| This article will present information to stimulate your | | | | field. So any treasure in the form of coins would be |
| thinking for finding treasure in your own back yard. | | | | too deep to locate. They had changed the land grade |
| The backyard we are referring to is, the town where | | | | somewhat to build a better storm drainage system. |
| you live. | | | | Once I determined where I thought the old school |
| This information works very well if you have lived in | | | | and Park were located I search the backside of the |
| your current town for 30+ years. If not, don't worry | | | | industrial complex. What helped me locate the old |
| we'll show you how to locate these hot spots for | | | | ballpark was some old pipes I found with my metal |
| treasure hunting. | | | | detector. I searched the area for about 2 hours. No |
| I was sitting on the back porch one day thinking of | | | | major finds that day, but I discovered how important |
| places I could go coin shooting in my town. Since I | | | | research is to locating treasure. |
| have lived in the community for 40 years, I saw my | | | | Think about a current school or ballpark where the |
| town grow from 135,000 to just under 1 million | | | | position of the field seating was located in a different |
| today. Most of the old fairgrounds and carnival sites | | | | place some 20-30 years ago. Over the years due to |
| have been developed and has made way for real | | | | growth of schools, the stadiums and bleachers have |
| estate building. What I was looking for was one of | | | | been relocated. If your lucky the old location will still |
| these old locations that had not been developed. | | | | be vacant with dirt covering. |
| One that came to mind was an old school with a | | | | I have found talking to senior citizens of an area is |
| softball field. Both the school and sports field are no | | | | very important to locate these old sites. They are |
| longer there, but the land is still vacant. The location | | | | eager to talk about the past. So if your fairly new to |
| was in a smaller town just outside my local residence. | | | | your area, don't let that discourage you, just seek |
| One Saturday morning I loaded up my Metal | | | | out some older residence. |
| Detector, food and water and headed out. I | | | | If you want to have fun, exercise and thrill of |
| remembered driving by this old location a couple of | | | | accomplishment, do some research and seek out |
| times over the years but never thought about what | | | | some of those older locations where the next great |
| may be there. | | | | find is just around the corner. |
| Next to the old school location is now a very large | | | | For other articles, tips please visit, Treasures |
| industrial park housing manufacturing companies. I | | | | Found over $300 worth of Gold in a city park. |
| was concerned they had bull dozed over the old ball | | | | |