A very decent hunt and nice day in New England

[DELETED USER (Emmitt)]

Very nice week/weekend here in New England. 50's to 60's still during the day! Yea! Back in April i finally got the nerve to ask a land owner if i could cut thru his property to get to an area in the wood were I thought i would have some luck detecting. He was more than happy to let me! Let me tell ya folks, when asking land owners to do so, it all about how you present yourself! Be nice and pleasant to folks and they will most likely be back to ya! Hey, the worse they can say is NO! So ya move on and say thanks anyway for your time! Any ways, he gave me a little history lesson about the property that I did not know about. The road in back of his house was actually an old main road that dates back to the early 19th century to connect the two towns. Also he informed me of the old brick factory(i have yet to find the foundations! uggg). Its a pretty good walk, at least three or four miles of road, not counting many paths and other roads that go from this old main cart and horse road. Had a friend come with me this time who detects also with his older whites machine from the early 90's.We spent about 4 1/2 hours this morning out there. We had a great time. He found his finds first, a nice 1938 Washington quarter and a really neat old silver pendant. The next finds were mine. I was using the 705 with the 3KHz coil! Sens at 30 all day long and GB stayed at 11(did not use tracking at all today). Snagged a few nice silver dimes after about an hour of detecting the main road. Then we kinda strayed form the road just swinging off the paths and that's where i got the button. Not a bad button. One of the nicest ones I have found. We started heading back around 11:30 walking the main road but detecting the sides of the old road(not the middle) and that's when that sweet 44 showed up on the display! Never fluctuated at all. I new it had to be a half! It sure was! It was a good day of detecting for both of us. Good friends having a little fun! I gotta tell ya, was expecting to find much older stuff (those pre 1850's coins, i know ya out there!), but we have many hours left of going back to that area! What a great hobby! And what a great country! Many thanks to the land owner for letting us do this! Happy Hunting All...Emmett





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Barber Half Front
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[Jack Beam]

Looks like a great day of hunting!! Congrats on the silver and button!!

 

[7centsworth]

Sounds like yall had a good time. Congratulations on the good finds. I do not mind asking permission like you said all they can say is yes or no . And if they say no oh well I go on to the thousands of others .

 

[hotrod53]

Real nice Barber, I've been detecting since 1972 and have never found one of those, not any kind of a half dollar! You guys in New England have the treasures to be found, I mean old stuff. I had relatives in Madison CT, but people either live in the old places or they are historic landmarks.

Yeh, permission can be touchy, I feel better asking when I'm away from hometown figuring I'll never see this guy again either way. Over the years most of my experiences have been good, a few YESs, a few NOs, one set of ladies run me off their property yet gave me directions to a great site where I found Indians and silver. I've even got the "if anyone is going to detect my yard it will be me" answer! Another guy told me NO but asked if I wanted to buy the old place, it was for sale by owner. I have also been told YES you can do it but I want to know what you found. Keep in mind, you're asking to take something that belongs to them and in these crazy days of lawsuit happy idiots, you could get hurt and try and sue them.

My theory is approach politely, always give your name, figuring it lends some credibility, and accept politely either way. On the other side, I can't tell you how many places I have been thrown out of over the years, even a few by the Police. Polite is always key!

 

[7centsworth]

Hotrod if you are getting permission to hunt these places how are you getting run off. Just wondering.

 

[hotrod53]

Oddly, I have been run out of the strangest places. Once I parked on the side of the road and was about to walk into the woods with detector in tow. Apparently these ladies who lived across the street and up the road had been bothered by hunters shooting close to their property and dirt bikers throwing dirt around and making noise. There were no NO TRESPASSING signs where we were but apparently the trail would have lead us to their property. These women saw me pull over and park, they refused to leave until we physically got in my truck and drove away. Another time, we hunted a caved in log cabin, I knocked on a door across the street and asked permission and was told to go ahead, they didn't think anyone would mind, mainly I wanted these people to know who I was and what I was doing. Soon the Police showed up and said that they were watching the property for the owners, but they refused to tell us who the owners were. Yet another time in the Allegheny Mountain I hit a homesite that I had driven past for years, the home had been long gone. A lady stopped and asked if we had permission, when I replied NO and I hoped that it was no issue, she told me that she was the owner and would appreciate if we would leave. She also asked if we had found anything . I think it's the places where you think no one owns or would care that is usually a problem. I have found that if you act appropriately when confronted, it's usually not an issue.

 

[Big Boys Hobbies]

That barber is beautiful! Nice finds!

 

[Des D]

Well done Emmett,

Cool handle too by the way..."WoodsWalker"...

I spent three very enjoyable years in New England - Boston / Cape Cod mostly though I do enjoy Maine!!

Why don't you submit your Success Story to the Minelab web site??

www.minelab.com

Good Hunting

Des Dunne
Minelab International

 

[Digger]

Great report on the hunt, and great finds as well. Congrats on "doing it the right way". Doing the research, getting permission and sharing the experience with good friends is what this hobby is all about. Thanks for sharing it with us! HH Randy