Tell us places you hunt, not the location, types of places.

gmwtexas said:
Hi Lowjiber, The site you posted is interesting. I was checking it out and was wondering if one has to pay as a subscriber. What if any costs are associated with the site? Thanks
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http://www.historicaerials.com/

Howdy! I don't think John/Lowjiber saw your question, so I'll try to help out :)

I browse this site often to do map overlay ( free) You just have to subscribe if you want to buy any imagery/maps. Did you try it out? I love this site, I could compare maps and topos forever!

www.historicmapworks.com is great for older county maps but unfortunately my area doesn't have overlays (yet) they tell me to keep checking back and I have requested. But I joined and bought an 1877 map ($9.99) of my area and use it to make notes/highlight areas I want to research and hunt.

... and finally I have my own REAL treasure map! :lol:
 
I have hunted in parks, schools, private property and beaches. Have had some success but have started to hunt in the woods due to the weather and am enjoying it a lot. Hope to do more of it. thanks safe & HH.
 
I prefer to go after the "low hanging fruit" which in Germany are swimming areas, volleyball courts and anywhere people congregate or lay down and sun themselves during the summer.
 
I dont hit parks much where I live considering the oldest park we have is from the 40's and has been re modeled a couple times. I tend to hit old church sites, old irrigation ditches seem to be good for me (kids used to play by them) and any open land next to old house sites. I also go by the river that runs through my town. Found a couple old pistols down there.
 
I like the beach, easy digging, don't freeze. Can did year round if your brave and don't mind a little chill, of course southern beaches will be warmer. :cool:
 
I was driving through the Sandia mountains a few months ago and noticed an empty grass area with a bunch of bricks still stacked about 2 feet high, that are in the shape of a building. Going to head up early tomorrow morning and see if I find anything. Will let you all know tomorrow if I strike gold and can retire!
 
Anywhere I can get permission. I try and stay pretty open to where i hunt. If I think there is a chance for a good find I will try just about anywhere. That's part of the fun with our hobby.
 
I'll hunt anywhere. Anytime. Anyplace. Somedays a simple clad hunt fits the bill. But mostly I like to find old buttons ,tokens and small relics are my favorites. Coins are great too,but once I've found one or more of a certain variety I'm content and would rather find something I haven't found yet
 
I hit all the usual spots you can get to easily in a suburban area. But I've also had good luck in the right of way under the high tension wires in our area. Another good spot is if I see a construction project where they are moving a lot of dirt. I wait for evenings or weekends when no pne is working and search the piles of dirt. Also when I hunt the Metro Parks I stay away from the picnic areas but instead follow the bridal paths and even just venture off path into the woods. Wherever there is running water, there have probably been people!
 
Have to say this aerial photo site has given me new hope on a site I thought was a lost cause. Had found a place that was supposedly an old school built back around 1847, and replaced with a newer school around 1900, then torn down around 1970 when the site was turned into a park about 10 plus acres (est.). Hunted the areas I had thought were most likely near where the building and play areas might have been, judging by the topography, and found nothing but a bent modern fork.
Now was able to look up a photo from 1963, and realized how far I was off! (Maybe 1/4 mile? Treeline was removed, driveway and parking was relocated, etc. Crazy amount of changes in just a few years!

Thanks much for the tips, and HH!!
 
Might be an odd question but I wanted to touch on the cemetery question a bit and get some opinions. I know normally they are off limits, but what about old abandoned sites? I have come across more than one cemetery that has been documented as having no documented history, often with minimal legible script on the stones with the latest dates being mid 1800s. Obviously there are no caretakers or owners of the property, but I would view such a site as more of an archaeological search similar to preserving artifacts from the pyramids than anything else. Of course little would be disturbed other than near surface finds. But I worry that before long like several other abandoned cemeteries in my area they will be developed over and have a mall parking lot over them.
 
Digger_O'Dell said:
Might be an odd question but I wanted to touch on the cemetery question a bit and get some opinions. I know normally they are off limits, but what about old abandoned sites? I have come across more than one cemetery that has been documented as having no documented history, often with minimal legible script on the stones with the latest dates being mid 1800s. Obviously there are no caretakers or owners of the property, but I would view such a site as more of an archaeological search similar to preserving artifacts from the pyramids than anything else. Of course little would be disturbed other than near surface finds. But I worry that before long like several other abandoned cemeteries in my area they will be developed over and have a mall parking lot over them.
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To the best of my knowledge any known cemetery in my area would have to be documented and the graves would have to remain marked or "appropriately" relocated. If a person knew for sure that they were being located they might detect an area after the graves were moved.
 
This question came to mind because I had thought to locate old cemeteries as they were often near to churches that that may no longer exist. So one I cemetery I found was abandoned and eventually became the back yard of an apartment complex. The markers were placed flat and they mow over them as part of the complex lawn. Another I found is just a strip with maybe a dozen markers between 2 houses in a sub division. They left a wide tree line between the houses to grow wild to accommodate them, although there is now a small sign and pathway put in for access. Whoever was buried there is an unknown but an old document dated it to the early 1800s.
Unfortunately where I live so much of the early years of the region has been either buried under "progress", or have been relocated from parts unknown.
 
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