Got My First Permission From My Ad Today

[AusTexDude]

I ran an ad on craigslist offering to metal detect someone's lost item in exchange for permission to hunt their land.

Guy lost his platinum wedding band. He has 6 acres that used to be a cattle auction 100 years ago. I found the 75 year old map which shows the cattle auction that's no longer there. I know where all the buildings and roads are. Excited to hunt this land.

I may have pulled over 20 rings from the park near me but I dig a LOT of pull tabs to get those rings. This will be a nice change of pace. Here is the old cattle auction.

Any ideas on how to hit this property?

 

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[TORRERO]

Honestly I have never had much luck UNDER the bleachers although I have tried hunting them while they were still there.. The Iron poles make it hard to swing and there is a TON of trash ... so I just avoid them anymore.. even in front of them is really trashy ....

 

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[Ism]

Honestly I have never had much luck UNDER the bleachers although I have tried hunting them while they were still there.. The Iron poles make it hard to swing and there is a TON of trash ... so I just avoid them anymore.. even in front of them is really trashy ....

I've had a lot of luck around old school bleachers that have been removed. Yes, a lot of trash but also a lot of coins. Not so much for jewelry. It does help a lot that the poles are removed.

I would start in the parking area and path to the event. Often stuff is dropped exiting the vehicle and keys get pulled out while returning to the vehicle....well you get the picture.

 

[AusTexDude]

I hunt this spot on Monday. I'm good for about 6 hours swinging before my shoulders start to ache so we agreed that I would spend 3 hours hunting his ring and 3 hours doing my own thing. We agreed I could keep anything up to $10,000 I find but if I happen to get lucky and find a stash of old gold coins we'd have to split it.

 

[AusTexDude]

I've had a lot of luck around old school bleachers that have been removed. Yes, a lot of trash but also a lot of coins. Not so much for jewelry. It does help a lot that the poles are removed.

I would start in the parking area and path to the event. Often stuff is dropped exiting the vehicle and keys get pulled out while returning to the vehicle....well you get the picture.

I think this auction was attended mostly by men on horseback. It ran from the late 1800s to the 1920s I believe.

 

[cudamark]

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Same here they're trash recipients for folks sitting there on the fanny. Gum wrappers, cigarette foil, tabs, bottle caps.
Probably the next trashy area is a drive in theater.

Those, and around picnic tables and beach fire rings. It's small coil time and a fast recover speed at those places.

 

[pepperj]

Those, and around picnic tables and beach fire rings. It's small coil time and a fast recover speed at those places.

Bought a new Minelab SE, and was Anna Marie Island.
Started off doing the grass areas between the parking lots at the beach.
I couldn't believe the amount of sounds that my ears were getting assaulted with.
I seriously thought the detector was malfunctioning something bad.
I quickly walked out onto the beach area.

 

[AusTexDude]

Bought a new Minelab SE, and was Anna Marie Island.
Started off doing the grass areas between the parking lots at the beach.
I couldn't believe the amount of sounds that my ears were getting assaulted with.
I seriously thought the detector was malfunctioning something bad.
I quickly walked out onto the beach area.

I "hoping" that since this was back before pull tabs, most foils, and other junk it may not be as littered as other spots. The auction shut down long before most of that junk was invented.

 

[AusTexDude]

Going out there tomorrow I'm very excited. I have never done an old coin search before. If anyone has any info on what VDI numbers old coins from late 1800s to 1950 will ring up at for the AT MAX that could be a big help. I am not familiar with any of that.

 

[AusTexDude]

Here is the ad I ran on Craigslist if anyone wants to copy it. Seems to work

 

[robertk]

Here is the ad I ran on Craigslist

That's a neat ad. Be careful about telling folks you can find old tanks or pipes, though -- those are usually buried too deep for the average metal detector to find them. (Around here, pipes are generally two or three feet down, and tanks even deeper, to prevent frost damage and tank float.)

 

[AusTexDude]

That's a neat ad. Be careful about telling folks you can find old tanks or pipes, though -- those are usually buried too deep for the average metal detector to find them. (Around here, pipes are generally two or three feet down, and tanks even deeper, to prevent frost damage and tank float.)

Being in Texas I can often pick up on water pipes because they are not buried too deep here, the ground never freezes around here.

 

[Ism]

Going out there tomorrow I'm very excited. I have never done an old coin search before. If anyone has any info on what VDI numbers old coins from late 1800s to 1950 will ring up at for the AT MAX that could be a big help. I am not familiar with any of that.

Maybe someone has an online chart specifically for the AT Max.

 

[cudamark]

On an old site like that, I don't think going by a coin I.D. chart is much use. I'd be digging just about everything non-ferrous to start and see what's in the ground. Then maybe I could go by depth of the targets if the ground hasn't been disturbed. Deep target I.D.'s are notoriously inaccurate.

 

[tahomatom]

I ran an ad on craigslist offering to metal detect someone's lost item in exchange for permission to hunt their land.

Guy lost his platinum wedding band. He has 6 acres that used to be a cattle auction 100 years ago. I found the 75 year old map which shows the cattle auction that's no longer there. I know where all the buildings and roads are. Excited to hunt this land.

I may have pulled over 20 rings from the park near me but I dig a LOT of pull tabs to get those rings. This will be a nice change of pace. Here is the old cattle auction.

Any ideas on how to hit this property?

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Parking areas are always good but sometimes the coins get roughed up some.
Sounds like fun. I’d plot it out methodically and take your time.
Good luck.

 

[Oscar Goldman]

I'm trying to make sense of this actually. 🤔

Iron is 1.00 Platinum is 9.43

So what you stated is Iron is above Platinum.
Alphabetically yes.

I'm trying to make sense of this actually. 🤔

Iron is 1.00 Platinum is 9.43

So what you stated is Iron is above Platinum.
Alphabetically yes.
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No 1 x10 to the 7th is more that 9.43 x 10 to the 6th --- 10000000 > 9430000

 

[pepperj]

No 1 x10 to the 7th is more that 9.43 x 10 to the 6th --- 10000000 > 9430000

Thanks for the info 👍

 

[cudamark]

Is it just me, or, does math like that make your head hurt too? 😬

 

[AusTexDude]

I hate tin!

The site was littered with tiny pieces of tin roof that rang up just like a dime to a silver dollar range, depending on what sizes the pieces were.

This site is going to take some time. Him and his wife invited me and my girl to come out there and camp for a few days. It's a 1.5 hour drive.

I did find an old Dr. Pepper bottle and guess what else?

A giant freaking HOG SKULL! I was packing my 357 today and the land owner was not only ok with that, he advised it.