Although most of the older parks have been cleaned out of most of their older coins. If you take the time to learn how to use your metal detector properly. With the new technological advancements of the newer metal detectors older coins are still being found in these areas today. Newer coins will always be replenished almost on a daily basis. Although rings and other kinds of jewelry are not lost as often, they are being lost more than you would think. I am constantly getting calls from people who want to rent a metal detector from me so they can try and find the ring that they had lost. About half of them know about where they lost it and so they end up finding it. The other half haven't got a clue where to begin looking so they usualley never find it. These are the people that get a hold of me. I would be willing to bet that there are 10 people out there who don't even think of renting a metal detector to see if they can find their lost valuables, for every one person who does. I have heard all kinds of reasons how they have lost these rings, but the more prevelant reasons are as follows; throwing snowballs, wrestling on the lawn, throwing frisbee's, playing football, baseball,basketball and soccer, not to mention gardening, golf etc. The bottom line is, there are a lot of rings to be found out there. Most metal detector users are not finding them because they are running their descrimination to high. If you are not pulling up all of the pull tabs, you are not going to be pulling up rings, simple as that. I used to think that hunting in parks and school grounds was stupid, and that all you would find was modern coins and most of them would be pennys. That was of course until Terry Craigmiles and Clifford Carter showed me all of the rings they have been finding. They say they usually find a ring every time they go out, which is regularly. It pays to learn your machine and to dig up pull tabs.

While the parks and school yards are getting hit quite regularly, homes and their yards are not. There are a lot of older homes around here and over the years there has been a lot of older coins and some jewelry lost. The problem hunting these areas is it is hard to get permission to hunt them. And if you do get permission to hunt their yard they want all the good stuff that you find, making it not worth your time and effort. My suggestion is to start with your own yard and then move on to your family and friends yards. Ask them if they might happen to have any family and friends who might be willing to let you search their yards. Check with people who are selling or who have just sold their homes. Often times people move out of their homes before its sold and move out of town, leaving the care and maintance up to the realtor or a neighbor. Check with them, get a good relationship with a few realtors. They could have several vacant homes at a time that they are taking care of. And last but not least offer the home owner your services for free. If they ever lose something in the future you will come and find it for them, if they will give you their permission to hunt their yard now.

By searching directly under the ski lifts you can find some amazing things, rings, watches, money, knives etc. When people get on the ski lifts they take off their gloves which is when the rings are lost. Then they start digging through their pockets to get some chapstick or some other object and that's when the other stuff is lost. A lot of times the skier knows that he has just lost something but he can't get to it until they get off the ski lift and goes to the area where they thought they lost it. But by that time it's too late, it's usually covered by snow from the fall or someone has skied over it burying it deeper. Also when people fall along the ski slopes or tubing hills, money and other objects will fall out of their pockets. I have talked to a lot of the lift line operators who say they walk under the ski lifts as soon as the snow melts because of the valuable things they have found just lying on top of the ground. If they had a metal detector they would have found a lot more. So if you plan on checking these areas do it as soon as you can after the snow melts, before someone else beats you to it.

#2-Abide by all laws, ordinances or regulations that my govern your search, or the area you will be in.

#3-Never trespass, always obtain permission prior to entering private property, mineral claims, or under water salvage leases.

#4-Do not damage, deface, destroy, or vandalize any property (including: ghost towns and deserted structures), and never tamper with any equipment at the sight.

#5-Never litter, always pack out what you take in, and remove all trash dug in your search.

#6-Fill all holes, regardless how remote the location, and never dig in a way that will damage, be damaging to, or kill any vegetation.

#7-Do not build fires, camp or park in non-designated or restricted areas.

#8-Leave all gates and other accesses to land as found.

#9-Never contaminate wells, creeks, or any other water supplies.

#10-Be courteous, considerate, and thoughtful at all times.

#11-Report the discovery of any items of historic significance to the local historical society or proper authorities.

#12-Uphold all finders, search and salvage agreements.

#13-Promote responsible historical research and artifact recovery, and the sharing of the knowledge with others.