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ngrelic

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Hey Guys,
I'm really enjoying all the pics of your great finds. The woods are thick and the snakes are crawling around here so I am avoiding my favorite relic spots right now. I need to find a good coin hunting spot. What little coin hunting I have done was in the 1980's and I found more than my share of silver back then. Unfortunately, ALL of those spots are no longer huntable due to "progress" or whatever. All of the old schools in the county have been renovated and fill dirt moved in to make new play grounds. The old churches are surrounded by asphalt. So, while it is raining every day anyway I am doing alot of research to find a good silver hole. Wish me luck!

Barry
 
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Surely not Elton..........Warm weather and Copperheads, Timber Rattlers, and Cotton mouths go together around here.
 
Hi ngrelic
Copperheads, Timber Rattlers, and Cotton mouths those are the kind of words that will make me take up knitting.....Z
 
Copperheads are more common in this area and the are naturally cammo'ed on the forest floor. I've walked right up on them a few times. No telling how many I have stepped over or beside and never new it. It used to not bother me so bad but the older I get the more cautious I am. That's not to say I would'nt strap on the snake guards if I were to locate a very likely relic spot.

Barry
 
Barry, old city easements in front of old houses are a great place to look for old coins. Generally, these are city property and legal to hunt in most cities. I've found a lot of my silver coins in these easements. I try to look for unkept easements to detect, and if I feel a bit uneasy about a particular one I will just go knock on the door, introduce myself, and inform the occupant that I intend to do some metal detecting on the city easement so that they know nothing weird is going on in front of their house.

I wish you good luck in finding some new areas, and yes, stay away from them lousy snakes!

Ray
 
Thanks for the tips Ray.

Z and Silverman, I don't like them either. That's why I am trying to coin hunt again. Finding a place that hasn't been hammered by one of the 3 detecting clubs in the Chattanooga area will be tough.

Barry
 
ngrelic,

I was born and raised in southeastern Massachusetts, right on the coast and did not know until the mid 70's (when I moved to Houston, TX) that I am actually a snake magnet! I moved to south central Pennsylvania (right outside of Gettysburg) about six years ago and discovered that I still attract the little buggers. About four years ago on the battlefield I nearly stepped on the head of a rather large rattler that was trying to cross a path that I was walking on. Two years ago my wife and I ran into our first black racer, an impressive seven footer that eventually shot off across a field at a speed that would have been been tough to match in my Jeep.

I am still trying to find a way to duct tape a Snake Charmer shotgun to the shaft of my detector whenever I venture into the woods but it keeps setting off the machine. Until I can find a composite barreled gun I will have to be satisfied with a sharpened Lesche shovel, a seven inch bladed digging tool and heavy boots.

After reading some of the posts on this forum I am seriously considering switching to beach hunting. Sounds to me like lovely lasses in skimpy bikinis beats the h**l out of snakes and fat, old, sweaty relic hunters any day :detecting:

Tom Henrique
 
Hay Tom if your ever in Milwaukee come down to the beach you will recognize me I am the fat old sweaty relic out there close to the lovely lasses in the skimpy bikinis. Oh, and another thing don't bring any of those snakes with you.:detecting:.... Z
 
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It would be awfully hard to concentrate on signals when surrounded by bikinis. But may be worth it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
Snakes are no problem, just don't play with them... Never step over a log, step on the log...
 
Yeah, I dont think I would play with a snake........but a snake wearing a bikini, I dont know, maybe....LOL.
 
Barry I am with you when it comes to snakes. Lets stay far apart.
Oh sure Magicman you can pop into a hat when you see a snake. Us little fat guys don't move very quickly, except at the dinner table.....Z
 
looks like you have to get bloody on this one Rodge. lol I look for the old grist mills on creeks or rivers. Back in the day it would take 1 or 2 days to travel to get your grain milled. You just don't drop it off and come back later. They would pic nic near by untill it was done and be on their way. Up here in chicagoland there has been some real good spots and have produced hundreds of indians, seated, barbers, gold you name it. This is what I look for. Like I said you might have to get bloody on this one. lol Well worth it. One last bit of advice. Do not create mental boundries. Imagine it and it will come to you. I have found my best gold for example out side the bouy markers while water hunting that hundreds have pounded. If you are ever up north around chicago give me a jingle I love to hunt and love to see others enjoy this wonderful hobbie. Scott
 
Hey Barry,you didn't look to affraid the other day digging all those enfields and Gardner bullets. Had a good time doing some digging with you. Hopefully we can get back out soon. Jonathon
 
Jonathon,

Nice to see that you are a member here. We need some more Relic Hunters on this forum :crazy:

TomH
 
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