How To Metal Detect Successfully
Where To Metal Detect
A good site for detecting is an area that has been utilized by a few people over a long period of time, or an area that has been utilized by thousands over a brief period of time. There are areas of human endeavor and natural events vast enough to capture a treasure hunter's attention and offer great potential reward.
Such areas are transportation, entertainment, merchandising, lumbering, mining, agriculture, industry, natural and manmade disasters, wars, fires, floods and famines. One shouldn't forget about criminal activities such as bank robbery, moonshining, embezzlement and smuggling. These areas can offer lots of good detecting sites, but locating them and unearthing their treasures will be up to you.
Before searching the property, always secure a permission from the property owner if necessary. Also, you should know that historical battle sites are protected by state and federal governments and off limits to all metal detector operators.
A Few Sites to Get You Started:
1) Old Schools
2) City/Town Parks
3) Circus/Fair Sites
4) Old Churches
5) Old Homesites
6) Picnic Groves
7) Swimming Areas
8) Athletic Fields
9) Scout Camps
10) Rodeo Arenas
11) Campgrounds
12) Ghost Towns
13) Beaches
14) Roadside Rest Stops
15) Sidewalk Grassy Strips
16) Amusement Parks
17) Rural Mailboxes
18) Reunion Areas
19) Revival sites
20) Fort Sites
21) Winter Sledding Areas
22) Lookout/Overlook Sites
23) Church Supper Groves
24) Fishing Spots
25) Fishing Camps
26) Resorts
27) Old Barns and Outbuildings
28) Battle Sites
29) Bandshells
30) Racetracks
31) Rural Boundary Walls
32) Roadside Fruit and Vegetable Stands
33) Under Seaside Boardwalks
34) Flea Market Areas
35) Ski Slopes
36) Drive Ins
37) Canal Paths
38) Vacant Lots
39) Motels
40) College Campuses
41) Farmer Market Areas
42) Town Squares
43) Urban Yards and Backyards
44) Disaster Sites
45) Areas Around Skating Ponds
46) Hunting Lodges and Camps
47) Mining Camps
48) Railroad Grades, Stations and Junctions
49) Hiking Trails
50) Waterfalls
51) Rural Dance Sites
52) Lover's Lanes
53) Historical Markers
54) Old Gas Stations and General Stores
55) Fence Posts
56) Chicken Houses
57) Bridges and Fords
58) Flower Beds
59) Playgrounds
60) Old Garbage Dumps
61) Cloth Lines
62) Military Camp and Cantonment Sites
63) Wells and Outhouses
64) Abandoned Houses and Structures
65) Areas Where Old Trails Cross County or State Boundaries
66) Piles of Scraped Soil at Construction Sites
67) Old Stone Quarries
68) Areas Around Old Abandoned Cemeteries in the Forest
Don't expect to find lots of treasure every time you metal detect. In fact, there may be times when you come back home empty-handed. But the real joy of this wonderful hobby is never knowing what you are going to dig up next!
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