NYC parks can still produce - A small pile of silver

[Scrappy]

Granted this is not my usual set of finds, nor site type, but I had to stay close to home and needed to hang out with some friends. Even NYC parks have hidden spots



A morning spent with great friends, Bartek and EastCoastHunter21...


Enjoy your evenings

Steve

 

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Good stuff Scrappy. It's been a while since I've done a good park hunt.

 

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[TrpnBils]

Granted this is not my usual set of finds, nor site type, but I had to stay close to home and needed to hang out with some friends. Even NYC parks have hidden spots

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A morning spent with great friends, Bartek and EastCoastHunter21...


Enjoy your evenings

Steve

Without giving up your site (I don't live anywhere near NYC anyway) can you answer a few questions.... Obviously NYC has more people to lose stuff than where I live, but you probably also have far more people who have detected that park. What's your strategy for tracking down those hidden areas of the park...do you just go to the most out-of-the-way place possible or did you have a plan in mind? There aren't too many parks around me, in the entire county actually, so I know the couple that are here get all the attention both from the public and from other detectorists and I'm trying to come up with a good plan for what I consider my "last resort" sites. My other question - -do you think large coils or small coils are more appropriate for sites like this? There's got to be a lot of trash, but sometimes coverage becomes an issue with the small coils.

 

[Scrappy]

Without giving up your site (I don't live anywhere near NYC anyway) can you answer a few questions.... Obviously NYC has more people to lose stuff than where I live, but you probably also have far more people who have detected that park. What's your strategy for tracking down those hidden areas of the park...do you just go to the most out-of-the-way place possible or did you have a plan in mind? There aren't too many parks around me, in the entire county actually, so I know the couple that are here get all the attention both from the public and from other detectorists and I'm trying to come up with a good plan for what I consider my "last resort" sites. My other question - -do you think large coils or small coils are more appropriate for sites like this? There's got to be a lot of trash, but sometimes coverage becomes an issue with the small coils.

We decided on the spot because there was evidence of a homestead dating back to the 1700's. Unfortunately it was completely covered with 3-4' dense brush and undetectable. So plan B was to hit surrounding areas. We headed for some woods and thorny places where people hate to detect. Human nature is to detect where it's easy. We go the opposite direction and usually score easy.

As for coils I usually just use the 11" on my CTX and the 9" on my Deus. I very rarely change them for smaller ones.

 

[Bill D. (VA)]

Nice little pile of silver Steve, plus Moby Dick himself. Not a bad day ....

 

[TrpnBils]

We decided on the spot because there was evidence of a homestead dating back to the 1700's. Unfortunately it was completely covered with 3-4' dense brush and undetectable. So plan B was to hit surrounding areas. We headed for some woods and thorny places where people hate to detect. Human nature is to detect where it's easy. We go the opposite direction and usually score easy.

As for coils I usually just use the 11" on my CTX and the 9" on my Deus. I very rarely change them for smaller ones.

Good deal - sounds like I'm taking the right approach at least. The main park in our area had a post office and a school at one point but has been hammered to death in those areas, so I usually focus elsewhere. Even so, in five years I've only pulled a silver quarter and a merc out of there and a buddy of mine got two buffaloes on one trip (none of which were near the area where the buildings were). Had you seen the house there on a map, or what gave that away?

 

[Bugalooob]

I can beat your silver count, I started detecting back in '86 with a whited 6000DIpro I got out of the sears catalog....I was pulling out like 15 silvers a day in a 8 hour period, cool thing with the pro was I knew exactly on the meter what was silver and ignored the rest...I think silver was going for 8o bucks an ounce back then, I made a killing ....depth on them was only like 3 to 5 inches,

 

[OutdoorAdv]

Nice hunt man! I think the most silvers I've ever found in a day is 3... its happened a few times, but I'm always amazed at the amount of silvers you find. It's always a rush to see shiny stuff in the dirt.

 

[Murray8144]

wow nice job- that's alot of shiny!!

 

[Scrappy]

Nice little pile of silver Steve, plus Moby Dick himself. Not a bad day ....

Funny you should say that. It was my favorite find of the day Bill! I polished it up and it's in the case

 

[Chestdiesel]

Awesome! Seriously Scrappy, I'd love to just see your collection!! I can only imagine?? Cheers brother. Keep it up.