Searching for old coins is a very interesting activity that can turn into a serious hobby and generate income. The main thing in treasure hunting is desire, knowledge and a little preparation.
It is necessary
- - metal detector;
- - scrap;
- - shovel;
- - probe (poke).
Instructions
Step 1
Start your search for coins by finding and inspecting potentially interesting areas of the area. According to connoisseurs-treasure hunters, the most likely places where you can find ancient coins are: high river banks, shallow water, river bottoms, lake shores, slopes and bottom of ravines, hills, abandoned houses, foundations of destroyed houses, areas covered with ceramic shards of earth, places where ancient coins were found earlier.
Step 2
Visit the archive, study old maps, find out where from ancient times there were settlements of people, places of ancient fairs, trade routes, etc. These will be the surest places to look.
Step 3
If you have a metal detector, it is more convenient to do "treasure hunting" in pairs. Divide the area of interest into rectangles and thoroughly check each of them. One should go with a metal detector, while doing smooth passes in rings so that the next movement with the metal detector half overlaps the area of the previous one.
Step 4
When you hear the beep, start scraping off the top layer of the grass. Carefully breaking up clods of earth. Then bring the detector ring as close to the ground as possible and swing it from side to side. In this case, the signal should be amplified. If it disappeared, check - it may have been a reaction to a small piece of foil. If the signal is still strong, dig very carefully and carefully so as not to damage or lose the coin.
Step 5
But if you don't have such special equipment (rather expensive) like a metal detector, that's okay. There are many places where you can find old coins without it. For example, in abandoned and destroyed houses.
Step 6
In buildings, coins can be hidden on purpose or lost by accident. Once inside the house, pay attention to the floors. Coins can be found right under your feet. Traditionally, at village weddings, small change was thrown between the floorboards. Next, check the windows and sills. Caches were often made under them. Coins can also be “hidden” in the red corner, where the icons were traditionally hung. In destroyed houses, the foundation should be checked; money was necessarily laid in the corners of the house for wealth and prosperity.
