I met up with a couple of buddies at the mega soccer complex in town and found some coins that shouldnt have been there. The complex is modern, and is great for finding lots of clad and a ring or three after the seasons are over. It has several large berms that overlook various parts of the complex, and are a fave for folks to sit atop and enjoy the games. I found the 59' nickel near the bottom of a berm, and the 57' penny atop of it. Many types of burrowing rodents exist in this area including prairie dogs and rockchucks which led me to the theory.
The theory: The complex is located in a floodplain so the water table is a little high. I imagine that the dirt used to make the berms was hauled in from old excavated material from somewhere else. Im thinking that some of this older excavated material contains some old coins that percolate to the surface via the workings of our large rodent friends, and the park maintenance folks do their part by smoothing down the rodent mounds in the never ending battle of rodent control. The penny I found was near one of the burrow entrances, and the nickel along the hillside. As an avid arrowhead hunter I found some great points along warn cattle trails, and near rodent burrows in the mountains, so using that logic helped me come up with the theory........either that or someone lost some nice old coins. To test the theory I plan on hunting near the burrow holes on the man made berms that exist at many of the playgrounds around here as the chances come up. Time will tell.
The theory: The complex is located in a floodplain so the water table is a little high. I imagine that the dirt used to make the berms was hauled in from old excavated material from somewhere else. Im thinking that some of this older excavated material contains some old coins that percolate to the surface via the workings of our large rodent friends, and the park maintenance folks do their part by smoothing down the rodent mounds in the never ending battle of rodent control. The penny I found was near one of the burrow entrances, and the nickel along the hillside. As an avid arrowhead hunter I found some great points along warn cattle trails, and near rodent burrows in the mountains, so using that logic helped me come up with the theory........either that or someone lost some nice old coins. To test the theory I plan on hunting near the burrow holes on the man made berms that exist at many of the playgrounds around here as the chances come up. Time will tell.
Speaking of which, anyone ever tried to detect a huge thing of fill dirt at a construction company before???
