I think metal detecting is becoming a dying hobby ....

[vito]

I think metal detecting is becoming a dying hobby ....​

That's ok for me. As long as I can detect ....

 

[chariot]

We’ve had nothing but heavy rains for the past week. And when it’s not raining, it’s boiling hot humidity. So far I’ve been out in my yard twice since I got my D2. I will guess that my oldish (1961) house has not been searched, but so far it’s all trash.

Our schools aren’t fenced, but it doesn’t matter, they are all legally off limits. If it quits raining, I’m going to try the state park beach.

 

[Coin Rescue Inc]

We have a few Middle Schools that used to be the High School. A new bigger HS was built else where. So it pays to study the history of the facility.
We have one park that used to be a 1950's football stadium. That is gone and they built a Hockey Rink on that spot.
Every once and a while I found nice stuff like Merc's, silver rings and once a 1897 Barber Quarter by a huge old oak tree.
There are a batch of Fenced in Baseball fields too. In the grass islands of the Parking Lot once found a spill of modern one dollar coins. My guess is a Coach had a batch to hand out to his team as prizes and dropped some.
If only these coins could tell the tale of how they got lost!!!
Then there is the inner City of Detroit. I think it risky to visit that spot town alone. you could be a target for ambush.

 

[C.J.M.]

It's so ironic as we have some great machines right now and the good old days are in the rearview mirror!!
I'm sure most beach detectorist will agree gold finds are waaay down. Coins are on the vast decline. Plastic and cell phones rule financial transactions.
Here a 'wedding ring' I eyeballed.
Years ago we thought stainless steel and titanium was going to be the end. Now we have have silicone....
Many years ago i found a local carnival. Morning after was like fishing in a barrel. I had to go back and empty my pouch, it was so heavy. My favorite spot was the ride, The Zipper It flung the kids and the spot was loaded with coins.
yesterday it was pretty pitiful. Just a handful of bright shiny coins. The field is a shared baseball & soccer park thus the brown coins. I remember way back when I had over 75 quarters. i never counted anything but quarters. That was my barometer. At least I found a silver necklace. Times they are a changing

yep,its hard to find a place,no one wants you.YOU SCARE THE PEOPLE WHEN THEY SEE SOMEONE CARRYING A DETECTOR AND A LARGE SHOVEL