key spots I would love to hit but permission comes into play. Normally I have to leave town.

 

[bula]

It does get a little boring now & then, but like you all have said there is always something out there to find. Just like yesterday I hit a school that is out of the way, came home with a little clad & two rings, one silver & the other one was part of an engagement set white gold with two small diamonds. But it is the old stuff I like the most.

 

[srf2112]

Hey Xentryx. If you're town is older my guess would be that there's probably a lot more spots to hunt than is readily apparent. The older it is the more places and structures that have come and gone. Any spot of earth big enough for a coin or ? to sink into may hold the find of a lifetime. JMHO
HH
Scott

 

[nw1886]

My little town has been hunted to death too. Something always surfaces somewhere...at times. This last while I found a small pocket spill from the 50's, a loan Merc and a '62 quarter. In a place where they were tearing up for road and sidewalk improvements, I found a slew of wheats, an 1892 Barber Quarter and a thrashed Shield Nickel. Watch out for any dirt movement in town and do 'er up!

srf2112 saying that things always have changed and looking for older/lesser apparent land use signs is key. Living in the Pacific NW here, nature reclaims it's real estate fast and a depression in the ground, a thinning in a stand of older trees or even a forgotten trail at a roadside pull off, can mean for a good hunt. There's so much stuff still in the dirt it's crazy.

 

[srf2112]

That's exactly what I'm waiting for nw1886. I'm in Central/Northern Ca on the coast and there's open areas all just outside town. My first ever hunt with my original beep-dig machine was on an old trail up the coast and I actually made some good finds ( won't bore you with that now ). Soon as I'm healed up I'm heading out on scouting missions. I've found those can be as fun and exciting as the actual hunt.
HH
Scott

 

[xentryx]

This is a good, informative thread. Opening me up to look at places that I wouldn't had thought twice about.

My town was established in 1810. I think I need to do some homework.

 

[srf2112]

That's right xentryx. 1810 ?! I'll bet there's a lot of little clues all around your area to tip you off to where people USED to be. Scout around and you'll start noticing the significance of little things that mark where treasure may be hidden. The detective work will be at least half the fun. Good luck.
HH
Scott

 

[MontanaMatt]

Private property is where it's at. If you're frustrated with slim pickings on public property then quit wasting your time on high schools and parks and move on to public property.

 

[bula]

Montanamatt, you are right about that, but I just haven't had much luck with getting permission. Most of the older lots are rented out with the owners living out of town & the renters will not give permission.