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| Metal Detecting Farms and Fields |
| First of all, if you think farmer's with shotguns are a thing of the past, think again. While most are friendly folk, most do not want you trespassing on their land. It's a sore subject with farmers. Crops have been ruined, roads tore up, fences torn down & livestock let loose. You may not do these things, and every metal detectorist that I know would not do these things, but the farmers don't know that! It's best if you have an in...I mean a connection to the owner.If you want to find out who owns a specific piece of land, go to the county court house and get a copy of a land platt. Visit that person, show them some things that you have found. Strike up a good conversation about metal detecting and show them how your machine works! It's always helpful to offer a thank-you after you are done detecting. Mail the family a gift certificate to a local resturant, bring them a homemade pie or a pan of cinnimon rolls, or clean and display an item you might have found on their land & return it to them. Trust me, if you do these things you will have a lifetime place to metal detect--and probably get some more leads in the process. I know all of this for several reasons. I am a farmer's daughter, I have always lived in rural areas and all of the people I deal with on a daily basis in business have something to do with farming. I am never short of a place to go detecting! |
| Tips: Don't go into a feild once is has been planted. Look for building fragments, old trees or old fences in the middle of a feild. This was likely an old homestead, it might be helpful to start here. While in open area's of dirt, look for pieces of brick or fragments of china. The plows will turn these over. Many times houses were demolished with a lot of contents still remaining. Don't forget to detect under big trees, old clothes lines and paths to the barn. Watchout for outhouse holes and cisterns! I won't enter an old cellar, but many people do and have found some good things in there. Forget the foundations of buildings, but do look under a front porch or where one was. Look for dry creek, river or lake beds, you would be amazed at the kinds of things you can find there, many times you may even run across indian artifacts or rocks that are valuable. |