How to tell if it's a good place to look?

[anj2006]

I understand that my friend! Any luck at the church/ school?

 

[anj2006]

I hate it when its to muddy.

 

[foster2100]

I understand that my friend! Any luck at the church/ school?

I'm going to ask about that but I do the majority of my metal detecting at the start of spring. I've got permission from a woman that me and my wife knows to go creek walking back up on her property, I do a lot of this kinda stuff in the weeks before Spring because of briars and yellow jackets, i hate those things, and it's just better weather all around.

 

[foster2100]

I hate it when its to muddy.

I will take an old pair of jeans and cut the legs out of them and each leg cut them down the middle and use that for like a mat so I don't get too muddy, but this happens every winter with the snow and rain the ground here just gets so soggy and around here you hit the clay layer within a lot of times I'm gonna say 2 feet, maybe not even that. Wet clay is so tiring when your digging through it.

 

[foster2100]

What are you using to dig with, me i take a pick, a scratcher, hand shovel and my favorite digging tool it's unconventional but i like it cordless hammer drill with a bulb auger attachment it breaks up that 1st layer really nice and doesn't chunk the dirt like a shovel, am considering getting a longer auger attachment for it actually.

 

[anj2006]

It depends on where i am going to dig actually. I take a long handled spade, long and short handled four prong rake, garden trowel , a small one handed garden three prong scraper, good pair of root cutters, some wooden stakes for when i am on a bottle i use it to scrape so i dont break it! I have alot of tools i use! It just depends on where!

 

[anj2006]

Now if i am digging a privy! A five foot probe , long and short spade, scraper, root cutters, garden trowel, various other things like a good pack ( to bring your finds home). I have never used anything to kneel on, though i have used some knee pads in the past.

 

[foster2100]

Now if i am digging a privy! A five foot probe , long and short spade, scraper, root cutters, garden trowel, various other things like a good pack ( to bring your finds home). I have never used anything to kneel on, though i have used some knee pads in the past.

I really need to invest in some good knee pads myself, my knees have gotten progressively worse.

 

[anj2006]

Yea clay does suck sometimes, it can be a pain in the rear!!! I have never heard of anybody using a hammer drill with a auger attachment, if that works for ya, i guess have at it!!! Bees are a problem for me, i am highly allergic!!!!!!!!!! I have a kit i have to have with me all the time even when i am not digging.. not good if i get stung!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Oh always have a good pair of gloves and a first aid kit.

 

[foster2100]

Yea clay does suck sometimes, it can be a pain in the rear!!! I have never heard of anybody using a hammer drill with a auger attachment, if that works for ya, i guess have at it!!! Bees are a problem for me, i am highly allergic!!!!!!!!!! I have a kit i have to have with me all the time even when i am not digging.. not good if i get stung!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Oh always have a good pair of gloves and a first aid kit.

Excellent advice. Found any gloves that are better than others for digging? I know that can't put a price on a good pair of gloves, I'm guilty of buying the rubber palmed gloves and they work but not much grip in mud.