BanjoBobby
New Member
I'm pretty new to the hobby. I've been trying to find good local places to find old coins. I looked up old maps for my area, and found a small park in the middle of town that predates 1866. The park use to sit in the edge of a fairground, which has long since been covered by houses.
I spent an hour detecting at the park with my Equinox 800 and only found one zinc lincoln. No obvious coin signals (i.e. >22). But every foot or two there was signal in the 13-17 range. I tried digging a few of these and got some nails, a very old looking can, and a shotgun cap (old).
Do you more experienced diggers think this pattern is more consistent with a previoulsy hunted out park, or trash masking the good stuff? I don't have a lot of free time, so I'm wondering if I should move on to a different site. But I don't know what to expect at a really old park (I've mostly hunted school yards and mid-century properties).
Thanks!
I spent an hour detecting at the park with my Equinox 800 and only found one zinc lincoln. No obvious coin signals (i.e. >22). But every foot or two there was signal in the 13-17 range. I tried digging a few of these and got some nails, a very old looking can, and a shotgun cap (old).
Do you more experienced diggers think this pattern is more consistent with a previoulsy hunted out park, or trash masking the good stuff? I don't have a lot of free time, so I'm wondering if I should move on to a different site. But I don't know what to expect at a really old park (I've mostly hunted school yards and mid-century properties).
Thanks!