As most know(or don't know), I am a curb strip hunting fool. Over the years I've learned to look for specific "tells" when I am out looking for a good strip to do. This guide should help you when you land in a town you DON'T know, have no acquaintances, and you don't know the history.
What I intend to do here is take pictures of all the different types of curb strips and show you why I get excited about certain ones.
I don't profess to know everything, so if you have info to add please do! Pictures are always great and for my sanity I will probably do 1-2 pictures and just a few tips a day. Think of this as Diggers F2 thread
Let's talk about this curb. This particular curb is right in the middle of a late 1870's neighborhood. Let's call this obvious #1 as to why I chose it. Obvious #2 (but not seen in the photo) is that the original 1877,1888,1890 houses are still here. Obviously a good sign you are in the right spot. Now, that is enough for me and probably 100% of other diggers, but what if the houses were gone and new ones were standing in its place? You could drive right past and not think twice.
The not so obvious should be fun. This curb has both good and bad going for it. Let's start with the bad because it's the only bad point in my eyes. This curb is right around 14 inches tall when 30 feet either direction has no curb. This tells me they filled this ground for something (in this case a sprinkler system a LONG time ago). You can still find coins, but more than likely not what you are looking for. This particular section of curb yielded ZERO old coins, not even a wheatie.
The good is that there is grass growing in the road. Seems odd, but it doesnt happen over night also, if you look at the curb you will see that the concrete used is old... how old? I don't know, but we will get into that more later. Lastly, but the most important here is the grass. In this instance it's borderline. What I mean by that is if you look you will see it sits above the curb a few inches. Ideally I'd like it flush with the curb or just under. This way I know there has been no fill added making a deep Merc now unreachable.
Grr... my honeydo list just started early. I'll extrapolate one this more in a bit. I've got to run into town. For now digest this and add to it if you feel compelled.
Remember to post curb strip finds here also that you feel you want to share so people can see results
What I intend to do here is take pictures of all the different types of curb strips and show you why I get excited about certain ones.
I don't profess to know everything, so if you have info to add please do! Pictures are always great and for my sanity I will probably do 1-2 pictures and just a few tips a day. Think of this as Diggers F2 thread
Let's talk about this curb. This particular curb is right in the middle of a late 1870's neighborhood. Let's call this obvious #1 as to why I chose it. Obvious #2 (but not seen in the photo) is that the original 1877,1888,1890 houses are still here. Obviously a good sign you are in the right spot. Now, that is enough for me and probably 100% of other diggers, but what if the houses were gone and new ones were standing in its place? You could drive right past and not think twice.
The not so obvious should be fun. This curb has both good and bad going for it. Let's start with the bad because it's the only bad point in my eyes. This curb is right around 14 inches tall when 30 feet either direction has no curb. This tells me they filled this ground for something (in this case a sprinkler system a LONG time ago). You can still find coins, but more than likely not what you are looking for. This particular section of curb yielded ZERO old coins, not even a wheatie.
The good is that there is grass growing in the road. Seems odd, but it doesnt happen over night also, if you look at the curb you will see that the concrete used is old... how old? I don't know, but we will get into that more later. Lastly, but the most important here is the grass. In this instance it's borderline. What I mean by that is if you look you will see it sits above the curb a few inches. Ideally I'd like it flush with the curb or just under. This way I know there has been no fill added making a deep Merc now unreachable.
Grr... my honeydo list just started early. I'll extrapolate one this more in a bit. I've got to run into town. For now digest this and add to it if you feel compelled.
Remember to post curb strip finds here also that you feel you want to share so people can see results