Hope this is a trend

Went back to my son's old school this morning thinking  - if you can find one silver coin you should be able to find another and about 20 minutes in the hunt I found this 1964 rosie. No wheats today but I thought I had some with the deep digging only to get memorial pennies. Still I'm happy with my second silver coin - and hopefully more to come.

Quick hunt

Did a quick hunt after my workout at my favorite park. No rings today but some clad 99 cents - 3-q, 2-d and 4 pennies. Again the detector seems to draw the kids - alone in the park and then kids and more kids. Not worth a pic - hopefully this weekend I can get together with some other hunters and we can find some good stuff.

                                       Coin count 2010                                             
                                             Q -183
                                             D -177
                                        1 - 1939 merc
                                             N -93
                                        1 - nickel - 1947    
                                             P - 354
                                        1 - Indian head - 1864
                                        7 - wheats  - 1937, 38,46,49,53-d(2),58-d
                                        2 - Dol
                                        1 - Half
                                             820 coins
                                        $74.14 total
                                        7 - silver rings

Advanced Gold Prospecting Tips

Once you have mastered the basic techniques of operating a gold detector, there are a number of more advanced techniques

and tips that will help you increase your gold finds.

Research

Research is one of the most important techniques for increasing your gold finds. It is essential to research an area before prospecting.

Research will guide you to the best

gold producing areas within a particular region.

Your research should consist of reviewing old records from a region, viewing maps, reading books, talking to local people and

finally checking local libraries, information centres and historical societies.

Research can be 90% of your success. Remember that it doesn't matter how good your gold detector is, if you're not in a

gold producing area then you have no chance of finding gold.

Work again

I got called into work again so no hunting this morning. My son has a ball game today so it looks like a no hunt day.
I did manage about a half an hour yesterday. Not much - about 41 cents 1-q, 1-d, 6 pennies. It took me forever to find a spot to hunt - too many sport activities.

                                         Coin count 2010                                             
                                             Q -180
                                             D -175
                                        1 - 1939 merc
                                             N -93
                                        1 - nickel - 1947    
                                             P - 350
                                        1 - Indian head - 1864
                                        7 - wheats  - 1937, 38,46,49,53-d(2),58-d
                                        2 - Dol
                                        1 - Half
                                             811 coins
                                        $73.15 total
                                        7 - silver rings

Work

I was called in to work this morning so I didn't get a chance to hunt. I would go this afternoon but the temp is over 90 degrees. May have to wait till this evening.   Happy hunting  JB

Today's hunt

Went out early this morning back to my son's old school. No silver today but another wheat penny 58-d and clad + a silver cross. Then I had to take my daughter to a park for her photo class and hunted there. Found some clad and ring #14. So overall this weekend wasn't too bad - found my first silver coin and 2 rings.

                                         Coin count 2010                                             
                                             Q -179
                                             D -174
                                        1 - 1939 merc
                                             N -93
                                        1 - nickel - 1947    
                                             P - 344
                                        1 - Indian head - 1864
                                        7 - wheats  - 1937, 38,46,49,53-d(2),58-d
                                        2 - Dol
                                        1 - Half
                                             803 coins
                                        $72.74 total
                                        7 - silver rings

Rest of hunt

Here is a picture of the rest of my hunt yesterday. I managed to find another ring - #13. Will have to see what kind of metal it is as it come up under zinc. Finding that silver dime made my day - now it's on to find gold.

                                                    Coin count 2010                                             
                                                          Q -174
                                                          D -167
                                                    1 - 1939 merc
                                                          N -88
                                                    1 - nickel - 1947    
                                                          P - 328
                                                     1 - Indian head - 1864
                                                     6 - wheats  - 1937, 38,46,49,53-d(2)
                                                       2 - Dol
                                                       1 - Half
                                                        770 coins
                                                      $70.38 total
                                                        7 - silver rings