Who’s replenishing the ground after we take stuff

[49er12]

You no the thought came across my mind, lol. I like to think out loud and question much because I’m always interested in learning. So words spoken , hey team we are taking stufff by the hundreds daily, what’s next we are not going deeper, so that means tough times are coming. What do we do really nobody putting silver in ground, relics to. Any suggestions

 

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[FreeBirdTim]

Every spot where kids are sledding this winter has potential for silver jewelry to be renewed. Not lost by the kids, but the mothers lose silver earrings, pendents and rings while playing with them. Maybe even some gold jewelry as well. I try to hit those spots as soon as the snow melts to get the jump on the other guys. I've had good luck detecting those spots over the years.

 

[Back-of-the-boat]

Every spot where kids are sledding this winter has potential for silver jewelry to be renewed. Not lost by the kids, but the mothers lose silver earrings, pendents and rings while playing with them. Maybe even some gold jewelry as well. I try to hit those spots as soon as the snow melts to get the jump on the other guys. I've had good luck detecting those spots over the years.

Yep if some of the sledding areas I grew up with, weren't privately owned by new owners I would be hitting those spots for silver coins, but the new owners are all city slickers who don't have trust in people and are always afraid of being sued. For insurance reasons I can't let you dig. Oh well.

 

[49er12]

My opinion, many young folks don’t wear real gold or silver jewelry sled riding, heck this generation are inside on computer etc. not generalistation but truth. Nobody goes on picnics with silverware, plastic, u get my drift. My friend found a 1902 silver spoon last week, we must understand we most can’t afford gold, facts, so be honest nobody finds gold coins rarely, a ring or 2 possibLenny inland. I try to deal with my state of facts wrong or right, why I can move on and not get wrapped up the most untraditional realities of separation of items, wearables. Do you care to guess how much has bee lost prior to 1964 to today, that’s a question curious minds, silver coins are not getting replenished in ground safe to say, however jewelry is always possible. So my mind tells me more people today wear fake jewelr, no more silver coins lost is most certainly a fact why none made, again thinking is part of the hobby, why’s, wheres and how’s, determination is my next move, thankyou but considering all this will help you under why you find this and not that

 

[Treasure_Hunter]

People are always going to lose things, a lot of those things are valuable.

 

[Armstrong]

I think people using less change and more cards or phone wallets is the bigger issue. They won't be dropping much change but jewelry is timeless so its always in play. My stats were I searched 3 hills last summer and found 2 rings. 1 silver almost dead center of the slope. A junker was at the summit but neither were fresh drops.

 

[Peyton Manning]

Don’t you get the shopping channels on tv?
There is much more valuable jewelry available than ever!
And I see lots of millennials wearing it, even males

 

[49er12]

Safe to say less silver coins, which limits the percentage of find those specifics. Jewelry sure, my point is silver coins gone and nobody Carrie’s them to lose, so relics and your shopping channel jewelry you stated, but nothing like yesterday’s quality. Thanks

 

[Treasure_Hunter]

Silver coins will be rarer and rarer, but for finds there will still be valuable finds out there to discover.

 

[Gare]

I also think peoples pants pockets are not as holey and better taken care of then in earlier days. People are using more paper money also

 

[49er12]

All I’m saying is my opinion, silver coins are not lost anymore, modern coins are not silver or gold, yes there are many coins in ground but the hobby is growing and you don’t have to be a master to find them. But true silver is becoming limited, only if a detector can be deeper other than that it’s becoming harder, not arguing the point of lost modern coins or relics, it’s the true silver, quarter, dimes etc is my point thankyou

 

[fistfulladirt]

Not much you can buy with pocket change anymore, so even the clad drops are fewer. My teenagers use plastic.

 

[FreeBirdTim]

You don't need a detector that goes deeper, you just need to work harder. The days of pulling silver coins out of ballfields and schoolyards are long gone. I find most of my silver coins in the woods, off of walking trails. Look for older trails, not ones that were recently blazed for the annoying dog walkers in your town.

Do research and look for old boy scout campgrounds or spots that were popular with hunters 50 years ago. Some of my best spots are former hunting grounds that are now land trusts. Best part is they don't allow hunting on these sites any more, so you don't have to worry about some fool accidentally shooting you.

 

[49er12]

We’ve been on that research for few years, off the grid ,or old pathways. Sure the obvious places have dried up, modern clad isnt worth anything, gee zinc pennies breakdown rather quickly depending on soil. Oh yeah many time we go study 1860 maps, trial and error don’t stop us, you must revisit over, relics are nice to. Yes most people don’t go off grid because of health etc. but the obvious is going, going, gone, except lost pocket change.

 

[ARC]

Me !... I am like Santa Claus... only With big black Hefty bag of stuff i found... especially pull tabs...

When i dig one target i reach in the ole bag and pull a random item to rebury for the next guy;

:P

 

[Gold Maven]

your detector field is like a cone, or funnel, so at depth you aren't covering as much ground as you think, unless your sweeps are very close together.
I think there will be things to find for a long time, even in heavily hunted sites.

 

[eman1000]

Silver coins in general are going to become harder and harder to find. My dad just gave me his silver coins he documented and found from the late 70's and early 80's and he was finding far more silver than I ever have with machines that had non of the fancy features we have today. That being said I still find a fair amount of new rings and gold every year in soccer fields and ball parks in my area.

 

[releventchair]

Just need to hit sites that have not been hit.
No denying they exist , or that it is more effort to get on them.

The alternative is to hunt more than silver.

A conversation in a barber shop regarding my detecting led to being told the area a diamond was lost by it's owner.
And another area a ring was lost by the losers spouse.
With details as to when and how.
No , those are not silver coins.

Another conversation nearby by a worker detailed a deliberate razing fire following an owners death. And some burning money fluttering.
Which led to some research and turning up a single old gent who took his change at the bank in silver.
Being he had paper money squirreled, did he have silver squirreled?
Did his near blind habit of getting to the barn and back hint of possible area to search?

Having started detecting (or being introduced anyways with interest of finds ever after) in the early seventies , I don't doubt things are played out in popular sites.
I still scratch out a silver now and then in very heavily hunted areas though.

A former picnic ground I should search for better is one remote site I'd like to hit.
Oh it's been visited. But the area does not look like anything ever went on there. And was not cleaned out. To my knowledge anyways.

I'll still consider a site from my youth despite the location and how much it has been hunted. Just for nostalgia.
And knowing the gallon of Indian Head cents a former store owner detectorist across from it had were not all that was there.
After all , he wanted to keep an instinctive eye on the store...

Have a site waiting I don't know has ever been hit.
Razed by bulldozer long ago. No sign of prior existence on private land. Who knows?

 

[boogeyman]

Yep if some of the sledding areas I grew up with, weren't privately owned by new owners I would be hitting those spots for silver coins, but the new owners are all city slickers who don't have trust in people and are always afraid of being sued. For insurance reasons I can't let you dig. Oh well.

Find a document preparer doesn't have to be an attorney (too expensive) a paralegal can whip up a release of liability for you. Keep a bunch of copies with your gear. You'll be surprised how many no's turn to yes when the owner is presented with a release.
Cripe! I think mine is from the early 80s. Well worth the $8.00 / back then dollars.