GKL
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While I am hopeful there still might be a few undiscovered extra good finds in all that large of an area, I kinda think since it's been so long since the area was used as a trailer park that it's likely been detected already in the past based on what I've found my initial hunt there today.
Hey, even so, I'll at least be getting a lot of exercise detecting over 3 acres
which should keep me busy for quite a while !
It was nice out today, less humid, so I was able to do a 5 hour hunt on my initial hunt there. (and it's only about 5 minutes from home !)
My initial hunt I tried detecting a little of various areas over the 3+ acre area to see if maybe one area was extra productive, nothing really stood out except one area had several of the pennies I found and one of the dimes. I did find that a good bit of the area had gravel mixed in with the dirt under the grass, one area was more sandy, and some areas were asphalt and some crumbling asphalt, one area had some concrete pads, and some areas actually had easier to dig regular soil and grass.
Anyhow, my hunt today resulted in finding 31 pieces of metal trash and 11 coins, but no silver, the coins were 2 clad dimes and 9 pennies (no wheaties). It took about 1/2 hour to find the first penny as it is a somewhat trashy area.
I had to skip over a lot of good signals because I still got a signal with a raised coil so they were likely large trash like a crushed aluminum can, and sure enough when I dug a raised coil signal just to be sure - it was a crushed aluminum can
I did have this one dig where I thought I might have found my first dollar or half-dollar coin as it was around that size and had a reeded edge !!!! but it was covered with dirt and cleaning it off a chunk of dirt popped out of the center - turned out it was a flat nut with a reeded edge
Anyhow I know I need to go back and clean some of that large trash out in case some of them are hiding good signals. (rain could keep me away a couple days this week)
I did find some historic aerial photos that gave me and idea where structures were at back when it was used.
That permission should keep me busy for quite a while, and since it is not a public park I have the whole area all to myself
Anyhow, here's a few pics, one of the good finds, one of the trash, and some of the area.
Hey, even so, I'll at least be getting a lot of exercise detecting over 3 acres
which should keep me busy for quite a while !It was nice out today, less humid, so I was able to do a 5 hour hunt on my initial hunt there. (and it's only about 5 minutes from home !)
My initial hunt I tried detecting a little of various areas over the 3+ acre area to see if maybe one area was extra productive, nothing really stood out except one area had several of the pennies I found and one of the dimes. I did find that a good bit of the area had gravel mixed in with the dirt under the grass, one area was more sandy, and some areas were asphalt and some crumbling asphalt, one area had some concrete pads, and some areas actually had easier to dig regular soil and grass.
Anyhow, my hunt today resulted in finding 31 pieces of metal trash and 11 coins, but no silver, the coins were 2 clad dimes and 9 pennies (no wheaties). It took about 1/2 hour to find the first penny as it is a somewhat trashy area.
I had to skip over a lot of good signals because I still got a signal with a raised coil so they were likely large trash like a crushed aluminum can, and sure enough when I dug a raised coil signal just to be sure - it was a crushed aluminum can
I did have this one dig where I thought I might have found my first dollar or half-dollar coin as it was around that size and had a reeded edge !!!! but it was covered with dirt and cleaning it off a chunk of dirt popped out of the center - turned out it was a flat nut with a reeded edge
Anyhow I know I need to go back and clean some of that large trash out in case some of them are hiding good signals. (rain could keep me away a couple days this week)
I did find some historic aerial photos that gave me and idea where structures were at back when it was used.
That permission should keep me busy for quite a while, and since it is not a public park I have the whole area all to myself
Anyhow, here's a few pics, one of the good finds, one of the trash, and some of the area.
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