| Coin Hunting or 'Coin Shooting' as it's regularly called, is | | | | forgot about the buried time capsule found near the |
| not just extremely fun to do, but it can simply be really | | | | corner stone.searching the land a church is on is like |
| profitable. Finding only 1 silver coin or any unique piece | | | | hunting for a pirates loot, you never know what you |
| can simply pay for the price of the metal detector. | | | | may find. And lots of churches are extremely old, even |
| When it comes to Coin Hunting or 'Coin Shooting', there | | | | lots of the modern ones are like schools, they're built |
| are many destinations that I call golden departments, or | | | | on the grounds where old ones stood. Churches were |
| the best places.banks of the river - pools - Lakes - | | | | frequently the 1st buildings built in numerous cities. Here |
| Swimming Holes : These locations are real treasure | | | | where I live are numerous churches, and one was built |
| finding top spots. The Riverbank is a huge area that | | | | in the early 1700's. Church buildings not only housed folk |
| will provide a life of detecting. Stream banks were | | | | on sundays however most were wedding sites, |
| used as ferry crossings, and some had covered | | | | reception halls, dance halls, dinner sites, ice cream |
| bridges with toll stations. The local old timers may be | | | | social locations, group meeting spots and lots more. |
| ready to tell you where the local fishing and old | | | | Forests - The woods can be awesome for metal |
| swimming spots were. Remember plenty of the old | | | | detecting if one knows what to have a look for. Look |
| fishing spots were also drinking and hoofing spots, and | | | | for old paths, those are great places to see along. Old |
| at the swimming holes a large amount of folk took off | | | | paths in the forests served as shortcuts to open fields |
| their outer clothes, losing change as they did. And going | | | | for farmers to get their equipment thru, or for cattle to |
| back even earlier in the years, people would take their | | | | follow and more. In a wooded area not far away from |
| clothes to the banks of the river to bathe them in the | | | | where I grew up as a child I know where there is an |
| water. The same applies for old farm pools, many | | | | old trail, now grown up with trees and bushes, most |
| were used as a fave summer time swimming spot or | | | | people would overlook it or not know it's history. My |
| picnic area. The banks and shores of brooks, ponds, | | | | granddad and pa built the road by exploding large |
| streams, lakes etc, are great destinations for coins, | | | | trunks of trees with explosives and lopping trees. They |
| jewelry, trinkets and more.schools - Churches : These | | | | utilised the trail to quickly get tractors, and other farm |
| are also 'HOT' areas for metal detecting, most cities or | | | | machinery to another open field below the woods. Just |
| even agricultural areas have a college, some have | | | | imagine the number of times my own dad and |
| multiple ones. Faculties that are presently open during | | | | grandfather probably sat along that old road, eating |
| school season are an excellent spot to find modern | | | | their lunch or drinking some cool lemonaid beneath the |
| coins and even one or two clad coins, also many | | | | shade of a huge tree. Any time someone sat along a |
| trinkets, diecast cars, and cheaper jewelry items can | | | | road eating lunch, they would often pull an old fabric |
| simply be found on modern college grounds.if you're as | | | | hanky from their pocket to blow their nose or maybe |
| lucky as i am , then you live in a rustic or country area | | | | wipe their mouth, often spilling some old coins without |
| that keeps a lot of their old buildings. I know where | | | | knowing. |
| there are 2 old buildings that served as one room | | | | Another rare but great metal detecting site that will |
| school homes, these places were open in the late | | | | frequently be found in the woods is old stone |
| 1800's to the early 1940's. Just imagine the wonderful | | | | foundations and old stone chimneys, each has the |
| finds these old grounds may be hiding. The old one | | | | capability for a rare gold coin or a jar of old silver |
| room school homes also served as churches, social | | | | greenbacks. Remember at a previous time this old |
| halls, farm grange buildings, and as meeting places for | | | | stone foundation or hearth was part of a familys |
| scouts, women help societys and more . | | | | home, with kids playing, parties and numerous out of |
| Many old Churches and one room college homes had | | | | doors activites. |
| there own treasure chests, that's right. When these | | | | Some other great Metal Detecting sites are - Parks, |
| buildings were constructed, the local youngsters and | | | | Beaches, Old Ball Fields, Playgrounds, Fairgrounds, |
| grown up used to bury a box in the area of grave | | | | Camping Sites, Camps, spook Towns, battlefields, Old |
| stones. The chest was a sort of time capsule | | | | Picnic Spots. Make sure that you've got permission to |
| containing coins, paperspapers and other unique items | | | | search and dig in any location you are going to do your |
| from the time when the building was erected. Many of | | | | detecting at. |
| these old buildings rotted away over time, and folks | | | | |