Rich or Poor?

[markinmichigan]

Who loses more valuables, rich or poor folks? The rich may lead lifestyles that might lend to wearing more expensive items. The monetary value is significantly higher than lower income people. I've been swinging the Legend in both areas and I find significantly more of the high denomination coins and jewelry in the rich areas. However I'm finding way more targets in terms of numbers in clad and fake bling in the less affluent towns.

My take is the poorer areas loose more than the wealthy areas. Anyone else think about this?

Mark in Michigan

 

[metaladdict]

All classes succumb to the pirate!

 

[LovestheShiny!]

Hi Mark, I agree with you. I've detected a lot of curb strips in different towns. It seems the poorer folk (based on the nearby housing I see) seem to lose a lot of money. Some sections are full of clad... quarters dimes, like they just toss money away. Maybe that's why they are poor...

 

[BobOso]

The poor people sit on the grass and watch the ball games, the rich sit in front of the big scree TV's and drink by the pool, The poor watch fireworks on the grass and drink beer, the rich sit near their pool and socialize . The poor sleep in tents, the rich sleep in their $200k RV's.
Yep the poor loose more.

 

[markinmichigan]

Yep! Rich rarely go to parks, hang out on the beach or river banks. All hail the poor!

Mark in Michigan

 

[stetam]

Yep! Rich rarely go to parks, hang out on the beach or river banks. All hail the poor!

Mark in Michigan

100 years ago they did so.......

Steve

 

[hoser]

I agree that the less fortunate people tend to lose more than the rich. In my mind it boils down to the poorer folks want to look more wealthy by sporting more bling, and the rich don't want to advertise their wealth. In reality, both sets of people tend to lose "stuff". JMO

 

[BobOso]

I agree that the less fortunate people tend to lose more than the rich. In my mind it boils down to the poorer folks want to look more wealthy by sporting more bling, and the rich don't want to advertise their wealth. In reality, both sets of people tend to lose "stuff". JMO

yep, go to the beaches where the rich go, or rent a yacht and dive where they swim

 

[hoser]

go to the beaches where the rich go, or rent a yacht and dive where they swim

Funny you should say this. There is a town north and west of where I live called Charlevoix. Lake Charlevoix is a huge lake that empties into Lake Michigan, and there is a small lake inline with it that really is nothing more than a wealthy marina where there are many yachts anchored. Years ago a friend who was a scuba diver would dive around all the docks and piers and he said the bottom was littered with coins and jewelry. He said you had to go in there after, or just before the boating season.

 

[bottlecap4u]

hoser, kind of like St. Joseph and Benton Harbor too.

 

[C-COD]

I agree that the less fortunate people tend to lose more than the rich. In my mind it boils down to the poorer folks want to look more wealthy by sporting more bling, and the rich don't want to advertise their wealth. In reality, both sets of people tend to lose "stuff". JMO

The rich buy new clothes. The poor have holes in there pockets

 

[Rattlehead]

I agree. I've always done better at lower income locations. Seems like they just got out in the yard and lost more stuff. Same with curb strips.

 

[Cherry Picker]

Who loses more valuables, rich or poor folks? The rich may lead lifestyles that might lend to wearing more expensive items. The monetary value is significantly higher than lower income people. I've been swinging the Legend in both areas and I find significantly more of the high denomination coins and jewelry in the rich areas. However I'm finding way more targets in terms of numbers in clad and fake bling in the less affluent towns.

My take is the poorer areas loose more than the wealthy areas. Anyone else think about this?

Mark in Michigan

I see the same thing. There is a tot lot in the rich side of town that has yet to give up anything of value in all the many years it has been searched. That is the north part of town. On the southside, I have recovered over 80 rings just myself over the years. The buddy I hunt with is close to the same.

 

[TheFrood]

I like how Terry Pratchett explained the difference in one of his Diskworld novels... Rich people buy one pair of durable high quality boots that will last multiple generations whereas poor people spend 10x that by having to buy cheap boots far more frequently...

 

[$MELTER-1]

Who loses more valuables, rich or poor folks? The rich may lead lifestyles that might lend to wearing more expensive items. The monetary value is significantly higher than lower income people. I've been swinging the Legend in both areas and I find significantly more of the high denomination coins and jewelry in the rich areas. However I'm finding way more targets in terms of numbers in clad and fake bling in the less affluent towns.

My take is the poorer areas loose more than the wealthy areas. Anyone else think about this?

Mark in Michigan

Know this. When your truly poor, YOU HAVE NOTHING TO LOOSE....

 

[$MELTER-1]

Know this. When your truly poor, YOU HAVE NOTHING TO LOOSE....

I should know.

 

[metaladdict]

The poor people sit on the grass and watch the ball games, the rich sit in front of the big scree TV's and drink by the pool, The poor watch fireworks on the grass and drink beer, the rich sit near their pool and socialize . The poor sleep in tents, the rich sleep in their $200k RV's.
Yep the poor loose more.

well said.

 

[maxxkatt]

Hi Mark, I agree with you. I've detected a lot of curb strips in different towns. It seems the poorer folk (based on the nearby housing I see) seem to lose a lot of money. Some sections are full of clad... quarters dimes, like they just toss money away. Maybe that's why they are poor...

Maybe because there are more poor people than rich people? Or maybe poor people have more holes in their pockets? Or more poor people have to walk more because back then they walked, took bus, etc? Rich people always were the ones with the nice cars. Or more poor people carried more change because of reduced amount of spendable money where the rich people flashed more folding money and told the clerks, waiters to keep the change. Fifty cents back then may mean a poor family gets some bread and beans for supper. But to a rich person, they don't think in those terms.

 

[Cherry Picker]

Maybe because there are more poor people than rich people? Or maybe poor people have more holes in their pockets? Or more poor people have to walk more because back then they walked, took bus, etc? Rich people always were the ones with the nice cars. Or more poor people carried more change because of reduced amount of spendable money where the rich people flashed more folding money and told the clerks, waiters to keep the change. Fifty cents back then may mean a poor family gets some bread and beans for supper. But to a rich person, they don't think in those terms.

Back in the 90s a buddy and I used to go out every day and hunt from sun up to sun down. We gridded the entire old part of town and started on AVE A and would do every curbstrip and empty house yards from the 100 block to the 1200 block from AVE A through AVE G. The oldest parts of Dodge. We did that for years. What we found out was the best houses were rentals. I'm guessing all the moving in and out of renters made for better chances to lose stuff. At the tot lots there was no doubt it was immigrants that lived in the areas they gave out the best gold and jewelry period. The rich part of town had a tot lot in the park, but in all the years we hunted it we never found a thing but a penny now & then.

 

[Linesider]

The way i feel it goes down here here is there is parts of the beach that the average person goes. Parties, music, drinking, everyone all blinged out showing off what the own. Losing more items than the older settled crowd. Family,older, not into big crowds and loud music, also behind private homes and hotels where public access isn’t availble. . These people usually remove there jewelry before going to the beaches… now with that said. If u do find something in the upper crust beaches. Its usually nicer quality