Popular Post F350Platinum Posted September 13, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted September 13, 2021 Got a message rather late Saturday from Chase, he had threatened to come down here and made good on it. ? Went to the old farmhouse and the newer house to see what we could find, I was glad to have someone more experienced to check with me. If you've been following I've found 75 coins at this house now, and no silver. I am starting to think those that said it was cherry picked could be right. ? First we hacked around the farmhouse and I was glad we did. I challenged Chase to look where I had been, I will let him tell ya what he dug but it was pretty darn good. He showed me some techniques he uses, and ran both an Equinox and a Deus at the newer house. I took mine over a fresh spot, found 2 memorials, and then went back to the front yard and dug 4 more, all masked by other stuff. Pretty much everything we dug was secondary to what we went after! All I got was a new quarter, mangled on the surface of the driveway, and 6 memorials, ranging from a 1959 D to a 1974. Dug the address tag, and then some kid toys not shown. Still no silver found at the newer house but... ? At least it was a good day for Chase. Made it worth the trip. At one point we discussed the Equinox issue with coins on edge. I'm thinking of dusting off the "old" Garrett Ace 400 and trying it here. ? Had a blast! It's always good to put fresh eyes and more experience on one of my permissions. Nothing wrong with humility now and again ? 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
locator Posted September 13, 2021 Share Posted September 13, 2021 Sounds like a lot of fun to me even if no silver was found. WTG 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rvpopeye Posted September 13, 2021 Share Posted September 13, 2021 Ya don't have to find treasure to have a good day. Out of likes . Might need an intervention......? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F350Platinum Posted September 13, 2021 Author Share Posted September 13, 2021 3 minutes ago, rvpopeye said: Ya don't have to find treasure to have a good day. Out of likes . Might need an intervention......? Thanks! It all goes in the dug coin jar save for key dates and anything before 1960, it's filling up faster than I thought it would. Treasure was found by Chase, I'm kinda putting him on the spot and I apologize for that. He's a busy man. Point I'm making here is twofold, it's great to have an experienced detectorist visit and not find silver in the place I'm talking about not finding silver. At least no one got skunked! ? I'm happy to have found very few Zincolns here. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GB_Amateur Posted September 13, 2021 Share Posted September 13, 2021 8 hours ago, F350Platinum said: I will let (Chase) tell ya what he dug but it was pretty darn good. Now that's a tease if I ever heard one. It really is fun sharing, and learning from your detecting partner in the process. Doggo and I did that a couple weeks ago. Oh, and BTW, we both found silver! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F350Platinum Posted September 13, 2021 Author Share Posted September 13, 2021 37 minutes ago, GB_Amateur said: Now that's a tease if I ever heard one. It really is fun sharing, and learning from your detecting partner in the process. Doggo and I did that a couple weeks ago. Oh, and BTW, we both found silver! Rub it in, GB. ? I've pretty much blown these places up for the easy finds, it's down to experience and pure luck. I'm still hunting for a valuable ring that someone allegedly lost in the area about 2 years ago, but I think it probably got blown into the corn or is too heavily masked by aluminum. We will probably find it in the fall. Chase helped me with some new tactics that netted me the 4 memorials that only showed up in the same swings that indicated iron and aluminum. That's where the 10x5 really shines! A farmhouse - I'm finding - is not like a park where you have thousands of depositors every year, and various layers of landscaping from revitalization and upgrades. There seems to be a finite amount of really obvious stuff, and then some strip mining is required to find the not so obvious... Repeat until gone. You had a small group of people who were there until the house was abandoned, and then some newer coins get dumped, but not many, by those responsible for maintaining it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GB_Amateur Posted September 13, 2021 Share Posted September 13, 2021 1 hour ago, F350Platinum said: A farmhouse - I'm finding - is not like a park where you have thousands of depositors every year, and various layers of landscaping from revitalization and upgrades. There seems to be a finite amount of really obvious stuff, and then some strip mining is required to find the not so obvious... There are two ways to look at this. Parks (and schools) have lots of traffic -- people losing valuables -- but also lots of associated trash as well as many(?) detectorists who have had and continue to have easy access. Homesites have less human traffic, but often over longer time periods, possibly less trash (that one is quite variable) and fewer detectorists to compete with. IMO, finding the 'garden spots' of homesites can be the difficult part. At least that's been my experience. Where were the clotheslines, the shady spots for evening relaxation, the path to the outhouse, the place where the dishwater, clothes washing water, etc. were tossed? Where did they park their buggies and cars; where did they dismount their horses? Where was the mailbox? Answer those and you'll be on your way to finding the goodies. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F350Platinum Posted September 14, 2021 Author Share Posted September 14, 2021 19 minutes ago, GB_Amateur said: IMO, finding the 'garden spots' of homesites can be the difficult part. At least that's been my experience. Where were the clotheslines, the shady spots for evening relaxation, the path to the outhouse, the place where the dishwater, clothes washing water, etc. were tossed? Where did they park their buggies and cars; where did they dismount their horses? Where was the mailbox? Answer those and you'll be on your way to finding the goodies. Kind of a funny anecdote, I found a real clothesline (still there). It was in the overgrowth but completely intact. I brought a lopper and hedge trimmer in there and cut everything to the ground in 94 degree heat. ? I was so excited! Took a break and then fired up the Equinox. Went in there, and found absolutely nothing. ? There is a path to the outhouse visible but it's overgrown as well with a different kind of ivy. I'm going to keep that in the back pocket for cooler weather. There is also a shed that is completely overgrown. I think the oldest clothesline was in the front yard where I dug many coins including the 1907 British penny and a 1958 silver quarter. Chase agreed that this might have been a more likely older spot for a clothesline, there is more wind there. The rest of the front yard is covered with English and poison ivy, I'm going to have to get my hands on a gas powered mower to clear that enough to find coins lost in the shade of the large trees and under the boxwoods. The house has no front entrance facing the road. Most of the silver was found in a small spot to the right of the shed/garage, possibly out of sight of the house. I also found a large modern coin spill there, a couple of clad quarters, some dimes, and a bunch of pennies. Might have been an improvised 'outhouse' of sorts... It is out of sight of the house. ? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JCR Posted September 14, 2021 Share Posted September 14, 2021 Has the front door been moved or has the road been moved? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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