I'm new to metal detecting in massachusetts and to be honest I'm pretty young. I'm 15 years old from Canton and just started metal detecting this year with my ace 250 I could really use some help to find some places to metal detect near me that will find me some "Old stuff" and not just clad coins from 1970+. If anyone and i mean anyone could help me, i could use it. Thanks!!!

The only way to find the "old stuff" is to get out there and find the old sites. Where did people gather 50 years ago, 100 years ago, 200 years ago??? Old parks....school yards, fairgrounds...you get the idea. Old aerial photographs can offer some great clues. One of my favorite web-sites is: www.historicaerials.com. Its like having your own personal time machine! Good luck and HH

I had found a 1914 Barber Quarter in a park in Beverly that I happened to stumble across. A couple weeks later while researching history of Beverly MA I came across the site at the link below. On the 1886 map of beverly, it showed that the area I found the quarter in has never been developed other then into a park.

Compare the old map(s) with what you know of your town and even current maps and go search any areas that are still undeveloped or around any old homes that may be shown on the old map. Being as young as you are, Id imagine you wont have any issues getting.permission to search peoples yards.