Just found my first ring today.Womans sterling silver came out of the ground as clean as could be. what puzzles me is i found the ring in my yard and I'm the only one who ever lived here!!!!!
Morning mike;thanks for the quick reply. I don't like hot,and I don't like cold.Maybe we can get out later...I'm going out now for a short time before it gets hot.I'm going to some grassey areas along commercial ave in lowell. people been sitting watching lowell prade there for many years, be my first time there.
jimmy
Yes. I've been interested in West Creek for some time -- I think. Aren't there 3 townships in south Lake Co. -- West Creek is the one on the west side. It seems like that the "oldest church in the county" is there, 185th & White Oak Ave. I got permission from the Owner?/Mgr of the guy in the old School bldg & worked the school yard in front -- didn't do any good. I'm thinking that school area is worth another look.
Also, doesn't the West Creek areas include that old cemetery at the corner of Hwy 2 & Calumet Ave? I've
worked that a bit -- again no luck.
Lately I've been thinking I'll work abandon pioneer cemeteries. I've always felt uncomfortable about working
"active" cemeteries. But if folks aren't still being buried there, then . . . why not?
I've been detecting with a guy who lives in the Lottaville area of Merrillville & attending meetings with him at a M.D. club in Joliet. He has now got me feeling VERY competitive about finding Barber coins like HE recently found.
Much of his greater success, I think, is his greater success in having his searchcoil over the right ground, rather than any particularly superior equipment or skill.
He's got a new Fishers.
Your 25 yrs detecting -- me only maybe 6-7-8 yrs. Betcha there's more to be learned by me from you, than vice versa.
But I think 2 heads together is more productive than those heads separately.
Being as I'm retired, I can "work" most any time. However I've been finding this 90 degree humidity very difficult to function in.
Yes!!!! that is what I use to do before I got married!!! on top of that I would research old towns in counties that I wanted to take drives through, looking for any abandoned properties and old parks, hopefully with all the old original equipment
Sorry for the last comment I sent you about my Pin Pointer. I told you about the one on my Detector. The Pin Pointer I use is called the "Vib-Probe Wizard. It is inexpensive and works well. It has an audibal signal and a vibrater as well as a light in it. It sells for about 39 dollars. The only problem I have had with it is the Tip cover came loose so I glued it back with some Gorrila Glue and it has worked fine every since. I would not dig without it since so mant finds appear close to the earth color. It saves time and effort looking for the item in the hole. There are better ones but they cost over one hundred dollars.
Sorry I couldn't get back to you sooner Jimmy! My wife was on Myspace on this computer all day! Also my wife is different than yours, mine thinks that metal detecting is childish and that I should throw my detector away and grow up!!!!!!!!
Oh yeah you are talking about the old school on the 500 block of Main next to the town hall, I use to live in a house that was next to Ameritech on the 300 block of Main, the Halstead house was to our left on the 200 block, all the property around the school on that rise is asphalt, except for the edges, I tried around the steps once, but a guy pulled up and told me to get the hell out of there! Bottlebum wants me to watch and see if anyone ever tears it out, then we're on it!!! We even jokingly said we were going to buy the old school just to rip the asphalt out and search the building for relics!
Ed; What do you use to dig in good grass....I made a digger in work and I would like to show it to you sometime to see what you think of it,or if you seen anything like it befor......I trpe very slow so bear with me if I don't ans. some questions sometime.....just too tedious....jimmy
been working with it some things are comming together.I'm always looking for something better....getting ready to get another if things don't work out.Have been talking to kellico thinking about getting a white's DFX or aX terras70 tryin to be more careful this time.Sounds like you have some great sites to explore and don't mind shareing, I like that.Have you tryed that old school north of Commerical in about center of town.
Jim you have to work with it, get to know it real good. So why did you part ways with the trusty Garrett? I use a Garrett Grand Master Hunter CXIII. Do you know the exact location of Haydens grove? I know it is near the old homestead, late 1800's and early 1900's saw a lot of Lowell action, plus the West Creek cemetery on Calumet just north of Rt2 had the West Creek Methodist church at the north end, I would check the field on the eastern border of the cemetery, don't cross into cemetery it is illegal to detect cemeteries in the U.S. That church dates from the late 1800's to the early 1900's or so, its no longer there
My wife who is the president of the Lowell flower club got me to help with planting flowers at the h. house. Did more decting than planting.I should have poped up more my guess is my white's and I just can't get it on! When I had my old garret I did a lot better.....
You hunted the Halstead house! wow that must have been nice, my wife and I had a chance to buy the house right behind it, but the guy would not budge from $100,000, the house is way to small for that kind of price tag, I'm suprised you did not find anything, theres been alot of life in the Halstead house!
Hi guys; Thanks for the quick welcome.I'm from Lowell. been md for a long time it,s good to fine some more dectors as I was beginning to think I was the only one around...I have a white's XLT. Sheese it,s been a long winter can't wait to get out......jimmy
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Also, doesn't the West Creek areas include that old cemetery at the corner of Hwy 2 & Calumet Ave? I've
worked that a bit -- again no luck.
Lately I've been thinking I'll work abandon pioneer cemeteries. I've always felt uncomfortable about working
"active" cemeteries. But if folks aren't still being buried there, then . . . why not?
I've been detecting with a guy who lives in the Lottaville area of Merrillville & attending meetings with him at a M.D. club in Joliet. He has now got me feeling VERY competitive about finding Barber coins like HE recently found.
Much of his greater success, I think, is his greater success in having his searchcoil over the right ground, rather than any particularly superior equipment or skill.
He's got a new Fishers.
Your 25 yrs detecting -- me only maybe 6-7-8 yrs. Betcha there's more to be learned by me from you, than vice versa.
But I think 2 heads together is more productive than those heads separately.
Being as I'm retired, I can "work" most any time. However I've been finding this 90 degree humidity very difficult to function in.
Ron
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