Parks Have Alot To Offer For The Metal Detectorist FIND GOLD IN 2011
I keep going back to parks once I get sick of being in the woods. It really is unbelivable the stuff I find at Parks. Not to mention I have found coins over 150 years old in parks but I have found many Silver and Gold Jewelry pieces there also. Some parks are really old and have been there for 100 years or more. One of my favorite parks keeps producing old Coins and Relics every time I go There. Keep a look out for the wooded areas of parks, many Detectorist seem to neglect these parts. I once went to a park that has been hit by everyone and there brother in the past 30 years. I then walked into the wooded area and started to find old coins left and right, not to mention a 9 gram gold ring from the 1920′s.
MOST SMALL GOLD COINS AND RINGS WILL RING UP IN THE 5 CENT RANGE OR FOIL. BIGGER GOLD RINGS AND COINS CAN BE IN THE PULL TAB RANGE OR EVEN ZINC PENNY RANGE. IF YOU WANT TO FIND GOLD DIG ALL THOSE SIGNALS AND IT WILL ONLY BE A MATTER OF TIME UNTIL GOLD WILL POP OUT OF THE HOLE. LOOK AT THE IMAGE ABOVE THERE ARE MANY DIFFERENT MIDDLE TONE ITEMS THAT COULD BE GOLD OR TRASH.
You have to be patient with parks, I like to dig every signal. I have found a million Pull Tabs, however I know if I dig those signals I will eventually dig gold. Why do I dig every Signal, I’m there to find stuff. If I just dig silver coin sounds, I will leave that day with a bunch of nothing probably. This year Alone I dug 3 Gold Items out of parks
Found this gold pendant with a Tesoro Cibola at 7″ down with a good diggable signal
Some Baseball field produce very nice items, some fields can be very old and may have many old coins. It’s best to contact your Parks and Rec office to see if metal detecting is allowed in ball fields before you start digging. I have found a few Gold rings around the infield of a baseball diamond. Think About how many people have thrown a baseball around and there ring must of flown right off the finger. I’m sure plenty because I have found my share of rings there. You Can Too
Ok another TIP I’m going to share with you guys is……
While Detecting your favorite Park look around for steep Banks or Hills. Why? Well people like to run up and down them, maybe chase there kids up them. And there going to drop some valuables at some point. Its almost spring time here in New England, and there is still snow every where, I went to one of my favorite parks and went to the only spot where there was no snow. It was a steep little hill that ran along the edge of the snow covered green grass and woods. So I started swinging away and no longer then an hour I uncovered a 1962 silver dime and 1907 Indian head penny. I also dug my share of pull tabs, and a 1800′s style button. B
ut then soon enough a 1880′s V Nickel popped out of the ground too. Now Thats where digging every signal is a good thing, because it came in as the same signal as a broken pull tab. Well There you have it, go hit some hills and banks at your local park and see what you get.
If you have any tips on Detecting Parks Please Post Them Below
Great advice on searching the woods. I was on a walking trail for the first time – in New England – and no sooner did did I put the detector down – did I hit two pennies. I found 17 pieces of clad in those woods (adjacent to a park area). I also appreciate the advice about digging everything. I use the AT Pro and sometimes I get so many signals I’m overwhelmed and keep walking. I really need to start focusing on small sections at a time and planning to cover the whole area over a matter of many, many visits.
Thanks man!