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Silver is out there...so hang in there. As an FYI, I found a 1875 Indian Head cent that came up 'foil'. I dig regardless. Found many old nails, buttons, spent rounds, etc. You never know what is in the next shovel full of soil. Maybe you'll find silver tomorrow!  |
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Another trip to the parking area, almost 2 hours before playing cards. Found, 1 dime and a quarter. Maybe I should be digging the deeper signals. I mostly dig the 4" and less. If my pin-pointer will locate it I dig it. The silver may/must be deeper. This area and the rodeo grounds including the parking was wheat field, prior to the current use. When hunting parking/curbs, I'm seldom dig the deeper signals.  Webekin |
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I dug a 1909 LWC on a beach in cape cod. It was at least 8 inches below the surface. I recall digging the sand by hand and reaching the water line. As for the silver and gold I've dug, perhaps a few inches down. I recall taking a shovel and taking a surface type of scoop of earth maybe three inches down. It exposed three silver quarters and a silver dime. Amazingly no damage to the coins. I thought that going forward I would take deeper swipes to avoid damage. The treasure can be at any depth. And faint signals might trigger as junk/iron. I think digging is the only sure way to tell. |
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Some treasures lay shallow. Both the Morgan and Peace dollar I dug were around 4" deep. The 1865 two-center was 3" deep. And many other shallow oldies. When I listen to LED ZEPPELIN...so do my neighbors...
Roll hunting since '77
Dirt fishing since '72
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Returned to the Rodeo grounds for 2 hours, grass was tall, 1 dime and 2 pennies. Went to the ballfield next door and found 3 more pennies, then it rained me out. Stopped by Excelsior Church House of Prayer, 2 3/4 mile east of home, no church services, but folks park there as a meeting place to car pool. Owner came by and ask what I was doing? Told her metal detecting, and she has a grandson with one of those, so I should not be there. She ask if I had found anything and I told her 1 penney and showed her the railroad spike that I had uncovered in the gravel parking area. Short story, if her Grandson does not care, she will call and give me the go ahead to hunt.  Webekin Edited by Webekin
08/10/2016 4:43 pm
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What part of the country are you in and what detector do you have? In most places easily accessible to anyone you will have to dig deep to find much of the silver. The shallow stuff has been hunted out over the past several decades. To find silver in places like that you have to get lucky or have a machine that will go deep, like a Minelab. The best silver hunters I know have learned to pick up on these faint signals that sound a lot like the normal small beeps that are just mineralization. Somehow they can tell the difference and sure enough, much of the time 8" down is a silver dime. I'm still trying to develop that skill.
If you can find places that used to have more activity in the past that now is overgrown you may have better luck. For instance, near where I used to live was a now defunct railroad line that used to take tourists from the big city to a popular resort area which no longer exists. The area around where the train used to stop have been good hunting grounds for old coins. But if you didn't know the history of the area you'd never think to search there. It looks like any other grassy area.
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United States
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Saruma:
Location Erie, Kansas, in the southeast corner of Kansas. County seat,Less than 500 homes, county fairgrounds on the west side of town, and the rodeo grounds, on the eastside, were developed in the mid 70's, and the ballfields, in the 80's, ajcent to each other. Courthouse was taken down and a new one built in the early 60's. There was another older rodeo grounds, with horse race track across the hwy to the west, but I'm not sure just where. Born in 1950, been here my entire life, There is an old refinery, just north of the rodeo grounds, when it cools down and after frost, I will give it a go. It is grown up, and considered, waste land. Webekin
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I love concession stand areas. If there are picnic tables there that are movable check those areas after the mow and move the tables. Check along the fence line where people set in their lawn chairs and if there is a hillside--Bingo!! That's the first place I would check.
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Bedrock of the Community
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Haven't dug for 40 years, but sure enjoy reading this thread!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Nice, love every silver ring!
When I listen to LED ZEPPELIN...so do my neighbors...
Roll hunting since '77
Dirt fishing since '72
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Short hunt 1 hour or less, hunted the parking area and the fence where parents sit in lawn chairs and lose change from their pockets. Found 5 quarters, 1 nickel,1 dime, and 6 pennies. Webekin
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