Elusive silver coins

In areas where there is snow, there are sledding hills. Go find them this year, make note of them on your handy dandy map, and go back there in the spring. Kids and adults lay on their sleds, facing down hill on sleds and drop all manner of things from their pockets. And the things dropped are nearly impossible to find in the snow. But you can find them after the thaw.

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sled hills rock!!!!!!!,shiller park has a couple,check'um out.....also theres an old sled hill around milwaukee and devon by superdogs,the whole woods there has been a gathering spot for at least the past 50-60 years for Poles,Hispanics

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		Quote:			Posted by v-burgh
	If the property was built lets say 1970 ,that would be the first year people were active or had the chance to start losing any coins on this property.1970 -  20 yrs =1950  Odds are your not going to find many coins older than 1950. Moral of the story is that I look for properties built from 1950 or earlier in search of the silver coin.

Good pointer.   Thanks.

One thing to keep in mind, though, especially in modern subdivisions......while the house in the subdivision may only date to 1970, there may be one or two lucky pieces of property that are located on the site of the old farm house or other structure that was torn down years before the subdivision went up.   That's only going to help if you can find the location of the original homestead buildings before you start searching, but it is worth keeping in mind. 

Also, in heavily populated areas where there has been a lot of in-filling, if you can find a small pocket of newer homes surrounded by older homes, you just might have found yourself an old ballpark or similar hangout for the kids that grew up in the older homes.

BA

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I agree with BA 100 percent.
However without having to do a lot of research to find the location of these properties of the past,simply look for a property built 1950 or earlier,most of my silver coin finds have came from these types of property.
I have been skunked as well on properties built prior to 1950.
You must not forget you are not the only person owning a metal detector.
Even the less expensive detectors from years ago would find silver coins like a magnet.
How many times have you been driving down the road and seen a group of kids out playing with a 50$ radio shack
metal detector? I have several times and the last group I seen I believe was in your yard.LOL

           V-burgh

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