I got permission to hunt an old country school.Built 1904.It is surrounded by a hay field now.I gridded it out and hunted it with the 2500.I hunted for 6 hours.I never found anything other than deep rusty iron.I dug everything.I hunted the playground equipment,schoolyard by the front and back steps,nothing.This is the third old school I've hunted without finding any coins,buttons,toys or anything but deep rusty iron.These 3 schools were rather large for a country school.This has been a surprise each time.My neighbor went to a house next to mine that I've been hunting this afternoon.He started where I left off,went 3 feet and hit a Barber Half 1906 plain at 4 1/2 inches.
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Having trouble with hunting old schools
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Uncle Willy
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You have to put things into perspective. First of all people had no money to lose back then and what few coins they had they carried in a coin purse like you carry bills in a wallet. If a kid had five pennies in his pocket he was rich. A quarter back then was worth what twenty or twenty five bucks is today. Do you walk around losing twenty five bucks out of your pocket? Plus detectors have been around since 1932. There are few places that haven't been detected When I was a kid in the forties a quarter would pay my way into the movies, buy me a box of popcorn, a candy bar, and a coke. What does all that cost today? In the thirties you could buy a brand new car for $400 but most folks were working for a dollar a day. All this is why old places aren't littered with coins.
Bill
Bill
Bill I understand what your saying.These old schools and 2 old homesite have been a shock.Some of the places I've hunted that didn't look like they would have old coins have really surprised me. I'm not giving up on these old sites.I was just surprised at the lack of goodies.
Joel-Winnipeg
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Sounds like your having not much luck in the old school areas..Uncle Willy has it right.
If you can find the old fairground and picnic areas you may have better luck as people would have had more money for those occasions.
If you can find the old fairground and picnic areas you may have better luck as people would have had more money for those occasions.
Uncle Willy
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Keep pecking away. You may find something yet or maybe an old relic or two. A lot of folks have hunted old sites expecting to hit it big but it just doesn't work out that way unless the site was in a wealthy section of town. Rich people always have money. 
Bill.
Bill.
Rich people, careless kids.
People having fun get careless.
Thieves (including kids caching stuff from dad's dresser).
You're right. Most people didn't have money, and if they did, didn't carry it around. When I was a kid, you could buy a bottle of pop or candy bar for a nickel. My allowance was 50 cents, for which I had to work all week. It did buy a box of 22 shells.
Look for exceptions and learn to "see" history in front of you.
People having fun get careless.
Thieves (including kids caching stuff from dad's dresser).
You're right. Most people didn't have money, and if they did, didn't carry it around. When I was a kid, you could buy a bottle of pop or candy bar for a nickel. My allowance was 50 cents, for which I had to work all week. It did buy a box of 22 shells.
Look for exceptions and learn to "see" history in front of you.