Looking for my first hunting spot.

Bajanick said:

Back in 1990, I saw a Whites ad in a magazine I had picked up at the local prospecting store, and I had to get a metal detector. If I remember it was a model 4900 no meter or visual indicators at all.

Back then I rode the bus with my detector in my backpack to a large park with lots of trees and found a kinda of hidden spot where nobody could see me.
My first hunt was amazing, I found a merc, several silver rosies, a solid silver thimble in excellent shape and some other items, unfortunately they have all been lost to time. Then of course reality struck with my next few hunts and I realized that my first hunt was a fluke,

I recently moved to just within a mile of that same spot. So Christmas morning I decided to try and find it again, I drove around and parked inside the park. Looking around I could not locate the same spot, I think it might be the back yard of a house now. I ended up detecting a bit and looking around. I did not find anything but had a good time.

I did manage to get a Buffalo about 8" deep in the grass strip in front of a remodel across the street from the park. Its in bad shape but its something.

Thanks.

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matmit said:

Yeah, I have been fortunate enough (or crazy enough) to save every silver I ever found in a flip with the date and location

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matmit said:

Great story, thanks for sharing.
This off-season (you know, in the Midwest, it gets really cold and we have to hang up our detectors for about 4 months) I am going to review every site I ever found a silver and make notes so I can re-visit some of them with my new Nox.
Yeah, I have been fortunate enough (or crazy enough) to save every silver I ever found in a flip with the date and location

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davidlhyde63366 said:

I went back to my old high school no longer used as a school but now a administrator building by the school district. Building was built in the 1930s no air conditioning when I went there. Thought I would check the old track and football field out back thinking of the concession stands and bleachers . The track was gone and a industrial park was there ,now all paved over. Did find a few more modern clad there around the building , and a number of pencils but nothing very good.

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Jamflicker said:

I wonder if that is one of the many pounded parks here in SoCal.

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Princess said:

Nice hunt! It's great that you had a fun time & that you were able to top it off with a neat find.

Matt, you sound a little like me when it comes to documenting coins. I like to denote who/where the coin came from, when I got it, etc. (So, there are some in there that say "from Matmit." )

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