Best places to hunt for coin?

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	Re: Best places to hunt for coin? « Reply #10 on: April 04, 2009, 03:15:28 am »

Sorry Bud

Maybe its an Appletree in your neighbourhood . lol I forgot your not tropical there.

We used to have at least one Mango tree they get to be about 40 ft high and about 30 ft round and they fruit around Christmas thats our summer and we used to have a Macadamia Nut tree it got to about the same size and it used to drop nuts about 20 mill dia on the ground and if you had to do the mowing you had to wear chin guards because the nuts were as hard as a rock and would richochet of your chins and we had an Outhouse but we call it a Dunny

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	Re: Best places to hunt for coin? « Reply #11 on: April 04, 2009, 09:45:52 pm »

There is no justice. Macadamias are my absolute favorite and I pay $6.00 a pound for them.....And you are squashing them with a mower. LOL

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	Re: Best places to hunt for coin? « Reply #12 on: April 04, 2009, 09:57:08 pm »

Macadamia nut trees are a native tree of Queensland Australia . but now they are all over the world . The shell is very hard like a marble and we put them on the bench and whack them with a hammer to break them open , trying not to hit your fingers at the same time lol , done that plenty of times .

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	Re: Best places to hunt for coin? « Reply #13 on: April 25, 2009, 05:01:55 pm »

HI Desimund

I was reading the posts about places to hunt for coins and Bud has some good ideas. Everything he said has worked for me.

A few things that worked for me is to read everything I can about the area that I want to hunt, spend some time in the library
looking thru old newspapers,you will be surprised what you will learn.I have been able to open new areas to look just by reading
what the area was like years ago. At times the research is as much fun as finding the treasure your after. When you are in a park
to look for coins take a few minutes and look around.Has the ground been filled in , are the trees old growth, do the roots stick out
of the ground, maybe you will run into someone from the area that can give you a little history of the park and if you can take notes,
that will help,you can not remember everything that you will find out about a location.(one tip about old trees, dont pass up looking
around the base.It provided a place for people to sit,eat , have some shade and coin to fall out of their pockets). Remember when
your looking people will come up to you and ask about your hobby,be freindly, if you see trash on the ground, pick it up. It leaves a good calling card for the hobby. I have even had people come up and say,why dont you look by my house it was built 100 years ago
and i say YOU BET! and thankyou.

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	Re: Best places to hunt for coin? « Reply #14 on: April 25, 2009, 08:35:57 pm »

Hi Des

It does payoff to do research . I looked on the web at my local councils web page , and they list all of the historical sites in their shire . These sites are listed as heritage sites and they give the dates and history of each site.
I used some of this information to look at a creek crossing that had been used by the early pioneers of this area 1825 era. before a bridge was built further upstream . I went detecting there the other day and found quite a few old pennies from 1911 onwards . I was suprised and happy with the results from a simple search on the web .
Without this research it would have been near impossible to find that valueable site so easily , this will promped a lot more visits to this creek crossing in the future.

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	Re: Best places to hunt for coin? « Reply #15 on: April 30, 2009, 09:55:46 pm »

where i live there is a flea market that sets up on a gravel lot.. havent found a better way to spend a sunday afternoon yet unless the steelers are on

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	Re: Best places to hunt for coin? « Reply #16 on: June 09, 2009, 03:47:25 pm »

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The only problem around my neck of the woods is there is nothing that old around here only the Botanical Gardens in the middle of the city and if they caught you digging up the place they would hang you off one of their big oak trees . The next best place is The Gold Coast , a 20 mile beach at Surfers Paradise it is a world renowend hotspot for tourists , millions from around the world go there all year through . The only trouble is not only do they have a truck mounted sand cleaner go through there at dawn every day but hundreds of detectorists hit the place every morning as well . We have about 10000miles of beaches but most of it doesnt have any people visit . The only hope is the little country towns or the old ghost towns but you have to travel hundreds of miles to get to some of them . But we do have some very good gold nugget areas if you want to go bush for a few weeks.

Try looking at some old regional maps printed before the switch to decimal coinage. Those parks listed there will be old enough to contain silver and possibly gold coins using the sophisticated equipment you have today versus the stuff used back in the 1970s and '80s. Give it a go.

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	Re: Best places to hunt for coin? « Reply #17 on: June 10, 2009, 08:23:07 pm »

hey in any place thats out in the open where money changed hands ( old park snack stands --under old open type bleachers where folks jumped up and down as "their" team scored --dumping change out (under the stands)-- ANYWHERE folks do / did sports --swimming and picnicing * is good --- look for useage in -- 1964 or before if you want silver coinage .

most modern tot lots and "new parks" have only modern "clad" coinage -- (worth only face value)-- since their is no silver in them -- but sometimes a bit a jewelry is found at these parks.

research and learning about one's local history will lead you to better places to hunt and better overall finds in general. Wink

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	Re: Best places to hunt for coin? « Reply #18 on: June 19, 2009, 06:05:04 am »

I check along the sidewalks in yards and on the streets it works well for me Cheesy

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	Re: Best places to hunt for coin? « Reply #19 on: June 19, 2009, 07:33:43 pm »

This is one of the first threads I have read completely and I am appreciating all the advice given. Very eager to give it a shot. Right across the highway from my house there are train tracks and what used to be a house that was torn down about 8 years ago. In the olden days, it was a station for the railway. Might be of interest to see what is there though I expect there would be alot of items like nails, etc. Supposed to rain all weekend here but will try to get out after the yard sales (or should I say garage sales for the ones that will still be on)

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