Best-Kept Secrets To Finding Treasure - #5
Published by Larry on Tagged 1900's Coins, Coin shooting, Instuctional, Metal Detecting Tips, Research, Site Areas
DON’T FORGET THE SIDEWALKS: One of the most frequently overlooked treasure sites is the grassy strip between the sidewalk and the street. Parades may have come that way and countless people have passed by. In older days many of the downtown areas may have had parking meters (a little research won’t hurt) and pockets of change may be hiding here. My first experience with hunting this site type was in 1976 in Tarpon Springs FL at my uncle Pete’s house. I had a new White’s 6000 unit and took it out of the box and assembled it in preparation for ground balancing it. I could not ground balance the unit whatever! The reason being that there was a 1916 S flawless Mercury dime with full split bands less than an inch deep right where I placed the head to ground balance the unit. Here is the picture of this coin just to remind you to check your grass strip sites.
Best-Kept Secrets To Finding Treasure - #4
Published by Larry on Tagged Coin shooting, Instuctional, Metal Detecting Tips, Site Areas
Winter Storms Beach Goldmine! Winter storms, frequently called northeasters, can produce phenonmenal gold and silver beach finds and masses of older coins. Low tides immediately following these storms will maximize access to the beach area where tons of sand have temporarily been removed leaving rocks and clay areas exposed. Check these areas carefully as no metal detector is capable of going this deep. I have found many gold and silver jewelry pieces lodged up under the edge of these rocks and countless older coins too. The crashing waves have removed so much of the lighter trash items also leaving a higher percentage of good finds. Hurricanes can do the same thing in the southern states in warmer and far better hunting weather.
Update: USF Archeology Team Finds
Published by Larry on Tagged Recent Finds, Relic Finds, Research, Site AreasI am so excited about the latest report from the graduate archeology team that I received from Rebecca today. They returned to the park area in Daytona where the plantation burned in the 1835 era. Here are Rebecca’s words:
“Hope all is well with you and that you have enjoyed the new year so far. We were able to locate several more buildings using the metal detectors, and it seems like my Professor is now planning to open up some excavation units based on what we found!”
WOW! This would be a dream site area and experience for any hobbyist and I am glad to share with two Fisher metal detectors for the team. Please read previous posts on their adventure.
Best-Kept Secrets To Finding Treasure - #3
Published by Larry on Tagged Coin shooting, Metal Detecting Tips, Relic Finds, Selling Detector Finds“YOUR TRASH IS MY TREASURE!” The old adage about one man’s trash is so true in the treasure business. Old throw-aways are todays collectibles. Locks, keys, buttons, tokens, badges, thimbles, bells, bottles and even horseshoes, are valuables that have been tossed away by people for years. The old throw-aways also give the treasure hunter a window into the past of that site. Here are a few trash items that are a part of my treasures. This is a sterling silver cigarette lighter found in Tarpon Springs, FL.
The following are a few of the many religious pendants that were either tossed or lost.