Ghost Town Tips?

[Quester]

All-

New username to the forum, but I used to post long ago. Just got a new detector after some years and I have the fever again.

Going to a little known "ghost hamlet" I guess you'd call it...wondering if you guys have any tips that I may have not thought of.

I will be checking anywhere that caches would "commonly" be found, tree stumps, markers, whatever..will be checking the walls and floorboards as well.

Any other ideas or tales of glory?


Thanks!

 

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[Quester]

oh well

I went and only found an old belt buckle. Too much Tin around.

 

[Zincoln Miner]

get back there and dig dagnabbit


seriously what detector do you have?maybe a smaller coil is in order.
did you see any paths or did you find any hints of focal points for this habitation.
any brush or debris worth moving?

 

[Rob66]

Can't win em all!!! You tried. I don't know what you are using... but a good sign is an indent in the ground from the hole settling.If I'm hunting a big tree I work in a spiral motion moving out.
RD

 

[Quester]

Thanks. I spent 9.5 hrs total, with about 5 of those hours detecting. I used a Tesoro Silvermax, I've used all the high end detectors, I like this one the best. I brought my Compadre with me too, coil being 5.75 inches I was of course able to work in between *some* trash.

Thing is, I usually find silver (at least one) everytime I go to an old site. This place had THOUSANDS of pieces of tin, coin size...everywhere. The foundations were intact, it's just that those pieces of tin were so bothersome.

Oh yeah, I did find some old bottles, a piece of iron with some wording on it, and an awesome long arrowhead.

There were some more buildings that I didn't check out, but the super rough hike there may preclude me from going again, unless I invest in a dirtbike!

Will be checking some tilled fields around here that have produced some Reales

Thanks for the comments all

 

[Zincoln Miner]

I hear ya.... I usualy find atleast one coin from a cellar hole site,but not every time.I have a silvermax
also that I am going to bring back to an iron infested hole that skunked my xlt even with 6 inch coil.

 

[Quester]

I hear ya.... I usualy find atleast one coin from a cellar hole site,but not every time.I have a silvermax
also that I am going to bring back to an iron infested hole that skunked my xlt even with 6 inch coil.

Well no silver for me today But I hear ya on the cellar holes, good stuff!

I forgot to mention that the place was littered with old brass casings, ranchers really like to shoot things!

I'm so tired, off to bed thanks for the posts!

 

[Quester]

No pictures? Shame on you!

actually I do have some pics of the house I was searching, been busy at work but I will post them tomorrow!

 

[Quester]

I don't really have the time to resize if someone wants I'll send them the pics via email? Pretty cool old house.

 

[Quester]

Eh, it's no big deal. I understand that. Here's mine: John.Townsand@us.army.mil

 

[Quester]

was just putting it out there because someone could email ME, i broke the ice :P but I guess I should learn to make the pics smaller anyway. Oh well, g'night!

And thanks for the service comment, I'm a veteran of 2 branches of the Armed Forces, currently an Army Civilian.

Anyway if anyone is interested in seeing the pics I guess they could email me, I dunno, I'm so tired from the hike I'm delirious, so forgive me