I found that the whole asphalt is currently chewed up and the foundation is showing. Is that an opportunity I should try to jump on, or is it unlikely that I'll do more than get in someone's way? I probably don't have tons of time, but the road bed here on my country lane is presently naked. Thanks. martin
My Road Being Resurfaced, Worth Trying To Hunt?
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I asked the grader operator. He actually stopped me and asked about my detector, so it's friendly here. This road should have some history, but mostly from an old farming community. So far I've found square pop tops, but the road is pretty vacant. Funny thing also happened. S big dooly truck stopped and asked if the grader had hit something. I just told him I was looking what was under the asphalt. He smiled and took off.
Martin
Martin
I have been jumping in-between the grader and the roller when both are outta sight. Ain't found coins except for 4 pennies close to the sides, and two in my yard, which I thought I had milked dry already. Nothing in the heaps of dirt but pop tops. The way these guys are working, I may have to migrate down south because I can see rebar soon to be laid in front of my house by daybreak. They are hustling! I will do some uninterrupted hunting though if there's still daylight left after the crew leaves for the day. Honestly, I don't have lots of faith that anything is in the roadbed, but if it is, I'll maybe find it. The ground surface is easy for swinging, yet I have not gotten the system down for doing the v-shaped loose diet furrows. martin
The heaps of dirt is where I've found many silvers & coppers!!! Most of my digging on construction sites were at nite...in the pouring rain, stuck in mud - covered head/hair to foot in mud - but man what a riot!!! I'd do it again in a heartbeat!!! The most fun I ever had metal detecting!!
Listen for those faint sweet signals!!!
Listen for those faint sweet signals!!!
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Awesome Judy !! :loveit:
I woke up thinking about one target I passed on. It was a big target, at least 16 long, showing to be 2 inches down. I went on to dig the shallow stuff instead. My road might have easily just been part of a rolling hill of farmland back when this area was developed, so since some of the folklore of bandits being in this area, plus with a fork of the Trinity river on my back property...it ain't out of the question that a satchel or box of loot could have been sitting there, RIGHT in from of my own house. I wish I had grabbed my shovel early on and quickly dug that sucker. It is still just packed dirt there now, neatly done though, so I am hesitant to be molesting it now. It makes you think though. martin
Well I am a little embarrassed to say that the excitement here with my road is over. It partly came to my mind in the middle of the night, and was also helped buy a comment, that this road is fairly useless to hunt. The machine goes down 6 chewing all this asphalt which certainly gets to the surface below. That surface is indeed white rock for the road base. I'd be luckier finding a loose coin in a prison cell. Bet those workers were getting a chuckle or two. I did find one coin like target, smaller than a dime, and I thought maybe....At least I got outside and met some new people! Oh, the coin was a washer, but it was in the middle of this mulched road.
Live and learn
Live and learn
