HEY Y'ALL
I DIDN'T KNOW METAL DETECTING WOULD BRING BACK SOME OLD TIMES. MY WIFE AND I WENT DETECTING IN MY HOMETOWN. WE STARTED DETECTING IN MY MOTHERS BACK YARD. WHEN I WAS A KID WE USE TO SWIM IN OUR POOL AND WHEN IT WAS REMOVED THERE WAS A GREAT BIG SAND SPOT. AS A KID THIS SPOT WAS HUGE AND MY OLD HOT WHEELS, CIGAR BOX CARS AND A FEW OTHER THINGS I USE TO PLAY WITH WERE THERE. MY FIRST SPOT I DUG I FOUND THE GRASS COVERED SAND SPOT. I FOUND A SMASHED UP TONGA CAR ABOUT 4.5 INCHES DEEP. I WAS LOOKING IN A PLACE WERE I THOUGH WAS ONE OF THE PLACES I USE TO HANG AND HAD A GREAT HIT OF 78 AND 7 INCHES DEEP. MY WIFE CAME OVER TO PINPOINT THE SPOT AFTER I DUG A FEW INCHES. THE PIECE I FOUND WAS DEEPER THEN THE 7 INCHES AND WHAT A FIND INDEED. I POPPED OUT A LARGE COMBINED TOY THAT I HAD WHEN I WAS A KID. MY WIFE AND I LOOKED UP THE PIECE AND FOUND THAT FIXED UP IT COULD BE WORTH 200.00 DOLLARS. WHAT A DAY AND WHAT A FLASH BACK TO THE PAST. ANOTHER DAY WITH MY WHITES XLT
HEY HOW'S EVERYONE,
WENT BACK TO MY HOMETOWN LAST WEEK DETECTING. LOTS OF SILVER AND CLAD COINS. GOT TO WATCH SOME OF THE LAWS IN PARTS OF PA. THEY SAY YOU CAN'T DO SOME OF THE SCHOOLS THERE IN DELAWARE COUNTY. ONE SPOT YOU HAVE TO GO DETECTING IS A PLACE CALLED CHESTER PARK PA. IN 1900 IT WAS A ZOO IN CESTER PARK. I WILL LIST SOME OTHER GREAT SPOTS TO DETECT
July 1952 - The Four Aces (Al Alberts, Sod Vaccaro, Lou Silvestri & Dave Mahoney) entertained a crowd of more than 20,000.
"Chester Park was given to the city by Councilman Edward Dickerson, for the city of Chester. The council wanted to call the park Dickerson Park but Mr. Dickerson insisted that the park be named Chester. He owned the land, he used to take the poor children on weekends and give them rides on a boat that he had up and down the river. It gave him great pleasure to donate this to the city for the children and their parents."- Edward J. Dickerson
From the Chester Times Year book 1949:"Chester Park with its main entrance in the 2500 block on Edgmont avenue, covers 46.59 acres along Ridley Creek, at the northern boundary of the city. First proposed by Councilman Edward Dickerson, it was dedicated by Miss Leah Howard, daughter of George W. Howard, following contributions of money and land. Thomas Elkington, Dr. Anna Sharpless, Col. A. S. Dyer, J. Frank Black and George B. Lindsay were large contributors.The bridge over Ridley Creek was originally called “Ladies Bridge,” because it was built with funds raised by the ladies of Chester. The entrance arches on Edgmont avenue were designed by Theophilus Chaudler, nationally prominent architect."YOU CAN READ THE REST AT http://www.oldchesterpa.com/parks_chester.htm
Hello y'all,I am telling you about the coin I found with my wife a while back. My wife and I went out on a Saturday morning to a place I found in Delaware. It turned out to be a pretty good spot to detect. I started hunting it a few days and found a few pieces of silver and a great Indian head. Well Saturday we jumped out of the truck XLT;s in hand hoping to find a few more pieces of silver. I took a few steps and had a great hit of 88 on the screen 3.5 inches did a thumbs up to my wife and started digging. My lesche tool cut through the dirt like butter and out popped a nice 1954 silver 25cent piece. The day started out great and Dot started hunting even harder to find a good coin. Some time later I looked up to see where she was detecting just to make sure where she was and to see if everything was OK. She gave me the thumbs up and a shake of her coin pouch. I walked about 30 feet and had a nice hit of 85 and just knew I was going to dig another piece of silver. I called for Dot to come over so I could show her how to dig another silver coin. I told her to swing her XLT over so she could hear what a piece of silver sound like. Just kidding, she has dug her share of silver coins over the years of detecting. Dot looks at me and say you have to be the luckiest guy detecting with silvers coins. I drop to my knees and start digging 2.5 still know coin 4 inches then 5.5 inches out comes the coin covered with dirt. I took off a little bit of the dirt so I could tell what the heck kind of coin this could be and didn't have my glasses with me either. I gave my wife the coin and she cleaned it off a little better only to have a big set of boobs looking her right in the face. She started cracking up laughing saying only you would find a coin like this. She handed it back to me still on my knees busting up after seeing what I dug out of the ground. Heads I win Tails you lose, What a great day of detecting and like they say you never know what you will find next. Until next time don't stop detecting.
As metal detecting progressed, Mike & Dorothy became interested with the hobby of finding coins and relics. After stop in to the Whites detecting website. Their primary interest was in finding coins and jewelry. However, every person knows metal detecting has an obstacle to overcome, hunting to dang-gone fast. Eventually, with their whites XLTs and some custom settings, steady swing perfected they started finding some deep coins. Each time out Mike & Dorothy discover new and different techniques detecting with the XLT. After perfecting some custom settings, this process several times he decided it was time to share them with friends and family. The custom settings are on another page on this site. Mike & Dot hope some of our custom settings will give some success to other Whites XLT users. Milford Delaware
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As with most T- hunters that we meet or talk to, I find that Treasure hunting and the love of the outdoors is either a tradition in the family or a part of their up bringing. Mike & Dot are no different than the others. Growing up in the State of Pennsylvania & Delaware. Mike began Treasure hunting at the early age of 10 and recalls taking off from school one day each year to fulfill that tradition. This tradition continues today as Mike & Dottie find themself sharing this love of treasure hunting all over the the east coast.
