Detecting a popular sledding hill:shrug:

[broadestpower]

Well this isn't exactly a post of finds. I was curious how most of
you feel about the winter hunt? The hill I am referring to is visited by many
sledders. I drove by it the other day and there had to be about a hundred
people there. You know there has to be clad and jewelry in an area like this.
Every time the glove comes off to do something that can't be done with it on
there is a possibility for lost jewelry. We have had two storms since Christmas
in this area. Each storm consisting of around 6 to 8 inches of snow so I'm
guessing there is around 6 inches of hard pack snow from sledding and melt.
You guys bounce around the forums quite a bit how do you rate the winter hunt?
Do you do it ? Or hit it in the Spring!

George

 

[Mike from MI "Iron Brigade"]

Hit the ares where the parents stand around at the top. Sometimes these areas are hard packed. Also the bottom where the stop sledding, wipe out and brush off can be good. I use lower sense, because I get alot of signals that are down below the frozen dirt. Be sure to have something you can chip through hard pack with. My best find was a Bulova 10 diamond watch!

 

[Paul (AR)]

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[Ed Steinhoff]

Most certaintly hit those sled hills, both now and after the spring melt! Your ideas are spot on.
check the at pro and at gold forum for all the great finds John in Edmonton makes on the sled hills.
HH Ed in co.

 

[Jeff SC]

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[broadestpower]

Finding a good time to hunt the hill is the trick!
It's a buzy place since the snow began falling.
I don't want to share the hill with the sledders.
I'd have to get out pretty early in less than desirable
conditions. I went out today the sun was out and I was
in a field at the bottom of a sledding hill. I dug about 12
targets and I found three clad coins. I was in the jewlery
mode so I dug about seven pull tabs in hopes of the ring.

 

[Mike from MI "Iron Brigade"]

Stop by again when ya can.

God bless.

 

[TreasureDigger]

Wish we had snow here... where we could have a hill for sledding and detecting. :-(

Lisa

 

[Ed Steinhoff]

Thank you sir, I will. HH Ed in co.

 

[broadestpower]

On Sunday I visited one of the sledding hills it was so compact that it was literally 3.5 inches of solid ice.
I am looking forward to hitting that in the spring. It is very steep probably a 45 degree angle. The
hill I wanted to get to, I made it to first thing around 8:00 a.m. about an hour before the first sledders
arrived. I concentrated on the upper area where the parents stand as the children head down hill.
On Saturday I visited a large field at the bottom of the steep sledding area, so I had some idea of
the ground condition under the snow. I dug about a dozen targets and found three coins. The soil was
semi frozen best way to describe it is it was like a frozen fudgical. You could pound the digger into the
soil with your hand. I don't feel like I'm doing the ground any justice cutting frozen plugs from it and trying
to tamp them back down when I'm done. It just doesn't feel right, I guess this type of hunt just isn't for me.
So any way back to the sledding hill, I was gauging the depth of the snow when I finally pinpointed the target.
I had about five inches of snow so I was looking for targets in that area so as to find recent drops that would
be sitting on the ground beneath the snow. Every target I pinpointed was just below the frozen ground, and this
ground was solid frozen. I believe I dug about a dozen or so targets but failed to recover any items. If I had the
gear I would try a river hunt but that frozen ground is just nasty.
George

 

[7centsworth]

I would hit it as soon as possible . Because there is probably someone just like you that thinks that hill will be a good place to detect.

 

[Mike Chgo area]

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