What am I looking for?

[7up2000]

Another clad morning at the local city park.
Here's my take for 4.5 hours:
3 quarters
5 dimes
30 memorials

I'm finding coins but no silver yet. Nothing was below 3". Is the silver deeper than 3"?

7up

 

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[Terry Soloman]

Your machine is a good one, but if you are looking for silver coins in a modern City park, you are probably going to strike out every time. You need to research some OLD rodeo and fair grounds, old parts of town. Remember, folks have been detecting since the 1960's. You need to start trying to research places people gathered in the PAST (1870 - 1950). You need to start thinking outside the box, and be prepared to do a little work with your head, not just your machine. Good Luck!

A Few Sites to Get You Started:

1) Old Schools
2) City/Town Parks
3) Circus/Fair Sites
4) Old Churches
5) Old Homestead Sites
6) Swimming Holes and Areas
7) Picnic Groves
8) Athletic Fields
9) Scout Camps
10) Rodeo Arenas
11) Campgrounds
12) Ghost Towns
13) Beaches
14) Old Taverns
15) Roadside Rest Stops
16) Sidewalk Grassy Strips
17) Amusement Parks
18) Rural Mailboxes
19) Reunion Areas
20) Revival sites
21) Fort Sites
22) Winter Sledding Areas
23) Lookout/Overlook Sites
24) Church Supper Groves
25) Fishing Spots
26) Fishing Camps
27) Resorts
28) Old Barns and Outbuildings
29) Battle Sites
30) Band Shells
31) Racetracks
32) Rural Boundary Walls
33) Roadside Fruit and Vegetable Stands
34) Under Seaside Boardwalks
35) Flea Market Areas
36) Ski Slopes
37) Drive Ins
38) Canal Paths
39) Vacant Lots
40) Motels
41) College Campuses
42) Farmer Market Areas
43) Town Squares
44) Urban Yards and Backyards
45) Disaster Sites
46) Areas Around Skating Ponds
47) Hunting Lodges and Camps
48) Mining Camps
49) Railroad Grades, Stations and Junctions
50) Hiking Trails
51) Waterfalls
52) Rural Dance Sites
53) Lover's Lanes
54) Areas Adjacent to Historical Markers
55) Old Gas Stations and General Stores
56) Fence Posts
57) Chicken Houses
58) Bridges and Fords
59) Flower Beds
60) Playgrounds
61) Old Garbage Dumps
62) Cloth Lines
63) Military Camp and Cantonment Sites
64) Wells and Outhouses
65) Abandoned Houses and Structures
66) Areas where Old Trails Cross County or State Boundaries
67) Piles of Scraped Soil at Construction Sites
68) Old Stone Quarries
69) Areas Around Old Abandoned Cemeteries in the Forest
70) Junctions of Abandoned Roads (crossroads)

 

[Ahab8]

I'm a research fanatic and always try to put myself on sites that others haven't found or would not be able to get to. Not sure where your located but here in Maine I often hunt up the banks of historic rivers or paddle out to islands with great history. I prefer colonial sites and am not sure what your main interest is but along the edges of popular water areas seem to be good for finding coins. Good luck and feel free to private message me if you want any advice at all. Best of luck, Abe

 

[foilfinder]

Some old sites such as parks and schools have had fill dirt brought in, If you find old style sprinkler heads below the current heads, such as the case do the edges or lower spots...Not all old sites are good.

 

[beez0404]

I believe to find silver coins in the ground you have to be hunting areas that have had activity since roughly 1970. Silver coins were still in circulation into the 70's but the further you get from 1964 the lower your odds become.

 

[Garrett424]

I believe to find silver coins in the ground you have to be hunting areas that have had activity since roughly 1970. Silver coins were still in circulation into the 70's but the further you get from 1964 the lower your odds become.

So true. I can't tell you how many 1965 quarters and dimes I dug up but those '64's and back are quite elusive.

Once LBJ announced that the silver coins were disappearing (after promising the opposite yet overturning JFK's executive order that allowed the US Treasury to issue the DEBT FREE coins and silver certificates), MANY people began to hang onto them almost immediately. The writing was on the wall. the same thing happened with the 40% JFK halves. Even when the halves were issued, you rarely saw them in circulation in my part of the country. When I went out West to CO, I saw them everywhere.

I also remember seeing quite a few of Mercury dimes in circulation when I was a little kid. This would be the mid to late 60's era. My older brother had a keen eye for silver and would point them out. I actually still have 3 or 4 from that time.

I'm certain that I unwittingly spent many silver Washingtons and Rosies on candy and junk as a kid because I didn't know any better at the time. I wish I had.

Oh well, now we have to go out, track them down and dig 'em up.

 

[unfound]

Any old homes of friends or family you can hunt? I find most of my silver in older yards. As Terry Soloman already posted about research. Hop onto your township or borough site and look at old maps of your area. It's truely amazing what you can find that was there at one time but now gone.