Found this piece of jewelry in the snow!

    I haven't been able to detect, due to a accident , for a year now. I have found these 3 areas to be the most profitable for the winter hunt. Area 1 is ice skating. I look at the old news papers to find out where people skated prior to 1964. Then I recon to find where the changing area was. Stuff lost on the ice now sits at the bottom of the pond. The edges are still good though. Area  2  is sledding. The area might not be used now but what about 100 yrs ago. I always check the top and bottom of the hills in areas next to old neighborhoods. I have made some nice finds. Area 3 would be old ski resorts. There are lots of old abandoned ski areas. People fall, take off there gloves, lose stuff on the lifts to the top. I prefer to hit some of the areas late winter to early spring so you can actually get into the soil. Old newspaper articles are worth their weight in gold. You need to get over the thought that todays recreational areas  are where everyone always went. A beach today might have been 100 yards further down 100 years ago.  So keep in mind  that  the treasure is there but not always in area that makes sense.

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  You are so right about  "getting over" the obvious. That's why I go to the library and ask for the obituaries in old news papers from May to Sept. You might think this is macarbe but I have found more real old forgotten swimming areas this way than you can imagine. People swim and people get careless and drown. I have found areas going back 175 years and found that the areas hadn't been used for 100 years or more. I live in Mass and early settlements depended on waterways  to sustain life. It makes sense then that your river banks would hold some surprises. When I hit a hotspot along the banks I take my 1280-x aquanaut into the water. Take into account water speed, type of bottom and shape of the river and how old the stuff is on the banks will allow you to get the good stuff. I had a freind take me to a spot. He found silver on the banks. So he goes straight in and finds nothing. I go 100 yards down stream and work my way back to where he is hunting. Guess who got all of the gold? My mom is in Ft Lauderdale and every year I fantasize of pieces of eight and doubloons but I will need to be up by Hobe Sound for that. On Jupiter Isle I used to find blue porcelian on the beach, before Mel Fisher found the Atocha.  I found out the Silver Plate Fleet of 1714 sank off the coast. I didn't have a detector then but missed out on a great opportunity.  For me it's all about the research now.  HAPPY HUNTING IN THE FUTURE.

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