Any ideas???

[mjarvis]

Hello, I was looking for some help for places to go detecting with my 8 year old daughter that hasnt been picked over and over or full of trash We're new to the Sacramento area, looking for a fun place. Any ideas would be much appreciated for the feed back!! Thanks

 

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[Terry Soloman]

Wait for your neighbors to go to work, and metal detect their front and back yard!

Have any of these nearby?

1) Old Schools
2) City/Town Parks
3) Circus/Fair Sites
4) Old Churches
5) Old Homestead Sites
6) Swimming Holes and Areas
7) Picnic Groves
8) Athletic Fields
9) Scout Camps
10) Rodeo Arenas
11) Campgrounds
12) Ghost Towns
13) Beaches
14) Old Taverns
15) Roadside Rest Stops
16) Sidewalk Grassy Strips
17) Amusement Parks
18) Rural Mailboxes
19) Reunion Areas
20) Revival sites
21) Fort Sites
22) Winter Sledding Areas
23) Lookout/Overlook Sites
24) Church Supper Groves
25) Fishing Spots
26) Fishing Camps
27) Resorts
28) Old Barns and Outbuildings
29) Battle Sites
30) Band Shells
31) Racetracks
32) Rural Boundary Walls
33) Roadside Fruit and Vegetable Stands
34) Under Seaside Boardwalks
35) Flea Market Areas
36) Ski Slopes
37) Drive Ins
38) Canal Paths
39) Vacant Lots
40) Motels
41) College Campuses
42) Farmer Market Areas
43) Town Squares
44) Urban Yards and Backyards
45) Disaster Sites
46) Areas Around Skating Ponds
47) Hunting Lodges and Camps
48) Mining Camps
49) Railroad Grades, Stations and Junctions
50) Hiking Trails
51) Waterfalls
52) Rural Dance Sites
53) Lover's Lanes
54) Areas Adjacent to Historical Markers
55) Old Gas Stations and General Stores
56) Fence Posts
57) Chicken Houses
58) Bridges and Fords
59) Flower Beds
60) Playgrounds
61) Old Garbage Dumps
62) Cloth Lines
63) Military Camp and Cantonment Sites
64) Wells and Outhouses
65) Abandoned Houses and Structures
66) Areas where Old Trails Cross County or State Boundaries
67) Piles of Scraped Soil at Construction Sites
68) Old Stone Quarries
69) Areas Around Old Abandoned Cemeteries in the Forest
70) Junctions of Abandoned Roads (crossroads)

 

[mjarvis]

Wait for your neighbors to go to work, and metal detect their front and back yard!

Have any of these nearby?

1) Old Schools
2) City/Town Parks
3) Circus/Fair Sites
4) Old Churches
5) Old Homestead Sites
6) Swimming Holes and Areas
7) Picnic Groves
8) Athletic Fields
9) Scout Camps
10) Rodeo Arenas
11) Campgrounds
12) Ghost Towns
13) Beaches
14) Old Taverns
15) Roadside Rest Stops
16) Sidewalk Grassy Strips
17) Amusement Parks
18) Rural Mailboxes
19) Reunion Areas
20) Revival sites
21) Fort Sites
22) Winter Sledding Areas
23) Lookout/Overlook Sites
24) Church Supper Groves
25) Fishing Spots
26) Fishing Camps
27) Resorts
28) Old Barns and Outbuildings
29) Battle Sites
30) Band Shells
31) Racetracks
32) Rural Boundary Walls
33) Roadside Fruit and Vegetable Stands
34) Under Seaside Boardwalks
35) Flea Market Areas
36) Ski Slopes
37) Drive Ins
38) Canal Paths
39) Vacant Lots
40) Motels
41) College Campuses
42) Farmer Market Areas
43) Town Squares
44) Urban Yards and Backyards
45) Disaster Sites
46) Areas Around Skating Ponds
47) Hunting Lodges and Camps
48) Mining Camps
49) Railroad Grades, Stations and Junctions
50) Hiking Trails
51) Waterfalls
52) Rural Dance Sites
53) Lover's Lanes
54) Areas Adjacent to Historical Markers
55) Old Gas Stations and General Stores
56) Fence Posts
57) Chicken Houses
58) Bridges and Fords
59) Flower Beds
60) Playgrounds
61) Old Garbage Dumps
62) Cloth Lines
63) Military Camp and Cantonment Sites
64) Wells and Outhouses
65) Abandoned Houses and Structures
66) Areas where Old Trails Cross County or State Boundaries
67) Piles of Scraped Soil at Construction Sites
68) Old Stone Quarries
69) Areas Around Old Abandoned Cemeteries in the Forest
70) Junctions of Abandoned Roads (crossroads)

Wow!!! Is that all you could come up with lol!!! That's so many great ideas never would have thought of a 1/4 of that stuff.
Thanks terry I appreciate it, what can I say, thx u!!!

I'll let you know what we find and where!!

Good luck, matt

 

[Red James Cash]

mjarvis go to your library and pick up the copy of the WPA guide to your state.Give it a good read and it will give you enough information to last you quite a while.

 

[mjarvis]

mjarvis go to your library and pick up the copy of the WPA guide to your state.Give it a good read and it will give you enough information to last you quite a while.

Thx u James! This might be a dumb question but what's the WPA guide Not sure.

Thxs

 

[Red James Cash]

The WPA guide was the writers project guide.During the depression the government hired all the out of work writers to travel state to state town to town to basically to gather the history of the community by legends ,folklore,stories,etc,etc,etc,Just about everything you can imagine is in it,battlefields to buried treasure stories.It goes street to street town to town,its a good read,you wont be disappointed.

 

[mjarvis]

The WPA guide was the writers project guide.During the depression the government hired all the out of work writers to travel state to state town to town to basically to gather the history of the community by legends ,folklore,stories,etc,etc,etc,Just about everything you can imagine is in it,battlefields to buried treasure stories.It goes street to street town to town,its a good read,you wont be disappointed.

That's cool!! I like that!! What's the time frame does something like that go back to?? Would the book store have it too??

 

[Red James Cash]

The WPA guide i have was 1937 to reprint 1983,i bought mine at a thrift store.Mine for massachusetts goes back to the mayflower right up to the depression.It covers just about everything,natural settings to art,every town in your state,every historical marking,every historical event.But you have to remember it was written only until basically the depression ended.But it is still a wealth of information.I promise you it is a good read and you will get some info out of it.

 

[mjarvis]

The WPA guide i have was 1937 to reprint 1983,i bought mine at a thrift store.Mine for massachusetts goes back to the mayflower right up to the depression.It covers just about everything,natural settings to art,every town in your state,every historical marking,every historical event.But you have to remember it was written only until basically the depression ended.But it is still a wealth of information.I promise you it is a good read and you will get some info out of it.

Ok I will. Sounds promising on info and could lead me to some great finds!! I'll let you know what I come up with!!!

Thxs matt

 

[Red James Cash]

no problemyoure welcome

 

[mjarvis]

no problemyoure welcome

Sounds good thanks for great tip, I'll let you know what I find out. I'm in cal.

Thxs!!

 

[Theakiki]

Great thread, and fantastic list, Terry!

 

[austin2012]

anybody know of any good places in Vermont? Preferably near Lake Champlain?