| How To Coin Shoot in a Park With a Metal | | | | I like coin shooting parks early in the |
| Detector. | | | | morning. Not so many lookie lookers. Some of |
| | | | the best places to coin shoot at schools and |
| This article will present a basic system for | | | | parks are around and under swings, slides, |
| hunting for coins in a public park. | | | | jungle gyms and similar play ground |
| | | | equipment. Basketball courts, Volleyball |
| One of the first things you should do is to | | | | courts are very good. This is were the sand |
| check with your city, county parks and | | | | scoop comes in handy. Don't forget any |
| recreation department to see if you are | | | | concession stands at the parks. |
| allowed to use a metal detector in their | | | | |
| parks. If so they may require a permit. Most | | | | Before you map out your search, sit down and |
| permits are free. They usually are good for a | | | | look over the search area. Visualize you |
| year. | | | | doing what a person would be doing at the |
| | | | site. Lets use a volleyball court with sand |
| Items you want to take to the park are; | | | | base. The first area you want to search is |
| | | | around the fringe of the court in the grass. |
| * Metal detector with at least a 6" coil | | | | People will sit along the edge to watch the |
| | | | amateurs play. When you get a hit, use your |
| *Flathead Screw driver or other digging | | | | flat nose screw driver to push down to the |
| instrument. | | | | item and rock it back and forth. This will |
| | | | generally move the coin or item to the |
| *String or rope to line out your search area. | | | | surface. |
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| *Sand Scoop for sand play box, volleyball | | | | The next area of the court is in the sand. |
| court or any other play area with sand. | | | | You can lay out some cord to do a grid search |
| | | | so you don't overlook any section of the |
| *Water for drinking. Maybe some snacks. | | | | court. When you get a hit, use your sand |
| | | | scoop. We have found coins, jewelry, rings in |
| If you have lived in the area for a long time | | | | many sand courts. |
| you have an advantage in locating some good | | | | |
| older parks in your city. | | | | Kids seam to have a lot of loose change these |
| | | | days, far cry from my days, when fifty cents |
| Sit down and think about how certain location | | | | let me in the movies, two hot dogs and a |
| were 20, 30, 40 years ago. Maybe you went to | | | | coke. Check under the swing sets, you can |
| a local school some 25 years ago. That would | | | | locate some nice change there. |
| be a good place to start. | | | | |
| | | | Coin Shooting is fun. Takes patients and |
| Later on I am going to tell you how we found | | | | control but sometimes it pays big. |
| gold in a city park, worth over $300. | | | | |
| | | | Found over $300 worth of Gold in a city park. |