Popular Post fogrider Posted October 18, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted October 18, 2022 I've been hunting an old park lately. An old-timer told me where the folks used to have their summer get-togethers, so I decided to hunt the area. Pretty promising so far. All this, plus dozens of old cents. 3 quarters in one hole. 23 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JCR Posted October 18, 2022 Share Posted October 18, 2022 Those are some really nice coins. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason-NEK Posted October 18, 2022 Share Posted October 18, 2022 Your onto a great location! Keep at it! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F350Platinum Posted October 18, 2022 Share Posted October 18, 2022 Wow Fogrider, you have some great places to hunt. 👍 Really glad for you! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Cal_Cobra Posted October 18, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted October 18, 2022 Jackpot! Old picnic grounds can be great sites. Years ago I was at an huge regional park and a park ranger came up to me while I was detecting, and started talking to me, asking me about the hobby and as he was wrapping up his conversation he asked me if I had my detecting permit (required for this particular park system) and I showed it to him. I think that made him happy, so he told me to come to his office during business hours and he'd give me a copy of the original park map. I did and that turned out to be a bonanza, as many of the sites had been moved/changed/abandoned. After checking out a few of them, we detected on spot that was an old scout/church picnic/camp area and it was loaded with silver. The guy I was hunting with then and I dug over 100 silver coins in a month, it was really unbelievable. Also the silver to copper cent ratio was something like 2:1, so for every two wheat cents we dug you got one silver coin. We also got silver flatware, silver jewelry and one gold ring, and lots of neat old scouting things. This particular site didn't start until around 1940, so no really old silver, I can imagine if it had been 30-40 years older we'd been digging seateds and barbers 🙂 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fogrider Posted October 19, 2022 Author Share Posted October 19, 2022 13 hours ago, Cal_Cobra said: The guy I was hunting with then and I dug over 100 silver coins in a month, it was really unbelievable. Great story! I think an old Boy Scout camp/picnic site would be a worthy site to hunt. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim tn Posted October 19, 2022 Share Posted October 19, 2022 9 hours ago, fogrider said: Great story! I think an old Boy Scout camp/picnic site would be a worthy site to hunt. That they are. HH jim tn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogodog Posted October 19, 2022 Share Posted October 19, 2022 Well done Foggy, One of my best spots for silver was an old lake area/ Picnic grove. Take your time and hit it over and over. Your fun is just beginning!!! Look for older trees with branches that are low to the ground, adults and kids love to dangle from those. I can not wait to see what comes up next. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schoolofhardNox Posted October 19, 2022 Share Posted October 19, 2022 With that much silver, you have a great place to hit over and over again. When you run short on easy targets, then try some iffy ones. You may be surprised what turns up. Great hunt. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GB_Amateur Posted October 20, 2022 Share Posted October 20, 2022 On 10/18/2022 at 7:13 PM, Cal_Cobra said: ...We detected on spot that was an old scout/church picnic/camp area and it was loaded with silver. On 10/19/2022 at 8:31 AM, fogrider said: I think an old Boy Scout camp/picnic site would be a worthy site to hunt. 17 hours ago, jim tn said: That they are. You guys got me thinking I need to return to one I hunted not long after I got the Eqx (and 6" coil). It was gnarly with overgrowth which discouraged me at the time. The camp was supposedly not opened until the mid-1950's and I rationalized I wouldn't find much in the way of old coins, but I've since hunted several schools from that same time period which did produce silver. Thanks for the reminder -- when the leaves are off the bushes I'll give it a go with the 5"x10" Nox coil -- it's due to produce something for me. 😁 I'm going to have to rig up a closed bottom cover (at least) for it, though. The vegetation there will drive an operator with an open coil right up the wall (err., tree). 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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