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The law of diminishing returns !!!!! They aint making anymore silver coins and everyone is using plastic !!!!I only have six silvers for the year with my Equinox 900. Last year I had over 20 at this time of the year and ended up with over 30. I am pretty close to throwing in the towel. Anyone else having a bad season?![]()
Good luck to you Ted…. That’s the attitude to have…Well...I am a glutton for punishment. I am going to gas up the old S-10 and put in my detector and drinks and go driving!
I can’t believe the amount of quarters you find while brook and river hunting!! And that large cent was a super find!!I figured you had been in the hobby longer than that Donna.
I started out in 2006 and once I figured out what I was doing, I started hitting mostly local school yards and was amazed at the amount of coins people had lost.
With that said, around 2009 or so, I noticed a sharp decline in new coins getting lost in places like tot lots, then found out that schools here have some type of prepaid lunch program.
That really effected the elementary schools, but I was still doing pretty good at high schools and middle schools.
I have been lucky in recent years to locate a couple new to me schools that obviously have not been detected in many years… those were fun to detect and actually last year was my best year as far as finding clad since I started detecting.
I have also found a few sites that I am sure had been detected years ago for silver coins, but quite a few were left behind too!
As far as the beach, I only started detecting there about 13 years ago and have noticed a drop in coins, but as far as gold, I have only found a few gold rings there although I am sure it is still the best place to search if that is what you are after.
Last year I decided to try detecting in a local river where there is a tubing business and it turned out to be quite good to me.
I found lots of clad, 3 cell phones (1 still worked and was returned to the owner), and I even found an old large cent dated between 1796-1807!
For me even though things are changing, I am still finding enough to keep me interested.
Yes, basketball courts with grass around them are good producers, especially at the basket ends. Add volleyball courts with grass surrounding them to your sources. Most inland (non-beach) courts have pretty solid sand and losses are easily spotted and “saved”, but hunt the grass surrounding the court out to about 10' - 12' as jewelry flies off in the heat of play. My wife and I have scored nicely, mostly rings, in the surrounding grass. Happy hunting.The law of diminishing returns !!!!! They aint making anymore silver coins and everyone is using plastic !!!!
I just found a merc dime the other day. Put it on my windowsill with all my other silvers.... I had 2 !!!!
Im a beach hunter 99% of the time. When beaches are barren, I head inland to schools and parks. This weekend I decided to hit
my most productive sites. I love basketball courts surround by grass. In over a year, my best site produced 1 small pocket spill of 2 quarters.
I just couldnt believe that's all there was. Ive never seen another detectorist here in over 20 years. The beach is where all the action is and no one seems to bother with parks and schools. Its just like the beach, everything is on plastic and coins are few.
Since they stop production of silver in 1964, its given everyone the opportunity to clean out most high traffic area's way back when. Since Im not a land hunter,
I dont do research or ask permission as I only live 2 miles from the beaches. Off season is just a matter of waiting for the next winter storm. That WAS the way
it use to be, until replenishment killed the beaches. So now i have to be a better detectorist inland and figure out how to find gold rings in dirt !!!
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Ted, dont feel too bad, I think everyone is feeling the pinch on good finds nowadays.
Relatively speaking, I only got started detecting in 2000. All I can say is Thank God I did and was able to amass a nice pile of gold & silver for my retirement.
I have found no decent gold rings this year. I only lucked out and found a platinum band. Ive spent most of this year in FL on family business. The west coast
doesnt get much wave action and people dont swim much in my location.
No one ever said it was going to be easy finding treasure. We just have to be satisfied with less and work a whole lot harder for it.
Cheers,
Donna(NJ
When I first started detecting I hit a volleyball court. Just by the poll, I found a huge 18k mans ring. Paid for my detector in less than 3 weeks !!!!Yes, basketball courts with grass around them are good producers, especially at the basket ends. Add volleyball courts with grass surrounding them to your sources. Most inland (non-beach) courts have pretty solid sand and losses are easily spotted and “saved”, but hunt the grass surrounding the court out to about 10' - 12' as jewelry flies off in the heat of play. My wife and I have scored nicely, mostly rings, in the surrounding grass. Happy hunting.
I have found hillsides overlooking sports fields are great places to try also… it seems they are avoided especially if they are fairly steep.I did quite a bit of driving but there were crops in my hunting spots. I did do some research. I like the idea of hunting volleyball and basketball courts.. Gonna give that a try! Thanks everyone for the tips! HH
I hear these areas are loaded with quartersI have found hillsides overlooking sports fields are great places to try also… it seems they are avoided especially if they are fairly steep.
Well… they were….I hear these areas are loaded with quarters![]()