Where is the silver?

[detectorbill]

Have you ever had one of those places where you actually feel the detecting will be great? I have one in what was an old park then a camp dating back to around 1802 (only one mention in an obscure publication). I mean this place is primo, could not have ever been hunted because of the finds I have but the silver absolutely escapes me. I have ,in 12 hours of hunting, found 37 wheaties from 1913 to 1952 and one large cent 184? but absolutely no silver at all. These finds were from 3 to 6 inches, so I know it hasn't been hunted before but you would think a Barber or at least a Merc would show up. Just wondering if anyone else has experienced this before.

 

[fwcrawford]

I've had sites like that before too, and it is hard to understand how that could be.
If you are finding all those wheats in there, there has got to be some silver in there too!
Keep trying until you simply don't find any coins at, but as long as you are finding something, keep at it.
I have hunted sites before and often started finding the older coins after I thought it was just about cleaned out, and these coins were not all that deep either.
There has got to be some silver in there.... keep at it and good luck!!
Felix

 

[montanagold]

The park that I started hunting produced over 40 wheat's and only about 6 silver coins, I attribute it to getting new detector when I switched to the Explorer SE I started finding things very deep and all of the silver was deeper than the pennies so It might be the case that the good stuff is just out of reach depending on the detector you are using, maybe just a thought. HH

 

[Elton]

n/t

 

[echostar61]

This will be my 3rd year pounding such a site, wheaties and relics galore.
But not one silver coin , this is a homesite and I live across the street . In my
yard I have found a lot of silver. I know this area has not been hunted , so where
is it

Terri

 

[jim tn]

If you are finding those numbers of wheaties, there seemingly should be silver there as well. Shallow wheats, however, don't necessarly mean the site hasn't been hunted before. Quite a few hunters pass up targets that don't read as silver. Is the site trashy? Some good targets could be masked. Was any fill dirt possibly brought in? I would stay at it, though. I began hunting a site about three year's ago that I recovered 50 or so wheaties before getting my first silver. Since, that site has yielded me over 250 silver coins. Good luck, and let us know when that first silver come to light. HH jim tn

 

[GRAY GHOST]

hi bill. i've hit many a spot like that. at first, lots of wheats [usually shallow] and an occasional large cent... just enough to keep me interested. then, BAM! up comes a nice mercury dime or old quarter. then others would follow - and seemingly out of nowhere, and in the most unexpected places. contrary to popular belief, in the early years of our country, people very seldom lost money at all. it was simply too precious to lose. barter, coppers, and spanish silver was king in those days. as the economy grew, so did salaries... and hence, people started losing more pocket change because it was more readily available. it's been estimated that around 15% of all coins minted by the u.s.are in the ground in some way.

it was a big deal for a kid to lose a dime in the 1930's. it easily ruined a saturday with his friends. no bagful of candy today! imagine the impact of a lost dime in the 1830's. that was a lot of money back then! i can easily imagine several people spending a while on their knees combing their yard for that lost dime. most of the coinage we find has been well circulated, and passed through many hands. money had better staying power back then, and inherently was worth more.

simply put, bill, silver is where you find it... and gold is the same way. i know that sounds crass, but it's true. you say you've hunted the park for about 12 hours, which really is not enough time depending on it's size. spread your search out, and push the boundaries. dig all good beeps. it's good you got a different machine. that should help a lot. wait for a good soaking rain, then hit it hard. i hope you are using good quality headphones - they help a lot. good luck in your hunts, and let us know how you do. there's silver in there somewhere. hh!

 

[coinnut]

You are scaring it. You need to sneak up on it and grab it. Sometimes that silver is hard to find. But it is there. It may be that there are so many easier targets to get and deep silver can be hard to locate. I can hit a deep penny better than deep silver. Try changing your settings or frequencies (if you have that option). Keep trying.