I’ve been exploring something new lately.
Private Property.
For years I’ve been *mostly* limiting my detecting to the “easy” spots. You know – public parks, schools and tot lots. Sites that have been swung hard and hung up wet for the past 40 some-odd years. But I read the forums. I get foamy mouthed at posts about [...]
Have you ever detecting a spot like this? Any luck? How would YOU detecting this site?
Comments welcome!
Hey folks.
Beautiful spring weather means one thing around here – back to detecting!
I was able to get out for a couple of hours the other day. It was a rather impromptu hunt, so I hit “The old home…” again.
I’ve hit this site several times with several detectors using more than a couple coil combinations [...]
Hey folks…
I recently picked up one of the little 6″ DD High Frequency (18.75kHz) for my Minelab X-Terra 70. I figured it would help me out in some of the super trashy areas I hunt. The general rule is that those higher frequency coils are better at getting the lower conductive targets (ex. [...]
Hey folks. I’m very thankful to my friend Bill Bertke for writing an awesome guest post regarding metal detecting and public property. A lot of you may know Bill (Beetle662) from some of the detecting forums. Well, Bill is also a police sergeant in the great state of Kentucky.
In his post, Bill presents the topic [...]
Another quickie post, but a good one.
In this post I’m going to show you how to find some good historic spots to metal detect using the Yale Peabody Museum website.
Here’s how:
1. Visit the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) page at Yale Peabody Museum.
2. You will be given the option to enter a search [...]
Hey folks, a quickie today.
I’ve driven by this drive-in for years and never bothered to pursue permission to detect it. The place closed down in the 80’s after being open since the 50’s. I envisioned the place packed with classic Chevys, guys on dates with the friends hiding in the trunk (ok, before [...]
Permission.
You gotta have it to metal detect. Sure, we could discuss “public” property like parks, beaches, schools, and so forth. But I want to talk about those other places where we all want to be able to detect. The old houses. The fields. The churches.
Taking a slightly different approach, I’d [...]
I have to thank the World Metal Detector Community for the inspiration for this post. In their membership application they ask what seems like a simple question:
Most Significant Find?
Well that got me to thinking. I’m not one of these detector guys that go out for a few hours and return with a handful [...]
If you metal detect, you’ve been there. Maybe it’s an old home site, maybe a beach, maybe a civil war campsite. Could be the site of a former village or even a cellar hole. Everything seems perfect for a day of great digs. Then you get there, swing for several hours, and have nothing to [...]
