Metal Detecting Sites In Minnesota

I still get occasional e-mail asking me where some good metal detecting sites in Minnesota are.

First off,I don't want to bust your bubble.But if it was popular knowledge where the best metal detecting sites are in the state,it would be like sharing where the best restaurant is.Everyone would go there to detect.

The restaurant will never run out of their juicy burgers,but prior metal detected sites do run out of treasures.

It's almost like "where can I find burried treasure" ?

The best answer would be in the ground,not the location of it.Because believe me,it won't be there by the time you read the information on its location.

The best metal detecting sites in the state,or any state for that matter is where people congregated.

Pehaps some of the best treasures lost in the ground are where people did not congregate.

Treasure is where you find it,not digging the same hole another has previously dug up,and someone before him.

If you're along the ocean,and can hit the beaches...that's a different story.But here in Minnesota?

You better be original,you better keep quiet,and stop looking for others to tell you where that specific object is burried..or lost perhaps.

I have detected some great sites here in the state.They are no longer great places to detect,because I cleared it out of the silver change.So for me to give you leads on where some great sites are would be very misleading,same goes for anyone else giving you leads on where to detect.

Finding good places to metal detect is something you yourself have to figure out.

I think any place you can get away with detecting is a good place..A park,the beach,a back yard,an old lot,lake shore property,any place where there is dirt with out the brush & trees giving you a bad time.

The longer civilization has been in that area all the better.In other words Southern Minnesota would be better than remote areas in Northern Minnesota.

To many buy a metal detector lured in by the pictures on treasure hunting magazines,getting false hopes & promises from others who give them the impression they themselves are going to accomplish the same thing.

That's so not the case,and many of us avid metal detectorists have little to show,but it's the find...NOT THE TREASURE that entertains us so greatly in this fun hobby.

It's like fishing.Some days are better than others,and some days they don't bite at all.

If the fish are really snapping..we keep our secret fishing holes to ourself.Telling others what a great spot it is,will fish the honey hole out.

We may be more open with others about our fishing spots,but we don't advertise where the best spots are to detect.

Plus..the best spots don't hold the title for long being the best spots.They get cleaned out.

This spring I'll be metal detecting the worse spots to detect,and show you that treasure is where you find it..:)