I've been amazed at the amount of clad that some people find when they hunt. On the few hunts I've been on I've felt like I had to really work the lots over to pull what I've found out of them. That all changed today. I went a little further away from my houst than I have been going and what a difference it made. In less than an hour I was able to nearly double my clad count from my last 5 hunts. I think I've found a relatively untouched TotLot.
Even more exciting I was only able to hunt about half of one of the three TotLots at this location. AND… There are SEVERAL other little local parks right near this one that I'm hoping offer up the same results.
Total for the day was $3.32, a costume ring, a keychain, a religous symbol, and a cufflink or button of some sort. After looking at my "Finds" spreadsheet, I just noticed that I'm at 105 coins found for the year.
I've never hunted a totlot before. Are yours gravel or some other material? I love the way all your pennies are shiny and new. All my zincs tend to be crusty and gross.
Most of the ones around here are a cedar mulch. Since I'm just learning how to do this and have limited time on when I can hunt I like hitting these. The digging is super easy and theres a limited amount of trash. The downside with these it that you won't find anything old, but my machine is so crappy that were I hunting someplace where old stuff was I wouldn't be able to find it.
I've set myself a couple of goals for this year. The first one is to save up enough clad to get my hands on a ProPointer. The second one is to save up enough clad for an F2. I absolutely hate my Ace 150.
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[...] only one lot that I could think of off the top of my head. It was the lot I stumbled across a few weeks ago that I suspected hadn't been hunted. I found $3.32 that day. I also feel reasonably [...]