Find Treasure in your Local Area!
Treasure
isn’t always found for pure “gold weight” value – there can be many
historic coins and other treasures that are rips for the picking.
In your local community, there can be many metal detector finds worth looking for.
If
you’re looking to get started, this can be the easiest way to find
quick success – any town with history can have treasures buried all
over its area.
- Focus on where the old buildings are (were)
Churches,
Schools, Town Halls, Taverns, Bandshells – if you can pinpoint where
these were, then it’s likely that you’ll be able to find a fair helping
of treasure nearby.
These are all locations where people
gathered regularly. From the sheer amount of activity going on, it is
likely that there are still many (as of now) unclaimed treasures just
sitting in the dirt!
Especially areas like bandshells, where
people would gather for celebrations to hear the music (concerts of
those times) are ripe for picking.
- Churches can be a Gold Mine
Many great metal detector finds have
happened near churches. These are often the oldest buildings in the
community, and are representative of the changing demographic of the
area. Almost every town has gone through a boom period in its history,
and items were likely dropped at some point.
Being the oldest buildings, it’s likely that the most historic coins are also available here.
The
further back in history you go, the more likely that you’ll be dealing
with gold or gold equivalent metals – which are much more lucrative for
your time.
- Town Sporting Events
Where were town
sporting events held? If you can find the location of the bleachers,
it’s likely that you’ll also find hidden gems.
Bleachers are areas ripe with people standing up and sitting down – and with every shift, losing coins out of their pockets!
Keep
in mind, that one historic coin can be worth thousands of dollars – due
to the scarcity of coins at the time compared with today’s coins, it’s
likely that a simple find can easily pay off your equipment, and give
you a reasonable profit as well!
