Relic hunting vs coin vs jewelry

Bobbie and I prefer coin and jewelry hunting, mainly cause she has had surgery on both her hands and digging for relics would be hard for her. We enjoy strolling the beach but since we leave 100 miles or so from the beach, we dont get there too often. We both would like to try prospecting some day. But that is in the future
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Maybe after I find a few of them gold coins I'll get board hunting for them and get more into relics like the rest of you that already have there pockets full of double eagles.

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As far as my preference, it depends upon how much time I have available to hunt. If I've only got an hour or so, then I head to a nearby park at a reservoir near my home with a boat launch, picnic area, etc. and coinshoot. Success in relic hunting IMO requires plenty of research prior to the hunt just to make sure you're in a productive area, so the odd bullet or relic I've found were more surprises than anything else. Jewelry is a bit of a surprise during these short hunts too. My real passion is hunting long abandoned home sites. The more rural and remote, the better. Ususally can find a mix of old coins, relics, and jewelry. BBJ
 

Hay , their worth money FREE. at least the last one I sold on Ebay was. anything to do with Milk advertising seems to go good. congrats on the cool find
 

I like old coins and my attentions are gradually focusing on searching for colonial coin caches, so i guess mine would be mainly coinshooting.

Relics would be next.

I've found jewelry, but the thrill just wasnt as great as finding LC's, Bullets and Buckles, so it comes in last. 8)
 

Onion, I'm no authority but I have a BH Land Ranger and a 4" coil came with it. It is touted as being useful for nugget hunting? Since there are no nuggets in my neck o' the woods I'll have to take their word for it!
 

TxA_GunFighter said:
This is a little off topic but I was wondering what is the most clad that anyone has found in one day?

Free's comment made me think of that. Just wondering.

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The most clad I've found in one day would be about $10 worth at a carnival site after they moved their rides, etc.
 

I found 16.23 worth of clad coins at Ft. Ord one day. For some reason I got the idea to search where you used to have to crawl on your back under barbed wire about 10 inches of the ground for a PT Test. I had some trouble with the wire. but when I was done Ii had so many coins in my pockets, keys too, that I could hardly keep my pants up.. Even found the key one of the arms rooms :)

I have not been able to find a spot yet, but I am thinking that any of the places where they had the live fire exercise in army basic training would be good. I remember crawling on my back under the wire with machine gun fire overhead for about 25 yards.. this was usually at night so you could see the tracers . What with that and the boom&flash pits you crawled among no one would ever worry about losing coins and stuff.
 

I've had a few $75+ clad days and a couple $100+ clad days. But then again I've had a lot more 11 cent days. What I'd like to find is the $100+ day of silver. Or gold.... well okay I'd settle for a $10 day of silver or gold coinage.
 

Back a few yrs ago (like 15 or so) My buddy went to Cedar Point Amusement Park (Sandusky Ohio) during the 'off season' and was granted permission to hunt the entire park (this was before they made a rule against it) and he found well over $200.00 in clad (closer to $300.00) and at least a dozen silver coins, some jewelry, etc. all in about 4 hrs of hunt time. I never seen so much coinage found in one hunt by anyone, not even close!

I wanted to try my luck doing the same but never got around to it, and then a few yrs passed, and they made it 'off limits' to metal detectorist :(
 

I remember going to King's Island and on some of the coasters you would pass over points where there was literally inestimable amounts of change laying from coaster drops. Yep, the folks who get into those spots be it a one-timer or get to setup a routine can practically call the hobby a second income. My best clad days have all been carnie/fest multi-site days.
 

:) I love the relics the best becouse of the history that may go with it. Coins and jewelry run up to the top of the list. What i do hate most is tho's mowed over alum, cans that end up in 800 small pc,s.
 

LOL!
 

Onion,
I have a loboST, the stock elliptical coil has done fine when I've coin or beach sand hunted it. Can't think of any reason to buy another coil to start coin shooting with it ??? who said you needed to change it ??.
 

Since I live in a very historic area, I'm digging everything. I never know what I'm going to unearth. Oldest finds were 1860's coins and 1860's oil lamp parts. My area was settled in 1787 so I know there's much more down there. It's just a matter of time.
 

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