Metal Detecting For Relics

Metal Detecting Cellar Holes and Old Foundations Can Be Very Rewarding

These are the places I like to frequent the most.  I love finding the old coins and relics that these sites have to offer.  You might have a few of these right down the road from you, and would be a great place to start.

Once you find a place to hunt, you may need permission if its on Private Property.  Start by looking how every thing was set up.  Locate the well so you don’t stumble into it, this can be dangerous.  The path from the well to the house is a good place to start as the old timers walked this path alot.  Some wells also may be in the house cellar hole too.

  Once you locate where the front of the house was facing, detect the front and backyards.  This is where I find most of my coins and buttons.  However I have also found alot of coins outside the yards perimeter about 50 + yards from the house.  There will be alot of iron or garbage metal to compete with, so using a smaller coil “sniper coil” with help you seperate from good and bad targets better.

Sweep slow to find those deep hidden coins around stone walls, near trees and  along the road.  Some coins that I have found Have been deep and do not produce a loud beep, so If you swing fast and are not wearing head phones you may miss them.  Finding coins that are 150 years or older can be alittle tricky.  The first settlers didn’t have alot of coins, but they did have them.  So you want to work these area’s listed in this article carefully.  Don’t get dissapointed if you do not find any coins, there are many other treasures to find at old foundations that can be even more valuable, like Buttons,Buckles, Military Items, Jewelry and many other types of Relics.

I also like the roads in front of the old foundations or driveways.  I have found many Relics and Coins.  Just think of the old timers getting in or out of there buggies or jumping off there horses.  They dropped a bunch of goodies for us to find.

Stone walls along these old roads are another place not to overlook.  Early settlers had to make them at some point.  Trying to move these rocks with there oxen wasn’t an easy job.  People sit on the rock walls, kids played on them. This is  another great place to find valuables.  I found this 1800′s Navy button in a area where I dug 3 shot gun shells.  When I got to that signal I said “sounds like another shot gun shell”  well I dug it anyways and found this sweet Gold Plated Navy Button.  So thats just one more reason why I like to dig every signal above iron when I’m detecting These type of area’s.

 

What kind of detector should I use ?

There are many detectors that would work great for this type of Metal Detecting

A great affordable detector to get started would be The Garrett Ace 350 or Minelab 305.  We have challenged these detectors at sites like this and produced very well.  I if you want to spend a little more A Tesoro Cibola or Whites MXT would work wonders in spots like this.  And Of course Minelab has The E-Trac which is a favorite among many relic hunters.

If you have any Relic Hunting tips please Post them below

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