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your "hunted out spots" :starwars:
- Thread starter weston
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and anyone telling you that a spot is hunted out is probably trying to convince you not to hunt there. I've been detecting for 38 years, and have hunted hundreds (if not thousands) of places. Some of my favorite spots are the same ones I was pulling out coins from 35 years ago. In fact, that 1877 Indian Cent came from a place I've been hunting since the early 1980's. So when someone tells you that a site is hunted out, be skeptical. I've dug some of my best coins in places that were "hunted out". JMHO HH Randy
There is never a hunnted out spot. I can give you two examples:
My brother has been detecting for 38 years, has used 12 different detectors over the years. We still find coins in his yard (average size lot) after 12 detectors have hit this area. Some of these could be new coins, but some are older wheats and heavily crusted coins.
The 2nd example is a local park he was told was hunted out when he started in the early 70's. We still hit that park regularly, and Barber coins still are found. I think this is due to a combination of soil conditions, newer detectors with advanced features/depth, and availability of better targets once the junk targets get removed. Some iron masking occurs, so as we dig junk, better targets can now be Identified.
My brother has been detecting for 38 years, has used 12 different detectors over the years. We still find coins in his yard (average size lot) after 12 detectors have hit this area. Some of these could be new coins, but some are older wheats and heavily crusted coins.
The 2nd example is a local park he was told was hunted out when he started in the early 70's. We still hit that park regularly, and Barber coins still are found. I think this is due to a combination of soil conditions, newer detectors with advanced features/depth, and availability of better targets once the junk targets get removed. Some iron masking occurs, so as we dig junk, better targets can now be Identified.
I have been to "hammered" CW camps that I still go to and hunt. I have found that the newer machines along with LEARNING your machine, has gotten me great results. I tell ya, I have had alot of new machines in the last 3 years, some fair and some that plain stink. I always come home to the Xterra 70/705, as I have found the most with it...........
7centsworth
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My cousin once told me I would not find anything in a yard , because he and his brother had hunted it hard. Well I hunted it for about an hour and found three wheaties one a 1922. He was there when I found two of them , I laughed and said I thought I would not find anything. Can not wait to get back to that yard with my 70.