Worked out Sites.

[KING OF ACE]

Metal Detecting on a "worked out site" is never going to be anywhere near as much fun as detecting on a virgin site . Working a fully loaded site is the second best feeling in the world :blush: We Years ago when i started metaldetecting around 1977 many sites were still un detected on. Some sites were "carpeted in coins and rings" and many other old and interesting valuable items - very true honestly. It was hard digging all of the coins and other old relics out of the ground because the soil was fully loaded with non ferrous down to around 4 inches.Ask any one who used a detector in the 70's. Sites had many more good finds in the soil. Good finds out numbered the trash .. When i upgraded to a cheap TR machine i started to find even more of the "deeper coins" 4 inches!. It was very easy finding good targets even with a cheap bfo machine. Today things have changed and we now find our selfs using machines costing over a thousand

 

[coinnut]

I agree. Started detecting around 1972 or 1973 and I had a Coinmaster V Supreme as my 4th machine. A radio shack ($19.95), followed by a Bounty Hunter Rebel, and Outlaw. Hands were sore digging all that iron and coins too. There is something to be said about the thresh hold that those machines gave you. But I'm not about to give up my DFX though! And now that most foundations are hit in the northeast, I find myself scavenging worn out cellar holes. But some persistence and I do well at them, sometimes coming out with 3 or 4 coppers. In my area you can expect a ratio of 1 virgin hole to about 50 hunted holes. Sometimes its all about the fresh air, quiet and exercise that I get, that makes it worth my while. Good luck hunting, the weather is about to get cold up here.

 

[Mirage]

I get a taste of Virgin sites at old unhunted homes sites. It really is a treat to just dig anything that beeps and find something good 90% of the time.

Just this last weekend we hunted a home that we were told was "metal detected by four guys 7 years ago". We found about 15 wheats, 3 mercs, a V nickel and some other tokens. Those 4 guys must have had fun.

Mirage