Interesting hunt this afternoon

[kickback]

At 2:00 this afternoon I rounded up my 2 neighbors,our detectors and headed to the county fairgrounds in the next county.Stop at the fair grounds office,got permission to"metal detect".Go out where they had set up the midway.Lots of clad,dimes and quarters.I hit the first silver coin a 1960 Rosie.We've been detecting for about 30 minutes.At least 6 people drove by real slow looking at us,inside the fairgrounds.The lady from the fair office comes out and asks us to leave.She said if she'd of known we were going to"dig holes" she wouldn't have given us permission.I found this strange as when I asked her if we could detect she aked me if I was the guy that came there last year and found "all those coins".I apologized and we left.We stopped and got permission to hunt 2 old houses in a small ghost town outside of town.I found a token right off the front steps of one of the houses.It's a Packard Automobile token announcing their 50th Anniversary of making cars.It's dated 1949.It's in great shape.We found a few wheaties a 1956 quarter and a 1955 dime and quit.I kept my silver streak alive with 2 Rosies.The token is one of the best tokens I've found.I tried to find one on the Internet but haven't found one yet.I would love to get back into the fairgrounds as it's loaded. We found 3 1955-d Wheaties none were double die though

 

[lazyaussie]

sounds like you had a good day sorry to hear about the fairgrounds but some people are touchy about digging holes on there property next time use a probe. i always use a probe on the sports grounds & if the target is to deep i cut a slit in the grass & dig around i also use a pin pointer which cuts the mess down.
unfortunately this method is no good for old coins you"v just gotta weigh up weather digging a couple of silvers is worth getting kicked of a site & missing all the new $$$ that could of been probed with no problems.
lazyaussie

 

[Graw]

n/t

 

[cwilk]

I had an experience like that last year which just popped up again early last week before my incident in the park. Last year, I went to a town hall that is located in an old school. It is only 3 or 4 rooms. I asked for permission to metal detect and got the go ahead but not during business hours. I thanked the woman and decided to go back. I walked around the building and noticed in the back there was a new basketball court and a bark chip playground. I went back in the office and asked when the park was open and when it was built. She said it was fairly new and that it was open from dusk until dawn. I asked even during business hours and she said yes. I saw the irony but she didn't. So a few days later on the weekend I went back and didn't find much but I was asked 3 or 4 times if I had permission to be there. I said yes each time and gave the girls name and the last person who asked said she is just the court clerk and does not have that authority. He asked me to stop until he found out what the real deal was. He was the park caretaker and honestly I decided I was going to leave and never go back anyway because I had better sites. He called me back and said detecting was OK, digging was not. I thanked him and forgot about the site. So last week I read in the paper that they're tearing the building down in November and building a new one. I stopped in there shortly after that and there was the same woman at the same desk. I asked for permission to detect before the demolition of the building. She said no. I asked if she was still the town clerk and she said yes. I asked if she had authority to say yes or no and she got a little miffed. She took me into see the Town Supervisor and I got permission to detect but not dig holes. I asked if I could pop coins and after I explained what that meant she said yes and asked if I would wait until October and I agreed. It is a very old school but I know it has been heavily hunted. I thought it might be a good spot to try a little All Metal hunt for a silver coin or two. They have the new building all staked off and they are going to be covering up a lot of the old play area from that school. Can't figure out why they don't want anybody digging there but given my recent experiences.................you know the rest of that story.

Chris

 

[kickback]

I'm not going to try and go back to the fairgrounds.I don't want or need the hassle or scrutiny.There are always other places.My goal is to have fun,not get stressed.I start my 6 day stretch of work tonight,then another 8 days off.The detecting season will be done here soon enough.Bill

 

[Uncle Willy]

Nice finds. Why did you dig holes? Should have popped them with a screwdriver.

Bill

 

[Uncle Willy]

I pop silver without hurting it. The end of my probe is dipped in epoxy resin so as not to scratch. Course they make nylon and brass probes. I very rarely ever dig a hole. One can use a knife and cut a slit right next to the coin then pop it into the slit and retrieve it with the probe or a long pair of tweezers - which I also use. Then step hard on the slit and it disappears.

Bill

 

[kickback]

I don't know how to do that method Uncle Willy.I'll have to learn though.Bill

 

[Uncle Willy]

You live in a strange place bud. I never run into those kinds of problems.

Bill

 

[awhitster]

The detecting season will be done here soon enough.Bill

You must not live in CA. Our season is ......well.........365 days a year. Give or take a couple for rain.

 

[Uncle Willy]

I posted a diagram a short time ago on coin popping. John from Edmonton uses the same procedure on most of his coins.

Bill