When detecting for coins, relics or jewelry, use your imagination – anywhere people are likely to have left things behind – you are likely to make good finds! Also, don’t forget the places right under your feet; you never know what you might dig up even in your own backyard. To help get you started here is a list of locations that are generally more productive for finding coins, relics or jewelry:
- Showgrounds and racecourses
- Picnic areas
- Battlefields
- Camping grounds
- Swimming holes
- Parks, playgrounds and school yards
- Ploughed fields
- Pastures
- Woodlands
- Ghost towns and ancient town sites
- Old homes and public buildings
- Sports grounds
- Beaches
- Jetties and piers
