METAL DETECTING 5 DAYS ON A FARM

[Gunnar of bradford MN]

After five days metal detecting on a old farm i was so exuasted from diging holes and finding scrap iron and junk i figured i had to go to an easy spot so i went to a small park it had wood ships and various playground amusments but to my suprize i did better in 15 minutes than all my hard digging at the farm . under the swinging tire thear was a bonaza of coins no digging then under swing bridge one quarter after another and all i had to do was brush the chips away i really cashed in the easy site was moor productive than the old farm that i worked so hard on and did not even find a penny my analagy (THOSE WHO TRI TO BE JUSTIFIED BY THE LAW WILL ONLY WORK THEMSELVS INTO EXAUSTION FOR BY THE LAW IS THE KNOWLEDGE OF SIN AFTER WE ARE WORN OUT TRYING TO PLEAS GOD AND FAILING COME TO THE EASY SPOTT AND BE JUSTIFIED BY FAITH APART FROM THE DEEDS OF THE LAW AND YOU WILL FIND WHAT YOU HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR ALL ALONG and knowing it took God the fathers own son to die and suffer so he could have mercy and be just in forgiving us you will want to pleas him AMEN ?

 

[Pete in MI]

sometimes we do things the way we want to do them and they are fruitless. Then we listen to the still small voice inside and we figure 'what have I to lose' and in that thought of losing we gain, as you did.

Playgrounds are usually pretty good at producing. In a small town as this we have only a couple elementary schools and small public playgrounds. They get hammered pretty hard. When I do those places I go not to find an abundance of coins but to see what others who were there before me missed. If I come out with one coin then I feel good that I found something someone else missed. But if my perspective was to clean up on all the coins and walk away with one then I feel bad about only getting one coin after a lot of work.

The ball field I go to is an unknown to many. I know there are lots of old coins there and other things. I don't go expecting to come home with loads of coins but finding a single old coin makes me feel good and reminds me there is still more to be found.

A farm field would for me have to have been researched and know something old used to be there before I would spend a day detecting there. Then I would be expecting to find old relics more than coins...though old coins are always nice to find.

One key to successful detecting is knowing where people have been. More kids use that playground and lose money than there are kids or even adults who go out to a farm field. One time I would hit a farm field hard where no people have been is where they used to dump the contents of those septic tank sucking trucks...before they had to stop doing that for environmental and health reasons. If I could find where they had been dumping that stuff for years...I'd give up that ball field in a heart beat. The amount of lost jewelry and coins lost into septic systems then sucked into those trucks and then spread over a field somewhere would be worth it and more. I heard of one guy who had found such a place. He came back to show a detector dealer he bought a detector from just for that purpose, all the cigar boxes of jewelry and old rings he had found. Needless to say the dealer was speechless.

Just a couple tips.

 

[Gunnar of bradford MN]

Pete, wow i never thout of that my boss was complaning about that very thing he did not like the fact that they dump the septic stuff in the farm feild im going to talk to some septic companys thanks man what a tip

 

[Mike Chgo area]

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[Pete in MI]

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[Mike from MI "Iron Brigade"]

some sites are more productive than others, but you found the better one! Congrats!