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  1. jimther

    Dupont (Washington) bans metal detecting in public parks

    The link below is from a Google Alert I have set up for "treasure" + "found" The main guy speaking in the video at the beginning of the story is Gordon Karg, City Attorney. https://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/article287992785.html
  2. R_Ruff

    Still Learning

    From the last couple of hunts with my new CTX 3030. I have not found any old, silver coins yet. Found the first nickel yesterday along with complimentary pull tabs.
  3. GKL

    Hunted a mini-park Tuesday, mini-finds but still had fun :)

    Being in a small town we don't have any really large parks, but several mini-parks some with a totlot, picnic table pavilion, and basketball court. Also there are some recreation parks with sports fields, tennis courts, ect. Some of the mini-parks are in out of the way areas, not far, but some...
  4. M

    My first wheat penny!

    I went to a local park to poke around in the leaf litter under a tree next to a tree under which I'd pulled 15 pennies and a dime in a single go. But I had a new toy: a pinpointer! I hadn't seriously detected this tree before because I found myself unable to isolate the signals, and I hoped the...
  5. maxxkatt

    need help on hunting good? sites

    need help on hunting good? sites I live in North Atlanta (north of i-285). I have good luck in finding old sites that are still not disturbed and I have access to. But I have yet to find a silver coin. Plenty of clad, most 3-5" deep. I am using an Garrett AT pro and have had it now about 1 1/2...
  6. ollievon

    New Years Day!

    Was visiting the in-laws in Northern Jersey and decided to hit some old parks near their house - especially since the weather was insanely mild, so keep going I say! Hit an old baseball field / park that shows on the maps as being there at least since the 1920's; found a ton of clad quarters...
  7. R

    Minelab Explorer SE help with find more gold?

    So I consider myself a professional detectorist with my SE Pro I've found hundreds of coins silver and copper and just tons of awesome finds. But only one gold item being an old gold ring. Which I found in a park I hunted to death and took every high tone out of and decided one day to only dig...
  8. S

    Got permission from Park Director Some do understand!!

    My day job brought me to a park District office one day. After my work was done, I happen to talk to Director and brought up our hobby. I asked if it is ok to detect in his parks. His answer was yes. We have guys all the time, what little damage they do is no big thing, just kinda stay away or...
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