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The park that probably was passed by.

The park does have a lot of possibilities its gated and only opened to a very small community.Only opened from 9 to 9 residents only.I've been stopped at the gate at last three times and asked to show my driver's licence for proof of resident.A very short hunt today yielded a 1909 VDB and a gold chain.I'm still in the phase of exploring.Its nice to search a park for old coins not in a high crime area.
 
MonDak,you did very well at the old yard.I like older yards also,but getting permission to search them is difficult.The silver dollar is a great find.Did the property owner want to keep any percentage of the finds.
 
Colin,sounds like a good park even the places that people claim are hunted out still produce silver.There use to be an old football field in Keego Harbor MI that was used in the 1920's.I was one of the first hunter's to search this place in the early seventies a lot of old silver coins were being found there until they built condos on every square inch of the place a couple of years ago.I even bet Royal drove by the place while I was hunting thinking what the heck is that guy searching for?I totally disagree with the experts who say most of the silver has been found in these old parks.Silver coins don't bleed into the ground to leave a halo effect,and these targets are very small compared to pennies.If older pennies are being found at a site and your not finding silver(7 to 1 ratio )they have been missed recheck because they're still there.
 
Bob,I agree the park won't be hunted out and I have the awful task of trying.Now I know how the fat lady at the candy store felt.
 
You have a hot spot, no doubt. Although such places are rare today, there still are some. Good future luck with it. Wish I was with you. HH jim tn
 
WOW..nice ones!! What's that green coated one just to the right and lower? Canadian coin? It doesn't look like a penny.

I've just discovered a "PORT" from the 1860's right here 4 miles from home (in California). Now to find what part of it I can 'Detector.

Joe
 
Doc,that is actually a 1965 that I found on the beach before working the grounds.The oldest Canadian coins I found there a couple of 1932 pennies.(The very oldest a 1844 Canadian half penny here at a Oxford school.)One thing you may want to consider the old parks by the port area.They did have a lot of company picnics in area parks back here in Detroit by these old Auto plants.
 
Jim,this hot spot I stumbled on.I would drive by this park on a daily basis.I'm sure there's a hot spot your over looking right in your own back yard.
 
On my horse farm I have two very old oaks trees and have yet to search both.My back pasture was probably use as a crossing or a picnic area? I'm just too busy searching other places. PS coins from the recent hunts in the park with the XS
 
WOW (again) Those are some gorgeous FINDS.

That eagle quarter just takes my breath away.

One of the smarter things I did (back 20 or was that 30<smile> years ago)was to buy an uncirculated Mercury dime and buffalo nickel. Cost me under a couple bucks but NOW I have these coins to enjoy. Wish I had done that eagle quarter too.

It must be a real RUSH pulling the silvers out of the ground!!

HH Joe
 
Joe, I started metal detecting when I was seventeen and even at fifty four finding a silver coin or good find still means a lot.At this point in life finding the time to search is the biggest challenge.The great thing about this park its just being scouted a couple of hours at a time and it has a lot of potential.The old pennies found indicates there should be lots of barb coins here.The landscape is hilly terrain with very old tall trees that leads down to a lake.The bottom line in the recovery of coins here requires very careful digging so I don't loose my privileges to use a metal detector in this park. Just maybe there,s a 1916D Mercury Head dime waiting to be found.
 
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