What I didn't find today..

[Dirt Digler]

Got permission to hunt a 5,500 sq ft mansion built in 1895 sitting on more than an acre. After 3 hours of hunting I dug a lot of DEEP clad and 2 wheaties that were halfway to China. If it's ever been hunted, it hasn't been for at least 20 years.

But, I'm afraid those beauties may just be a little too deep right now.

Just thought I'd whine with the rest of you who may not have had your best detecting day!

 

[Dirt Digler]

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[airscapes]

Could it be the grade of the land has been changed or added to? Maybe take another look and hunt in placed that may be more likely to have not changed??

 

[Mega]

Just because the property is old does not mean that you will automatically find old items,i am afraid it does not always work like that,when i gain permission to a old site i then do my research on the site using say Google Earth and other research tools to find the history of the site,this could be say near a old roman road or a old saxon settlement but that does mean will will find anything.

We went detecting on a farm a few year back on 120 acres but parked on a small 1 acre site across the road from the farm,the small 1acre field produced 100 times more than the farm did,the reason why the small field was a small medieval market and alot of hammered coins had been dropped in that field,also i found George 111 gold Guinea last year on the same site,so just shows that some in theory good sites can produce nothing and other sites you would in theory say had not got a chance turn up some fantastic finds.

You may try swinging slower,use prehaps a slightly bigger coil,the ground may have been dry as a result of a a hot summer but could come alive with some nice finds after a down pour,these are the types of thing that can change what appears to be a lack lustre site into a good one,of course if nothing is in that location then you wont find anything full stop.

 

[Steve O]

That IS disappointing. My best old silver day was at a house of that time period. "FILL" may be the reason for no oldies. If you can get back there with your deepest detector, slow down and listen for the 'faints"....keep us posted, this one's a challenge...good luck DD!

 

[ironsight]

Well i didn't find a $20 gold coin today!

I have had minimal luck at old one room school sites and old homestead sites out in the country. My County has been and even now is sparsely populated and the people back in the day were likely dirt poor watching every penny like a hawk.
If corroded 100 year old nails were worth anything i could be a millionaire 10 times over.

 

[GeorgeinSC]

I definitely would not give up on that site. I worked an area a little over a year ago that I thought should produce some silver coins and all I found was clad. About a month or so ago I decided to go back and work that area again much slower and really listen for those faint targets. In two visits I took a number of wheat pennies and four silver dimes and one silver quarter that I missed the first time around because I was working too fast and not listening closely enough to hear those weak targets. .

 

[Oldguy]

Try again when the ground is wet, your detector may gain a little more depth.