lordmarcovan
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Thursday, January 10, 2008 was a postcard-perfect day in the Golden Isles of Georgia. It was sunny and clear, with temperatures around 70 degrees. A few days earlier, we
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DIGS O' THE DAY
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lordmarcovan
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GaYankee- funny, I drove past Wright Square on my way to Satilla Square, and thought about hunting there. It's been a long time since I tried it.
Halifax is my favorite, but pounded to death. King's Square has been good to me. Queen's Square, too, to a lesser extent. Even Hanover, which has gotta be the most-detected piece of real estate in SE GA, has coughed up some goodies for me, even in the last year. Got a 1913 T2 Buffalo there last spring.
I've never gotten anything better than a few Wheats and an old pocketknife there, though. Always found the grass greener elsewhere.
You KNOW there's gotta be silver out there in Wright Square. Steve Smith, one of Brunswick's longest-hunting detectorists, found a Walking Liberty half (I think it was a 191
there, years ago. Steve goes by the handle "Millennium" on a number of detecting forums, but I don't know if he visits here or not.
Look me up sometime, if you like. We're in the book. There are only two Shinnicks listed in the phonebook, and Joe is my father. I think our number is listed under "L Shinnick", for my wife's first initial.
-Rob Shinnick/LordM"
Halifax is my favorite, but pounded to death. King's Square has been good to me. Queen's Square, too, to a lesser extent. Even Hanover, which has gotta be the most-detected piece of real estate in SE GA, has coughed up some goodies for me, even in the last year. Got a 1913 T2 Buffalo there last spring.
I've never gotten anything better than a few Wheats and an old pocketknife there, though. Always found the grass greener elsewhere.
You KNOW there's gotta be silver out there in Wright Square. Steve Smith, one of Brunswick's longest-hunting detectorists, found a Walking Liberty half (I think it was a 191
there, years ago. Steve goes by the handle "Millennium" on a number of detecting forums, but I don't know if he visits here or not.Look me up sometime, if you like. We're in the book. There are only two Shinnicks listed in the phonebook, and Joe is my father. I think our number is listed under "L Shinnick", for my wife's first initial.
-Rob Shinnick/LordM"
lordmarcovan
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PS for GaYankee- a tip for you- try the other side of Satilla Square (the western half). I've worked this eastern half fairly well now, but have barely touched the western half. It's a bit trashier, particularly out in the middle. I tried it a little bit the other day. I found some older stuff. (Trash, but old trash). I might give it a go on my next outing. Speaking of underexploited turf, you would do well to thoroughly hunt your home turf (Wright Square). As I mentioned, I have barely hunted it at all, though I used to walk through it on my way home from Glynn Middle School as an 8th grader in the late '70s. Steve Smith is the only one I know who's hunted it at all. It is bound to have some goodies still hiding there.
If you haven't done so already, I strongly recommend you go to the City Manager's office and get yourself a permit to hunt city property like the parks. Chances are, nobody will hassle you and you might never need to show it, but it is good to have that piece of paper in your wallet, in case a nearby homeowner gets uptight and calls the law on you. In the last eight or nine years since I got mine, I have only had to show it once or twice.
The officers of the Brunswick Police Department I have encountered have all been friendly, and the only time they've ever run me out of one of the parks was in the southern portion of Hanover Square after dark. The cop diplomatically suggested that since the parks technically close after sundown, I didn't need to be there. It is obvious that the cops themselves wouldn't have cared that I was there- they were only responding to a citizen's complaint about a suspicious person creeping around in the park at night. So if I am night-hunting in the parks (which I often do in the summers, when days are too hot), I stick to the ones in the business district, away from any homes. I often save Queen's Square for this purpose, since it is well-lit and just across the street from the police department. They see me there at night and don't hassle me- they just wave. Only one friend of mine has reported any rudeness or hassle from the police.
One time (in the daylight), I watched a police cruiser come over the curb and out into the grass, driving right into the park to pull up next to me! Hoo boy, I thought... here goes trouble. But the window rolled down, the cop stuck out his head, and said, "Findin' anything good?" One lady cop stopped me at night and warned me for my own safety that I was within a block or two of a less-savory neighborhood. I grew up on the South End, though, so I have a pretty good feel for the neighborhoods. There are some that I don't go to, day or night. Some are just not a good place for a fat white boy with a metal detector to be!
Getting the permit also identifies you as a responsible detectorist. A lot of folks in the city government don't even know they issue special permits. When I got mine, I had to go door to door before I found anybody who had any idea what I was asking for. Having the permit makes you a card-carrying individual who won't get singled out for abuse if some sloppy idiot goes out and tears up one of the parks, giving us all a bad name. I think sloppy, greedy detectorists and relic hunters are probably the reason the state put the ban on Jekyll Island.
-Rob Shinnick/LordM"
If you haven't done so already, I strongly recommend you go to the City Manager's office and get yourself a permit to hunt city property like the parks. Chances are, nobody will hassle you and you might never need to show it, but it is good to have that piece of paper in your wallet, in case a nearby homeowner gets uptight and calls the law on you. In the last eight or nine years since I got mine, I have only had to show it once or twice.
The officers of the Brunswick Police Department I have encountered have all been friendly, and the only time they've ever run me out of one of the parks was in the southern portion of Hanover Square after dark. The cop diplomatically suggested that since the parks technically close after sundown, I didn't need to be there. It is obvious that the cops themselves wouldn't have cared that I was there- they were only responding to a citizen's complaint about a suspicious person creeping around in the park at night. So if I am night-hunting in the parks (which I often do in the summers, when days are too hot), I stick to the ones in the business district, away from any homes. I often save Queen's Square for this purpose, since it is well-lit and just across the street from the police department. They see me there at night and don't hassle me- they just wave. Only one friend of mine has reported any rudeness or hassle from the police.
One time (in the daylight), I watched a police cruiser come over the curb and out into the grass, driving right into the park to pull up next to me! Hoo boy, I thought... here goes trouble. But the window rolled down, the cop stuck out his head, and said, "Findin' anything good?" One lady cop stopped me at night and warned me for my own safety that I was within a block or two of a less-savory neighborhood. I grew up on the South End, though, so I have a pretty good feel for the neighborhoods. There are some that I don't go to, day or night. Some are just not a good place for a fat white boy with a metal detector to be!
Getting the permit also identifies you as a responsible detectorist. A lot of folks in the city government don't even know they issue special permits. When I got mine, I had to go door to door before I found anybody who had any idea what I was asking for. Having the permit makes you a card-carrying individual who won't get singled out for abuse if some sloppy idiot goes out and tears up one of the parks, giving us all a bad name. I think sloppy, greedy detectorists and relic hunters are probably the reason the state put the ban on Jekyll Island.
-Rob Shinnick/LordM"