HutSiteDigger
Silver Member
- Nov 26, 2012
- 2,849
- 1,283
- Detector(s) used
- Fisher 1266x and a shovel
- Primary Interest:
- All Treasure Hunting
Hey..
I'm all about helping all other MDers
I firmly understand relic hunters keeping their successful researching knowledge a secret..And to the ones who openly help other MDers with researching tips and other knowledgeable stuff my greatest appreciation too you 
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The key to relic hunting successfully is not to count on luck but to count on research.
I would like to share some of my successful researching tips.
Try and research from libraries/county records/microfilms,etc
Find out spots that use to be colonial or 19th century horse racing tracks... I have noticed spots that use to be horse racing tracks are coin/lost jewelry,etc hot spots.. Of course the wealthy use to always go to horse races.. Also locating where old banks use to be can be very rewarding spot..
When researching an old house site that is not there anymore or any house site, always try and find out who the land owner was and research if they were wealthy or just average, if you research a old house site and find out the person who once lived there was wealthy you may be in for a good time and you always want to hunt these places very slow and always make sure you check out spots where you think they could have buried money which was very common thing to do til the 20th century when big banks came about.
When researching a Civil War spot always look @ maps like in the book "Official Military Atlas Of The Civil War" and try to go over as many old maps from that area as you can and research how long they were camping there or what type of business i guess you could say that they were doing in that spot your about to MD.
Just a little bit of tips i'd like to point out, i could go on all day.
The common mistake for most relic hunters is depending on luck. If you depend on luck in this business/hobby and not do research you will not last long!!! of course we all do luck out from time to time. If anyone needs any hints or tips on researching please feel free to contact me or share below!
I'm all about helping all other MDers
I firmly understand relic hunters keeping their successful researching knowledge a secret..And to the ones who openly help other MDers with researching tips and other knowledgeable stuff my greatest appreciation too you ... The key to relic hunting successfully is not to count on luck but to count on research.
I would like to share some of my successful researching tips.
Try and research from libraries/county records/microfilms,etc
Find out spots that use to be colonial or 19th century horse racing tracks... I have noticed spots that use to be horse racing tracks are coin/lost jewelry,etc hot spots.. Of course the wealthy use to always go to horse races.. Also locating where old banks use to be can be very rewarding spot..
When researching an old house site that is not there anymore or any house site, always try and find out who the land owner was and research if they were wealthy or just average, if you research a old house site and find out the person who once lived there was wealthy you may be in for a good time and you always want to hunt these places very slow and always make sure you check out spots where you think they could have buried money which was very common thing to do til the 20th century when big banks came about.
When researching a Civil War spot always look @ maps like in the book "Official Military Atlas Of The Civil War" and try to go over as many old maps from that area as you can and research how long they were camping there or what type of business i guess you could say that they were doing in that spot your about to MD.
Just a little bit of tips i'd like to point out, i could go on all day.
The common mistake for most relic hunters is depending on luck. If you depend on luck in this business/hobby and not do research you will not last long!!! of course we all do luck out from time to time. If anyone needs any hints or tips on researching please feel free to contact me or share below!
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