House Hunting??

[just us87]

I post this message before, but in a different topic area. Trying to get the answer I need. How does one use a metal detector inside old houses ( around baseboards, etc.) to look for coins? I am sure the answer has been posted elsewhere on this forum, but where?!?! I have my eye on several buildings near my home but haven't quite figured out how to coinshoot them yet. Want to do it right! Any suggestions?

 

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[EDDE]

It seems that every successful treasure hunter develops a technique of his own in almost every operation. Actually, while many of these techniques are radically different, they are all fundamentally alike in one way or another.

For the benefit of the uninitiated, I want to pass along some time-saving tips on building searching. I'll list them at random and you can dig out the ones which are applicable to any immediate projects you have in mind.

When searching floors, walls, or ceilings with an instrument, carefully cover every inch of the area just as you would a yard or other area. Remember what I said about doing it as you'd mow your lawn. The fellow who hid the treasure was trying to outsmart fellows like you, so he did his best to hide it where you couldn't find it.

Don't follow tile joists, beams, or studs on your first pass. Go at right angles to them. For example, if you are searching a wall, make your passes horizontal rather than up-and-down.

For floors and ceilings, you can easily determine which way the joists run by following the indication of the nails. You'll get a constant indication as you follow a joist due to the nails, so when you have determined the direction of the joints, make your search in passes at right angles to the joints. Now, note this and remember it, as you pass over each joist you will usually get an indication from the nails and you can ignore these indications, but when you get a considerably greater indication, TAKE HEED. Something is on the other side that is not kosher. However, don't expect riches every time.

I remember so well one time when we were searching an old, abandoned barn in the haymow. We were doing just as I instructed above when we got a terrific indication. Upon rechecking the area with the detector, we found there were several. Since the barn had been ceiled, we had no way of knowing what lay underneath, so we proceeded to take up one of the boards. Nope! We found no treasure there. All of this indication came from several swallow nests. No telling how old they were, but we guessed that they'd been there for many years because the ceiling had been put in tile barn a good many years before and

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the nest had to have been there when the ceiling was installed.

 

[Sandman]

After the last post there isn' t much I can add. Except to check the doors for hollow spots where coins could be hidden. A friend and I hunted a old abandoned house. When were leaving I had my machine turned off and he didn't as we went past the front wooden door, his detector went off like a car hood. On checking the door, he found about twenty some dollars in silver that was dropped from a slot in the top of the door. Don't forget to check around the fuse box for pennies.