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I am new to the Altoona, pa area. Any good places to detect? Been to a few large parks with no luck even for coins.
I never have been skunked at a park before. I find it hard to believe that with all the places I have looked in this area
I keep coming up zip. I came from the West coast and always did well at parks and beaches. What gives here?
Are there any clubs in this area or people to get together with around here to detect with?

mark

Spots pop up over time. Good luck I cant wait to see what you find

see what happens when you leave the west coast?

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Search in corn fields, bean fields and in the woods. You will find 200 year old coins. Need a shovel in plowed fields, coins in the woods are shallow. In the woods stay within 500 feet of the road, more targets. Last year I found about 2 dozen 1700's and 1800's coins in those kind of places. Dave, New Jersey

how many hours did you spend in open areas like this

Last year was my first year searching plowed fields and woods, no park hunting. Lots of hours spent all year, couldn't say how many. But every hour was enjoyable. Not another person in sight. Often I come home with nothing, my wife says "At least you were got out today". Today in a corn field I found part of a Civil war? box plate, IH penny, wheatie, posted pic on Whatzit forum today, didn't know what it was. Here's a pic of most of the large cents, half cents, 3 cent silvers. Also found Barber coins and seated, not in this pic.



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Mark, see if you can get old Sanborn maps (online) of the areas you like to detect. Shows areas between 1870's-1940's.

Jabbo, way to go , that is an awesome pile for sure. CO

Osgood, the oldest readable date is 1718 (bottom row, 2nd from right corner). Next to the stack is a 1837 hard times token, the eagle is barely visible in the photo. Also an Irish Hibernia in the top row I think, with a crown above a harp, barely visible. The two 3 cent pieces were found in a corn field and woods. Found 6 seated dimes last year in the same places and lots of flat buttons, about 5 places in all. Those places are now cleaned out it seems, digging up all iffy targets now and they are scrap metal. All the large pennies were about 8" deep and gave a repeatable high tone, the 3 centers are really small and gave a medium tone. Was exciting while it lasted, now trying hard to find a new place. Found with my ID Edge and Coinstrike, older detectors but they go deep. Jabbo

hey, i know what you mean about cleaned out, its like Ill never find another place like that again. And yet along comes a place with different things, but just as historical and intense. I look forward to that now. Good Hunts, CO



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You're right about along comes another. The place was there all the while, just never noticed it. I was driving past a park last summer and noticed an uninviting small patch of woods across the road, owned by the park. Figured I'd give it a try. Turned out to be my best place ever for old coins. First visit I found an old axe head and some shot gun shells. Went back a few months later because I was fresh out of good places to go. Started finding indian head pennies, then a seated dime, no-date standing liberty quarter, 2 shield nickles, one silver 3 cent coin. Then on more visits more indian heads. Total of 17 or 18 1800's coins, mostly indian heads. Six or seven more visits turned up nothing good. Lots of briar with nasty thorns scattrered through out that patch of woods, I'm sure there is more old coins under the briar. Right now I'm looking for a new place, when I see it I'll ask myself why didn't I see this place before. Jabbo

Jabbo, its funny the site you mentioned, Check out my entry at the Fisher F site, from May or June of 2010 called First Barber Half and a lot More, and my later post of a revisit. It is exactly as you described, a place still owned by a park but ignored in recent years. I made a huge killing there worthy of a magazine post , although I never submitted it. That place was after a great cellar hole i found that had 5 large cents, gratia cents, civil war token and more. Thought I;d never top that. Then at a choir directors old farm house, I found my first seated dime, first silver dollar (counterfeit), other old coins and tokens. Earlier I had a blast at a town old green, that I thought Id never top- so even when I think a season is going so-so, it seems to even up by the end. WooWoo, detecting soon , up north here in NY state. good hunts, CO