does anyone find any old coins here in Pinellas County while detecting?

[davest]

I'm just wondering if the ground swallows them up and they end up in the aquifier because all I find are memorial pennies and clad coins.

 

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[kevino1960]

To answer your question, very few. I found a merc (42? I think) in my back yard, a 1911 wheatie at the Methodist Church in Largo and a 1915 English Penny by the RR tracks in Largo. Most everything else has been new. The theory is that a coin will sink 1/4 to 1/2 inch per year in the sandy soil, if that is true the old coins are far out of range for any detector I know of. Keep the faith Brother and let me know if you ever want to detect, I may be available.

Kevin

 

[davest]

thanx Kevin, I've been doing this for about 3 yrs but just recently got the bug real bad. I've been hitting a school yard in St. Pete, along with the tot lots, volleyball courts and beaches just about every day, mostly after work for a bit. The oldest coin I've found is a 1964 rosie dime. I'll stay in touch as far as the hunt invite goes. I think that when the housing market kicks in again there'll be a few old houses down here that get demolished. I'll keep my eye out and let you know. Peace

 

[ivan salis]

since your looking in "modern" spots --what your finding is modern stuff no surprize there ---stop and "think" --- you need to locate older places where folks lived and traded and worked at during the time frame from the older silver coins you seek are located --- looking in a modern schools tot lot (any one built after 1964) is most likely going to produce little if any silver coins because the "pocket" coins kids carried and lost were clad not silver --- you need to find the pre 1964 built schools and search their playground areas ( it is there that you will find the older silver coins you seek --- that is if another savvy hunter has not yet beat you to them) --- research is the key to bigger and better and thus more valuible finds --- to find the "good stuff" you need to be in the "right location" from the time frame when the people carried silver coins and where they lost them at doing various activities --- treasure hunting is a thinking mans (or woman's) game -----good luck --- Ivan

 

[godisnum1]

Well I'll be here at home in St Pete until January 11th, so if you all want to go detect together sometime, I brought my detector home with me, so let me know! It would definitely be sweet to find some older sites to detect together...

Bran <><

 

[chipveres]

Heres a silly but useful tip: School Boards rarely sell land. Like, the present site of Miami Beach High School was built in 1960. But they kept the old site & built a junior high school. The site before that is now an elementary school. So *that* site has been occupied by schoolkids since 1915. When you find a school lot / building, find out its prior history.

Chip V.