New from PA

[MinelabMan]

Hi Mach and welcome,

I'm also new to the forum and from PA (Chester County). You picked a great hobby!

[EPC Guy]

Welcome! Used to live in PA myself....Williamsport area...

Originally Posted by MinelabMan

Hi Mach and welcome,

I'm also new to the forum and from PA (Chester County). You picked a great hobby!

Cool! Another newbie from Chester County....thought I was all on my own here! HH

[MinelabMan]

Originally Posted by riki727

Cool! Another newbie from Chester County....thought I was all on my own here! HH

Yep, Caln Twp. I hunt a few of the local parks and the hospitals when I get the chance, seems like lately it's been too hot or rainy. Have yet to find a railroad spike though!

Originally Posted by MinelabMan

Yep, Caln Twp. I hunt a few of the local parks and the hospitals when I get the chance, seems like lately it's been too hot or rainy. Have yet to find a railroad spike though!

OMG! I used to live in Thorndale...then moved to East Fallowfield Twp- just outside Parkesburg.

[MinelabMan]

I was raised in East Fallowfield, went to E. Fallowfield and S. Brandywine. Small world!

My two youngest went to South...now one is going to be a Junior at CASH and the other a freshman at CAIHS. Yep, very small world. Have you hunted Caln Elementary? I was thinking of trying Rainbow this weekend, though if schools are as popular as I hear, it's already been picked clean.

[MinelabMan]

Hi Riki,

I hunted S. Brandywine a few years ago, didn't get much. I wanted to hunt E. Fallowfield also and asked at the township bldg. next door and they told me I'd have to contact the school district which I did and really got the run around. Do you check for permission? I really don't know if we need to or not considering the taxes that we pay to the CASD! Anyway, did you get to the school over the weekend and how did you do?

No, I have to admit I was so excited about hunting at the school that I never thought to ask for permission. (oops!) Right or wrong I look at the schools as public property - at least I consider Rainbow to be. We go to my mother-in-laws every Sunday and all the grandkids immediately run over to the school to play on the playground. I guess I figure that while school is out, the playground is for public use. Once school is back in session I'll probably give it a miss.

I did make it over there for a few minutes last Sunday - came up with thirty-seven cents. Not much, but as I said, I wasn't there long. It's filthy work digging in all that mulch. And I was a little disconcerted about some of the tones I was getting close to the edges of the equipment. I'm going to have to spend more time there and learn how to tune out the tones of the equipment so I don't confuse them with other tones.

[MinelabMan]

I like your logic on the schools! I'll just go, it is public property and people use the playgrounds and ball fields all the time, I'm convinced. I did plan on going out on Friday but I'm not sure where yet, but it's been about a month since I got out and I'm getting antsy.

I have a 5" coil for detecting close to steel equipment and I set my disc. to reject steel but still get some noise or at least a null.