Digging silver & coins at abandoned park - Garrett AT Pro Metal Detecting video

Took the Garrett AT Pro metal detector out to an abandoned park. This was all farm land up until around 1940 when it was purchased by the township and converted into baseball fields, which were then abandoned in the late 1970's. The area did host a traveling circus from the 1950's - around 1985 as well as the occasional small carnival and music show. This being said, there are tons of shallow modern coins but also tons of trash. Any deep signals have a good chance of being from the original farm land and those can be really interesting when you get down deep past the garbage.
This is my "go to" site when I don't have time to door knock for new permissions. Because it's available to me anytime I usually work the site very slowly and try to clear the areas I hit one long row at a time. Today I got fortunate enough to bag 4 modern silvers but I'm sure many more are there, I'll just save the rest for another day....
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[@ericjudd9603]

Thanks for sharing👍

[@thebeaushow3045]

great video, really enjoyed the finds

[@QuarterHoarder]

Thanks you. I appreciate you stopping by.

[@DDMMetalDetectives]

nice hunt buddy. nice to have places to go and just get out and dig for a while.

[@QuarterHoarder]

+DDM Metal Detectives Thanks. It is nice to have a nearby "go to" place when you don't feel like driving far or door knocking.

[@dirtpickingusa8786]

Nice haul of silver!

[@QuarterHoarder]

Thanks. Not the oldest I've ever dug but a quad silver day nonetheless. Appreciate you stopping by.

[@vincentdominick9515]

Thank you so much because of this video I found my first sliver coin a 1944 walking liberty half dollar

[@QuarterHoarder]

Vincent Dominick That's a great score. Congrats man!

[@silverhustlin1390]

Awesome hunt buddy! Love that pendant!

[@QuarterHoarder]

+SilverHustlin13 Thanks. Surface find but I did swing over it so that counts! Lol.

[@silverhustlin1390]

+Quarter Hoarder Yes it does,lol

[@thisoldhouse1880]

Jam packed full of finds, sweet digs man.

[@watermain48]

Nice hunt Jason, thanks for sharing it.

[@outaboutwbasia4593]

Awesome live digs Jason and great finds!

[@2cr4d5at1]

Nice hunt!! Congrats on 4 silvers!! Awesome! Nice pendant and canadian nickel! Good job. GL & HH, Jerimy

[@QuarterHoarder]

Thanks Jerimy. This park is a real honey hole of coins but normally nothing older than the 1940s. But hey, that's still silver territory! Appreciate you stopping by buddy.

[@DiggingMichiganAllDay]

Nice 2 vnickels.. LOL. That pendant is pretty cool. I dont see many people in the U.S finding Canadian nickels. Ive never found one metal detecting. Congrats on the 4 silvers! GL and HH!

[@QuarterHoarder]

+Digging Michigan Thanks for stopping by. I don't believe I've ever dug a Canadian nickel before this one so I was pretty happy with it.

[@joebrown1382]

Nice silver. I'm going through all your videos a few every day. Nice channel.

[@spede77777]

Great video!! nice finds..

[@alwaysseekingsilver]

Congrats on the 4 silver day. Nice haul. Well done.

[@QuarterHoarder]

+alwaysseekingsilver Thanks. Not my oldest silvers but I'm certainly not complaining! Lol. Appreciate you stopping by.

[@MNpicker]

Good little hunt! Nice finds man! Its good to change the routine every now and then..the same old same old gets old quick. Makes it more interesting. I've been hunting farm fields two weeks straight...I think its time to hit up a few tot lots for a while. HH!

[@QuarterHoarder]

+MNpicker You are right. I hunt a lot in the woods and it gets to be a chore sometimes digging 8-10" down through tree roots to only find a shotgun shell headstamp. It's nice to switch it up and bang out a park where everything is closer to the surface and it's easy digging. Lots more trash though but it's a tradeoff that I'll make now and then. Appreciate you stopping by.

[@diggingkentucky7818]

Good video! I enjoyed going along with you on that hunt. Cool finds!

[@QuarterHoarder]

+Digging Kentucky Thanks so much for stopping by and I appreciate you watching.

[@fieldsweeper9554]

Congrats on rescuing those silvers! A lot of times iv'e Detected alone at secluded places. Probably not a good idea. But that's when iv'e made most of my best finds.

[@QuarterHoarder]

+Field Sweeper Thanks man. So far never a problem on my own so I hope you didn't jinx me! Lol. I only worry a little when I'm out in the woods during hunting season. Sometimes guys hear a sound in the woods and just shoot in that direction! During deer season I'll unplug my headphones so hunters can hear my machine beeping 100 yards away.

[@deepdiggerduo2920]

I enjoyed the live digs. Congrats on all the finds. I've never found 2 War nickels in one day

[@QuarterHoarder]

+DeepDiggerDuo Thanks. I haven't found a war nickel AT ALL in about a year so two in one day was really cool. I don't dig a lot of nickel signals normally so I probably just don't give myself a chance. Thanks for stopping by and happy hunting guys.

[@AmericanCoinHunting]

Good hunt Jason . Way to go on those four silvers . It's rare to find two war nickels in a hunt . Well done .

[@QuarterHoarder]

+AmericanCoinHunting Thanks Dave. I don't think I've dug a single war nickel is over a year., so to find two in one hunt was really cool. Appreciate you stopping by my friend.

[@Metal4Detecting]

Great video brother . Congratulations on the silvers . Best wishes GL&HH

[@QuarterHoarder]

+Metal4Detecting Thank you. They may be modern silvers but I needed a break from the deep digging for a bit. Appreciate you watching.

[@amateurarcheology]

Congrats on all the silver! I think that's George the VI on that Canadian coin. I found a 1942 Australian penny that bore the same likeness. Best of Luck and Happy Hunting!

[@QuarterHoarder]

+Digging Pitts Thanks. I dug an Australian penny once. It had a kangaroo on it and was one of the coolest coin images I've ever dug. Not worth more than $0.10 but it was awesome.

[@amateurarcheology]

+Quarter Hoarder That's the coin! :) LOL!

[@TomWoodCHESHIREMETALDETECTING]

Hi Jason,great hunt mate, but you had to dig some crap to get the goodies, but that is the game I suppose. GL & HH take care Tom

[@QuarterHoarder]

Yeah man, tons of trash there but a lot of coins too so it's a bit of a trade off. Just comes with the hobby I guess. Thanks for stopping by.

[@kevingolemiec4460]

fun video

[@QuarterHoarder]

+Kevin Golemiec Thanks and I appreciate you stopping by.

[@StivNagen]

No pre-hunt banana?! WTF. Hey, great finds. I was thinking about it...I rarely use my ATP but I cannot ever recall digging a silver with mine. Maybe I'll fix that this year. Windy as hell here in MN, too. Glad to see SOMEone is digging some silver!

[@QuarterHoarder]

+StivNagen Ya know, I had 2 bananas with me but I ate them both the in the car. I'm trying to make my videos more classy without me chewing all the time. Lol.

[@StivNagen]

Yeah, but...the bananas are your trademark, man!

[@USMC-le7ey]

Nice hunt man! I’m breaking my AT PRO out of hibernation now! BTW war nickels are 35% silver. Great video

[@QuarterHoarder]

Thanks. I hope you blow the dust off the machine and find some amazing things!

[@kistler1994]

Nice!

[@mauriliozamora6627]

At least you found some silver, yesterday I went out for a couple of hours and found nothing but clad at a city park where I usually go when I just feel like detecting for the hell of it. I noticed that someone was there before me metal detecting and this person was not covering his holes the right and the worse part was that he was leaving his trash inside the hole. I wished that I could video taped him and put him on KZbin so everyone could see what a scrum bag looks like ! Sorry I laid this on you but I just had to tell someone because jerks like this one gives us good people a bad reputation !

[@QuarterHoarder]

+Maurilio Zamora Man I hate hunting a spot and seeing unfilled holes all over the place. People like that are the reason parks and schools are now posting signs for "No Metal Detecting". There's always a few idiots that ruin things for the masses. Finding trash in the hole is just icing on the cake. Not all of us are like that though. Best of luck in your hunting!

[@linr2870]

You found the Pope pendant lol

[@basiatoday1872]

Awesome hunt Jason, 4 silvers, 2 war nickels, the John Paul pendant, sweet! Hope the birthday celebration was great!

[@QuarterHoarder]

+Basia Today Thanks Basia the digging was great and he turned double digits so it was quite a birthday bash!

[@basiatoday1872]

Those double digits will go by quickly so enjoy each day! Our daughter grew up so fast and moved to Oregon. Now waiting for Aug 7 as she gets married on Mt Hood!

[@LOWtone14k14k]

men good job on the silver coins on my side of town silver coins is as rare as Platinum I swear I can't find any of it

[@QuarterHoarder]

Thanks. This park was abandoned back in the early 70's and every time I go there I find a good amount of silver coins. There's not even a road to get to it anymore so most local people don't even know it's there. Good luck out there and hope you get some silver (or platinum!)

[@DigginDevon]

You are very good at pin pointing with that AT Pro & not digging big holes to get those finds. Lucky you can dig in your parks, have tried to get permission but the local council owns all the public parks & never give permission. You can however detect in parks provided you do not break the surface of the ground, so not much point really. You can find loads of WW2 artefacts here in our city parks if you had permission, lots of history here in Plymouth, Devon UK. Happy hunting :)

[@QuarterHoarder]

That's too bad about your parks. I'm sure there is a ton of history just rotting away under your feet. Luckily for me this particular park has been abandoned and no one ever goes here any more. I've been digging here maybe 4-5 times for 8 hours stretches and only once did I see anyone else here besides me. I never found anything older than maybe 1940 here so I just don't hit it too often. Thanks for stopping by and take care.

[@julioviltor]

monedas de plata ,ya me gustaria encontrarreme ami una de esas moneditas ,buen video y suerte

[@QuarterHoarder]

+julio viltor Thank you. Digging silver coins has to be one of the coolest items to find. I appreciate you watching.

[@m.t.n.vaults5689]

If I'm mainly looking for coins should I use coin setting? On pro or std?

[@DirtFever]

Nice hunt man! Heads up on the war nickels, if there's a mint mark above the Monticello building than their silver, not all nickels were silver between 42-45 although yours appeared to be silver? Congrats, your finding a lot of good coins.

[@QuarterHoarder]

+Dirt Fever Wow, I never knew that there were war nickels that were not 40% silver. I just checked and mine both had the oversized mint marks on the back just in case so I'm good. Thanks for stopping by and I appreciate the insight.

[@m.t.n.vaults5689]

Why do you have yours set on pro zero? Are you looking for everything or just coins?

[@markrutledge2593]

Long time viewer. What state are you in? That fishing weight is odd, looks made for surfcasting. Someone must've been practicing casting in the park and it broke off. Happy birthday, wife!

[@plasticdadaii8225]

Where EXACTLY did you say this place was?

[@MrCoinDigger]

hey QH, how do you find the old parks, it's hard 4 me to find them, goggle maps, historic aerials ?? nice finds, love them slivers:-)) GOD BLESS YOU & FAMILY MY FRIENDS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@QuarterHoarder]

+MrCoin Digger I do use historic aerials often but honestly I am just always looking for potential spots whenever I am driving around, and I drive a lot for work. When I see a promising area then I will research it afterwards and see what sort of age it has. If it meets my criteria (pre-1960 activity) I will knock and ask permission or if its a public place just head on out. Word of mouth travels in my area so a lot of people know me by now and some people refer me to others so it kind of snowballs. I am fortunate to say the least. Thank you for watching and happy hunting my friend.

[@suestockton2683]

Better to use a spray bottle than rubbing away at the coin.

[@stanwebb2272]

The spoon, i believe is a kids toy, is cricket or clicker!!!! If it is painted, really could be!!!! They were noise makers... They bent on them self and pushed on the what you is the spoon handle and it clicked, if it is made almost paper thin metal of thin or aluminum, steel...... They were easily purchased at 5 and dime as toy or carnival gift/ prize.......

[@jakehenson4907]

You are becoming my favorite detector on KZbin! Do you mind giving me some pointers on my new At pro? My question is how do you ground balance it I mean I know how but everyone always says you have to start ground balancing it when there is zero tones but I swear where I go I start swinging it all over my grandpa's Old Farm on the ground and I get little tones the whole time I can never find a spot where I am not getting little tones

[@QuarterHoarder]

It sounds like the farm soil is heavily mineralized and that can make ground balancing difficult. I dig at a few places that are like that and I have to manually set my ground balance, usually around 84-88 on the AT Pro. Could be from years of fertilizer mixing with the soil. Just to rule out that it's your machine causing the issue, try to ground balance somewhere else (like your house) just to make sure your machine isn't malfunctioning.

[@jakehenson4907]

Quarter Hoarder wow thank you so much man!! You're the best!! Another question if you don't mind is all the time ill be swinging and will hear a like 80-90 tone and it will disappear then ill swing over that spot over and over and maybe like 1 out of 6 swings it'll ding again, should I dig those? Or what do you think? Thanks again man you're the best!!

[@QuarterHoarder]

Hate to sound vague but it really depends. If your coil is brushing up against something while you swing (twigs, dirt mound, sticks, etc..) it will cause the processor to 'false', making a one-time high pitch blip. This is pretty common. If your definitely not hitting anything I would really slow the swing down and try to go over the spot again. Turn 90degrees and swing over it slowly again. Keep turning 90 degrees until you've swung over the spot in every direction really slowly. If you can't get it to repeat than skip it. It's possible that there is a deep target there, but most likely it is gonna be junk or something iron that has a flat surface on one side causing a high tone in the middle of otherwise low tones. It's one of those things that I'd have to hear myself to give more precise info on. If you are new with the machine I would concentrate more on repeatable signals until you learn the small nuances of the machine.

[@jakehenson4907]

Wow thank you so much!!!! I was wondering if when I bumped it if it gave a false signal! You just made my life so much easier!! Seriously thank you so much!!

[@j.d.9648]

I think you're fine on how you're handling the ground balancing. Look at it like this......you can't ground balance too much or too often. Right? Also, a tip I can add whenever you're being hammered with the chattering/small nonstop tones, back off of your sensitivity (depth) and then readjust (go deeper) as you progress. This has always helped me quiet down my AT Pro as well as my new AT Max in heavily mineralized soil areas. Hope this helps.

[@collier6794]

Someone help me I bought a Garrett AT pro and burried 2 modern quarters around 3in. Down to practice ....i can't find them now ...how come? I've changed my setting 100x

[@j.d.9648]

Just some thoughts, since you're asking for help. You need to be a bit more specific. To say you've changed your settings "100x" doesn't tell us much. What settings? What mode are you using? What is your ground balance number? Sensitivity? Do you by chance have any VDI discriminated out? Iron audio on/off? You see? In order for anyone to try to assist you, you have to give some more information. Now, on the bright side.........if you buried two modern quarters around 3 inches and you can't find them.......congrats to you for digging some REALLY nice plugs and resetting them to leave no trace whatsoever of where you dug!! Good job!

[@Stokjockey]

Seems like yesterday that I did a Quarter Hoarder Shout Out Video for his giveaway..................War Nickels are 35% Silver

[@QuarterHoarder]

+Stokjockey I think I may do another one next week for 1000. Keep an eye out and thanks for the war nickel clarification. I knew it was somewhere around that %.

[@EpicStrategyGamer]

I hate fishing weights, i find them in parks nowhere near a lake or the ocean all the time and i always wonder why or how they got to where i find them.

[@QuarterHoarder]

+Blood Guns and Honor That's funny! I certainly don't get excited when I find them and it's especially strange when I find them way back in the woods with no lake or stream around for miles. I'll put it in my tackle box though and maybe reuse it one day. Thanks for stopping by.

[@EpicStrategyGamer]

+Quarter Hoarder I'm not a fan of the at pro, when I had one it had massive falsing issues the shift locks broke and to top it off the speakers died 3 times. I also hated the bell tones, I'm more of a fan of tones like what the aka sorex has If you have heard it.

[@QuarterHoarder]

+Blood Guns and Honor I've heard of the AKA Sorex Pro detector but I've never actually seen one in action before. I'm use to the tones the AT Pro gives at this point so they don't really bother me anymore. When you run it in pro mode the tones are much more tolerable than when in standard mode. Those can be really obnoxious. Glad you found a detector you are happy with though. That's all that really matters, and of course that you can find good stuff with it. Happy hunting brother.

[@EpicStrategyGamer]

+Quarter Hoarder yeah, I wish I lived on the east coast where silver is a bit more common than it is out here in California. I have only found one silver coin and it was a 1910 barber half.

[@tonymaxedon]

KNOCK OFF THE EXCESSIVE PINPOINTING OR I'LL. "HAVE TO UNSUB" DANG WATCHING FOR 7-8 YRS BUT.....IF NEEDED WILL DO! gheez bro get it in GEAR NOT BY ANNOYING THE CRAP OUT OF US ALL THAT WATCH! EASY FIX MAN!

[@banefoor]

Pope John Paul ll

[@OficinaRestart]

Parece que você enterrou essas moedas. FAKE FAKE

[@tonymaxedon]

WOW, TOO MUCH FLIPPING BINGING ON PINPOINTER AS WEĹL AS MACHINE!!! 2 BEEP MAX. WE DON'T WANNA HEAR MORE CUZ IT'S FLIPPING ANNOYING BRO!!!!!