BioProfessor
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What's wrong with my schools & parks.
I decided to hit the local schools and playgrounds the past few days. The weather is warming up and the kids are out playing more so I thought the timing would be as good as it gets. I have noticed quite a few recent posts of some pretty fantastic finds in these type areas so off I went. Hit about 10-12 playgrounds, 4 sand volleyball courts, 4 tot lots, 6 pavilions, a horseshoe lot, a bandstand, and while on the way home hit an old campground. No bling. No rings. No earrings. No necklaces. No pins. No bracelets. No chains. Just new clad. The only surprises were a rolled penny token from The Dells, a 1906 V nickel at the campground, and two Sacagawea dollars (1 at the campground and 1 at a playground). Now for somebody who just found two gold coins and doesn't think they will ever find another, it DOES NOT do your heart good to flip out a Sacagawea dollar with your trowel. Nope. Not good at all.
So my question is, what is different about the schools and play areas I am hunting (and probably others as well) and the ones that seem to hold much more interesting things.?? Are these places in big cities, intercity, rich suburbs, isolated places where there may be nobody detecting?? Where?? If the places I hunted were "hunted to death," I would not have found the clad or the Sacagawea dollar. Can those members who have found the neat stuff while competing with the kids for space around the swings :-), provide some information about the number and characteristics of the kids who use the area? About how often do you find things better than clad? Anything that can help those of us new to finding the good places narrow down where we need to be going. I don't think it is just luck. I think there is something about the people or the place that makes it yield what it does.
My take - $6.95 for two days in about 10-11 hours = $0.63 cents an hour pretty much right on target for our calculated yield.
Daryl
p.s. At least there aren't TOO MANY pop tops at the elementary/middle schools.
I decided to hit the local schools and playgrounds the past few days. The weather is warming up and the kids are out playing more so I thought the timing would be as good as it gets. I have noticed quite a few recent posts of some pretty fantastic finds in these type areas so off I went. Hit about 10-12 playgrounds, 4 sand volleyball courts, 4 tot lots, 6 pavilions, a horseshoe lot, a bandstand, and while on the way home hit an old campground. No bling. No rings. No earrings. No necklaces. No pins. No bracelets. No chains. Just new clad. The only surprises were a rolled penny token from The Dells, a 1906 V nickel at the campground, and two Sacagawea dollars (1 at the campground and 1 at a playground). Now for somebody who just found two gold coins and doesn't think they will ever find another, it DOES NOT do your heart good to flip out a Sacagawea dollar with your trowel. Nope. Not good at all.
So my question is, what is different about the schools and play areas I am hunting (and probably others as well) and the ones that seem to hold much more interesting things.?? Are these places in big cities, intercity, rich suburbs, isolated places where there may be nobody detecting?? Where?? If the places I hunted were "hunted to death," I would not have found the clad or the Sacagawea dollar. Can those members who have found the neat stuff while competing with the kids for space around the swings :-), provide some information about the number and characteristics of the kids who use the area? About how often do you find things better than clad? Anything that can help those of us new to finding the good places narrow down where we need to be going. I don't think it is just luck. I think there is something about the people or the place that makes it yield what it does.
My take - $6.95 for two days in about 10-11 hours = $0.63 cents an hour pretty much right on target for our calculated yield.
Daryl
p.s. At least there aren't TOO MANY pop tops at the elementary/middle schools.
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We all have are high and low moments. I have worked for as little as .30 cents an hour. I guess that is why it is a hobby. I try to compete with myself. I know that my MXT helps me find more stuff.It is what makes you happen doing. I would try testing your detector. It took me 2 years to find my first ring. I found the second one a month later. I think you did good.Have fun!
You went out once, one time in the wood chips. Sounds like you had a what we call normal tot lot hunt. (Broken Pencils and candy foil) Its all about timing. You know its very uncommon to pull 2 gold coins from the ground. As uncommon as it is to pull a nice diamond ring. Its happens but not very offten. I have hunted the tot lots half a dozzen times and only once found a .925 upper ear, earring. They are great for pockets full of clad too, but it takes time. Patience Professor... Patience.
