Where to metal detect?

[Jcollett]

So I haven't touch my metal detector in a few years. I used to look some, but never found anything other than current era change. The other day I was looking for arrowheads in a field and found a 1917 liberty dime. So now I'm interested in metal detecting again. I just have no idea where to look. Any tips or suggestions?

[2ndoldman]

Thank you for asking. There are many places where it is not only possible to find old coins and relics but highly likely.
You do need to check with the town/ city/ county bylaws to see if there is any wording that absolutely forbids metal detecting in public places before you start.
The reason I say this is that I have been reading more and more posts in regards to not only towns but whole counties in the US being closed to metal detecting.
Now this has no rule against detecting on private property with permission.
I advise you to check the bylaws online and not go to the local office asking for information. The reason is that as more people ask the officials are having to make a ruling and put it in writing and it never goes in your favor as they are professional butt coverer's. :rolf:
Here is a list of places that may increase your venue. Always check to see if it is public land first, get permission from the owners otherwise. Heritage sites and federal parks are off limits, state and county parks you should check into permissions. Where churches may have graveyards, please, please, please do not hunt anywhere near the graveyards itself.
1) Old Schools
2) City/Town Parks
3) Circus/Fair Sites
4) Old Churches
5) Old Homestead Sites
6) Swimming Holes and Areas
7) Picnic Groves
8) Athletic Fields
9) Scout Camps
10) Rodeo Arenas
11) Campgrounds
12) Ghost Towns
13) Beaches
14) Taverns
15) Roadside Rest Stops
16) Sidewalk Grassy Strips
17) Amusement Parks
18) Rural Mailboxes
19) Reunion Areas
20) Revival sites
21) Fort Sites
22) Winter Sledding Areas
23) Lookout/Overlook Sites
24) Church Supper Groves
25) Fishing Spots
26) Fishing Camps
27) Resorts
28) Old Barns and Outbuildings
29) Battle Sites
30) Band Shells
31) Racetracks
32) Rural Boundary Walls
33) Roadside Fruit and Vegetable Stands
34) Under Seaside Boardwalks
35) Flea Market Areas
36) Ski Slopes
37) Drive Ins
38) Canal Paths
39) Vacant Lots
40) Motels
41) College Campuses
42) Farmer Market Areas
43) Town Squares
44) Urban Yards and Backyards
45) Disaster Sites
46) Areas Around Skating Ponds
47) Hunting Lodges and Camps
48) Mining Camps
49) Railroad Grades, Stations and Junctions
50) Hiking Trails
51) Waterfalls
52) Rural Dance Sites
53) Lover's Lanes
55) Old Gas Stations and General Stores
56) Fence Posts
57) Chicken Houses
58) Bridges and Fords
59) Flower Beds:
60) Playgrounds
61) Old Garbage Dumps
62) Cloths Lines
63) Military Camp and Cantonment Sites
64) Wells and Outhouses
65) Abandoned Houses and Structures
66) Areas where Old Trails Cross rivers, scenic sites, borders.
67) Piles of Scraped Soil at Construction Sites
68) Old Stone Quarries
69) Stage Coach Stop or Depot
70) Junctions of Abandoned Roads (crossroads)

[chase]

2ndoldman wrote:

Thank you for asking. There are many places where it is not only possible to find old coins and relics but highly likely.
You do need to check with the town/ city/ county bylaws to see if there is any wording that absolutely forbids metal detecting in public places before you start.
The reason I say this is that I have been reading more and more posts in regards to not only towns but whole counties in the US being closed to metal detecting.
Now this has no rule against detecting on private property with permission.
I advise you to check the bylaws online and not go to the local office asking for information. The reason is that as more people ask the officials are having to make a ruling and put it in writing and it never goes in your favor as they are professional butt coverer's. :rolf:
Here is a list of places that may increase your venue. Always check to see if it is public land first, get permission from the owners otherwise. Heritage sites and federal parks are off limits, state and county parks you should check into permissions. Where churches may have graveyards, please, please, please do not hunt anywhere near the graveyards itself.
1) Old Schools
2) City/Town Parks
3) Circus/Fair Sites
4) Old Churches
5) Old Homestead Sites
6) Swimming Holes and Areas
7) Picnic Groves
8) Athletic Fields
9) Scout Camps
10) Rodeo Arenas
11) Campgrounds
12) Ghost Towns
13) Beaches
14) Taverns
15) Roadside Rest Stops
16) Sidewalk Grassy Strips
17) Amusement Parks
18) Rural Mailboxes
19) Reunion Areas
20) Revival sites
21) Fort Sites
22) Winter Sledding Areas
23) Lookout/Overlook Sites
24) Church Supper Groves
25) Fishing Spots
26) Fishing Camps
27) Resorts
28) Old Barns and Outbuildings
29) Battle Sites
30) Band Shells
31) Racetracks
32) Rural Boundary Walls
33) Roadside Fruit and Vegetable Stands
34) Under Seaside Boardwalks
35) Flea Market Areas
36) Ski Slopes
37) Drive Ins
38) Canal Paths
39) Vacant Lots
40) Motels
41) College Campuses
42) Farmer Market Areas
43) Town Squares
44) Urban Yards and Backyards
45) Disaster Sites
46) Areas Around Skating Ponds
47) Hunting Lodges and Camps
48) Mining Camps
49) Railroad Grades, Stations and Junctions
50) Hiking Trails
51) Waterfalls
52) Rural Dance Sites
53) Lover's Lanes
55) Old Gas Stations and General Stores
56) Fence Posts
57) Chicken Houses
58) Bridges and Fords
59) Flower Beds:
60) Playgrounds
61) Old Garbage Dumps
62) Cloths Lines
63) Military Camp and Cantonment Sites
64) Wells and Outhouses
65) Abandoned Houses and Structures
66) Areas where Old Trails Cross rivers, scenic sites, borders.
67) Piles of Scraped Soil at Construction Sites
68) Old Stone Quarries
69) Stage Coach Stop or Depot
70) Junctions of Abandoned Roads (crossroads)

It was hard for me not to respond,  :rolf:  :rolf:  I think you missed a couple.  :rolf:  :rolf: Bruce.
Thanks what a great job! Really it's home work of your area. Look for older sites that may be gone but have reference. Time and batteries will make the difference.
I hunt with both and both take time. Stone I call it getting my eye back, detecting it is more getting my sound back.
Good luck!

[2ndoldman]

I absolutely agree Chase.
One advantage that you folks have already is the locations that you are already walking on. If a location was good for first nation camping or occupation it is also possible that early settlers used that location too.
Chase's method of doing double duty is a good way to maximize your time in the fields.
I can give all of you guys thousand to one odds that if you have walked plowed fields you have seen evidence of an old house or barn debris in the middle of nowhere.
Places like that are great places to find old coins, buttons, gun parts, old cutlery, brass padlocks and the list goes on. :woohoo:

[Jcollett]

Thanks a lot, guys! I never even considered some of those places!

[2ndoldman]

God luck and if you find something pleas post it I would like to see what ever you find.