Campground Hunt Pt.1

[F350Platinum]

I'm at a campground I metal detected last year, checked to ensure I was still allowed. This place has so many different areas, tot lot and volleyball court, an old farmhouse site with lots of relics from the 1800s, and a huge waterfront.

This morning I went to the tot lot , Cornhole and volleyball court. I brought the Equinox and used it in the usual Park 1 settings.

It was outrageously hot and muggy this morning. Searched the tot lot and surrounding area, I was hoping for an earring, but just got a lot of change. I was surprised by a 1946 wheat!

Then I searched the Cornhole area, got a couple more coins. Here I was hoping someone would have thrown a ring or something.

Last was the volleyball court, there is far less sand this year than last. I won't dig much past the sand as I don't want to leave muddy patches behind, so I left a lot of targets behind. I had my Ranger shovel but only used a composite trowel.

My first find was a toy motorcycle, and not much after that except for a strong 5, I got a bead or slide that may be gold.

Ended my 3 hour hunt with $2.01 in usable modern coins, including the wheat. Got one of everything, the Zincolns are on the bottom. 😀

Not too much trash, I picked stuff up as well so they would see that I do a good job.

Later in the day we had to bug out of the campground for a couple hours due to a tornado warning. 😬 Luckily there was no damage when we got back. Some trees were down on the road in.

Going to try the water tomorrow with the Deus 2. I'm glad I have more than one detector now! 😀

[kac]

Place looks way too good for you to be the only one digging there. Bet there is someone local that hits it.

At least you found some stuff. Might want to toss that small coil on the nox and look for some tinies

[F350Platinum]

4 minutes ago, kac said:

Might want to toss that small coil on the nox and look for some tinies

I always use the 10x5 on the Equinox. 🙂 I see no reason to take it off. It finds very small stuff, a lot of targets here are pretty deep too. Many times I see the depth indicator pegged.

[Chase Goldman]

5 minutes ago, kac said:

Place looks way too good for you to be the only one digging there. Bet there is someone local that hits it.

At least you found some stuff. Might want to toss that small coil on the nox and look for some tinies

I could be wrong, but I believe he pulled over 300 coins out of this place last year, so I don't think anyone local is regularly hitting it.  Probably years of drops exploited in a few days by Plat last year with about a year's time for replenishment.  So it's not going to be as productive as last year except now he's going to hit the water with the Deus 2 and maybe strike some gold.

[Valens Legacy]

2 hours ago, Chase Goldman said:

I believe he pulled over 300 coins out of this place last year

I remember that post when he done that, and was wondering if it was still going to produce some good finds again.

Nice hunting 350 and good luck on your next outing.

[Rick N. MI]

Great spot to hunt! Good luck in the water. I'm thinking about get another 5x10 for my Equinox 800 :).

[F350Platinum]

35 minutes ago, Rick N. MI said:

Great spot to hunt! Good luck in the water. I'm thinking about get another 5x10 for my Equinox 800 :).

Thanks Rick. I'll have a story later if the weather doesn't knock out power. 😀

I think high plains has them for $219. I think you are missing out! 🙂 You're not going to lose much if any depth. For general pillage that coil is phenomenal.

[CPT_GhostLight]

That looks like a beautiful spot. I remember you cleaned them out last year. Here's hoping there are some shiny new drops just waiting for you to discover them.  

[kac]

12 hours ago, Chase Goldman said:

I could be wrong, but I believe he pulled over 300 coins out of this place last year, so I don't think anyone local is regularly hitting it.  Probably years of drops exploited in a few days by Plat last year with about a year's time for replenishment.  So it's not going to be as productive as last year except now he's going to hit the water with the Deus 2 and maybe strike some gold.

Ahh didn't know he hit that place before.

[Joe D.]

17 hours ago, F350Platinum said:

Going to try the water tomorrow with the Deus 2. I'm glad I have more than one detector now!

  And next year, it will be "glad I have five, or six detectors now" and so on, and so on....🤣

   Well, now that you have cleared out most all the modern finds and trash, it's time to get down to those nice old finds, and trash!⛏ 🍀👍👍