ever just go and cherry pick quarters?

[olemudface]

i remember finding a 101 quarters cherry picking this school yard for 7 hours 11 at night to 6 am in the morning and only finding 1 silver quarter,the old timers must of cherry picked the silver out of this achool yard in the early to late 70s because the quarters i was finding was from the 80s and up, the silver quarter was a standing liberty so that was proof there was silver in this ground,Its hard to do schools now a days since the school shootings,who agrees?I did go back and retreived probaby over 1000 clad dimes.

 

[mudpuppy]

Yeah! I really enjoy those types of hunts where you really get into good solid shallow targets, multiple hits per swing, coins galore...stacks, spills, like a feeding frenzy!
It happens about once or twice per year for me generally in a schoolyard sportsfield, or behind and out of sight playground... where you really find some sort of spot just loaded that hasn't seen a coil in 20 years. That's where the screwdriver coin popping trick really shines, a fellow has to get from ping to pouch in less than 10 sec to really clear it out. If our Q's were dollar coins, it would be wonderful.
Mud

 

[WildOutdoorAddict]

I've hunted a few places that were cherry picked.. I was finding dime nickels and pennies mostly.

 

[JimGilmore]

but remember that no quarters does not mean cherry picked. Some kids do not have quarters to lose.

 

[Ed (Upstate NY)]

n/t

 

[bob.oz]

MDing since 12/06 I've dug 5,339 quarters to date....The beach is my main source for large shinny quarter counts,especially behind the beach bars....Prime time is now,"Drunk Spring Breakers"....$15 in quarters is not uncommon on Monday mornings...Love that sugar sand,If you don't see it drop...Its gone!! HH GL

 

[jpm1983]

If they get rid of the paper dollar (which they should have already) and start using dollar coins then we could start finding those in quantities! Heck 10-20 of those in a day would be nice even if you didn't find anything else.

Justin

 

[Goldstrike]

The 1 pound coin is really heavy and if you have a pocket full on them, you know it! also, they will wear your pockets out very quickly and down in the grass/sand/dirt they'll go!! I believe they are worth around $1.50 ish? From a practical point, I'd like to see the $1 note stay around but from a metal detectorist's point of view, bring on the coins!!!

 

[goldcoin]

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YOU guys got me beat,I usually hit all the quarters first wherever i am at,after it slows down,then i set for deeper coins and go for silver,the clean up is then going very slow for rings and jewelry.The best day for me was in the 60's,at a mega ball park,probably 9 ball fields and a soccer field.Concession stand is configured in the center of the complex,just follow the trails,...kind of like "chicken pickin up corn"..LOL