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I frustrated in that after 6 months I haven't found much anything but clad with my GTAx 1250. I know that it is me and not the machine. Can someone recommend a recent book on coin shooting?
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You are probably familiar with Garrett's book, "Successful Coin Hunting." Another book that will get your wheels turning and help you generate some ideas is, "Where To Find Treasure" by Dick Stout.
The number one, most important thing to remember is, you have to go where older coins were lost. Another thing is, people back then weren't as careless with their coins as people are now days(in general.) Lately, I have been hunting the yard of an older duplex house. Clad coins that I find are, quarters, dimes, nickels, and pennies(especially zinc!) The "old" coins that I find are pennies & nickels.
Go to the right areas and hunt slowly. If you are persistent, sooner or later things will fall into place for you. Just remember, the number one thing is location!
Good luck & HH -- Bill/Wa.
The number one, most important thing to remember is, you have to go where older coins were lost. Another thing is, people back then weren't as careless with their coins as people are now days(in general.) Lately, I have been hunting the yard of an older duplex house. Clad coins that I find are, quarters, dimes, nickels, and pennies(especially zinc!) The "old" coins that I find are pennies & nickels.
Go to the right areas and hunt slowly. If you are persistent, sooner or later things will fall into place for you. Just remember, the number one thing is location!
Good luck & HH -- Bill/Wa.
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Thanks Bill for the words of encouragement. I think that the Garrett books were written in the earl 90's over a decade ago.
Anyone know of something recent or is the best that it gets?
Anyone know of something recent or is the best that it gets?
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I have some of the books mentioned previously and found a lot of useful info. on places to go. I also subscribe to lost treasure magazine. This forum has also helped in a lot of ways too. One thing i have learned is that any ground you can probe or dig has potential. Not to mention old houses and such. I went over my yard about 4 to 5 times before i was fairly satified that i found all that i could. I used my 4.5 coil last and found even more that i missed with the 8.5 coil.
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Thanks Bob for the input. I know that I have a ton to learn in this relatively new hobby. I have a project going on outside that I need some good weather to do. The rain is coming down so strong that I won't be doing it tomorrow either. Looks like another day with the MD <img src="/metal/html/tongue.gif" border=0 width=15 height=15 alt=":b">
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All the books in the world will not help you find silver unless you're in the right spot and those spots are very rae today. Obviously you are a younger feller so let me put things into perspective.
Silver hasn't been minted or circulated in 40 years so it doesn't grow like weeds. Most of the silver was cleaned out in the early days of detecting during the sixties to the eighties. Back in the seventies a friend of mine had a milk crate brim full of silver coins pulled from the local parks and schools here in Portland, along with a few gold coins. I've yet to find a gold coin but have found twelve silver dollars over the years.
In the days of silver, silver coins were as valuable as the bills you carry in your wallet today so people were not careless with them and most people carried them in a coin purse, not in their pockets. Remember, back in the old days a nickel would buy what $2.00-$4.00 will buy today. My Ma would give me a quarter and that would pay my way into a real movie ( not these Yuppie excuses for movies they have today ), buy me a box of popcorn, a soda, and a candy bar.
Now you know why silver isn't just laying around everywhere. You need to do some research and find places where lots of people congregated in the old days and places that haven't been hit by every detector ever made. These places are hard to find but still exist. Yards at old homes are a prime spot if you can get permission to hunt. Small towns or areas where everyone and their dog doesn't own a detector are great spots - like the places our very own John hunts. Keep looking. It will get better. Just enjoy the hunt. This is a hobby not a road to riches <img src="/metal/html/smile.gif" border=0 width=15 height=15 alt="
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Silver hasn't been minted or circulated in 40 years so it doesn't grow like weeds. Most of the silver was cleaned out in the early days of detecting during the sixties to the eighties. Back in the seventies a friend of mine had a milk crate brim full of silver coins pulled from the local parks and schools here in Portland, along with a few gold coins. I've yet to find a gold coin but have found twelve silver dollars over the years.
In the days of silver, silver coins were as valuable as the bills you carry in your wallet today so people were not careless with them and most people carried them in a coin purse, not in their pockets. Remember, back in the old days a nickel would buy what $2.00-$4.00 will buy today. My Ma would give me a quarter and that would pay my way into a real movie ( not these Yuppie excuses for movies they have today ), buy me a box of popcorn, a soda, and a candy bar.
Now you know why silver isn't just laying around everywhere. You need to do some research and find places where lots of people congregated in the old days and places that haven't been hit by every detector ever made. These places are hard to find but still exist. Yards at old homes are a prime spot if you can get permission to hunt. Small towns or areas where everyone and their dog doesn't own a detector are great spots - like the places our very own John hunts. Keep looking. It will get better. Just enjoy the hunt. This is a hobby not a road to riches <img src="/metal/html/smile.gif" border=0 width=15 height=15 alt="
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Re: going over your own lawn. I have done that from time to time, especially when I coudn't get away to some farther location. I have found the occasional quarter that came from who knows where, a few coins I missed that I had put out at another time just for practice, but the biggest surprise was a 1944 Phillipine Centavo. Not a valuable coin according to my book but where in the devil did it originally come from and how did it end up in my yard? Fill dirt possibly? or who knows? At any rate a pleasant surprise.
Keepem' Beepin,
Barber Bill <img src="/metal/html/lol.gif" border=0 width=15 height=15 alt=":lol">
Keepem' Beepin,
Barber Bill <img src="/metal/html/lol.gif" border=0 width=15 height=15 alt=":lol">