Searching for coins and treasures on old roads and along them is a promising business if you know some “tricks” and laws that experienced search engines follow behind the scenes.
When preparing this article, I re-read almost all the information about this type of coin search, checked it in practice again, and in the end I will outline all the main points here, read carefully, maybe it will come in handy.
So, rule one, you need to look for coins only on ancient roads; they can be calculated by overlaying a map of your Province on a modern map.
If you are not good at this, or cannot do it (but you know from the stories of the guard that it was somewhere in the forest, approximately), then we learn to determine the location of the ancient road visually.
Well, even by superimposition it is not always possible to determine the location with accuracy; everything, as they say, “walked,” sometimes 50-200 meters to the left or to the right.
Signs of an ancient road:
- The fog in such a place spreads lower in the morning, this is due to the temperature difference between the surfaces, different from each other; above a warm surface the intensity of the fog is higher;
- Old roads in the area are clearly visible in the slanting rays of the morning or evening sun (the soil in the road areas is very dense, and the ground here is slightly deeper than in other areas);
- Goosebumps grass likes to grow on ancient abandoned roads.
So, how did the coins end up on the roads, or on the side of the road? In the old days, many people traveled on foot (especially the poor) along roads that, as in our time, connected villages with each other; larger highways led travelers to neighboring provinces.
Those who were richer traveled on horseback or in a cart. I say all this to the fact that travelers could lose coins, or even entire wallets. There are many cases of rare and very valuable coins being found on the roads, but I will tell you frankly, almost all the coins are in very poor condition, our era introduced heavy vehicles, not to mention the tracked tractors that moved along these roads for many years.
The coins found in the belly of the road are mostly damaged, have many scratches, and are sometimes severely bent. You will be very lucky if you find a road that was abandoned back in those distant times.
What ancient roads are we interested in?
- All the old roads along which were located: a fair, a tavern, an inn, a mill, a water crossing, churches;
- Forest roads can lead to a manor's estate;
- Pay special attention to the intersection of major roads; there could probably be an inn there.
When searching with a metal detector, we not only walk along the road itself, but also move away from it to the right and left by 10-20 meters. Why is this necessary? During a long journey, a traveler could stop, they could bury valuables near the road if it was dangerous to carry them further, robbers who hunted in the forests could hide coins and jewelry in the ground not far from the road, the traveler wanted to go to the toilet in the bushes, and got rid of it wallet, or a coin fell out, etc., there can be many reasons for loss. These coins, as you understand, are already in good condition.
When searching for treasure along roads, we pay special attention to eternal landmarks, large stones on the edge of the road, large trees that are more than 100 years old.
Another piece of advice for those going digging on the roads is to take a spare shovel, as you understand that the soil is compacted to the point of indecency, in some cases like stone, and digging is difficult and tiring.
Many ancient roads were rebuilt into modern ones, and some large ones were covered with asphalt. There is no point in looking on new modern roads, there are no antiquities there, well, you will find a handful of Soviet coins (by the way, you might get caught), and a bunch of scrap metal, well, as a last resort, in a time of crisis, good places should not be discounted, just like this road can be built on imported ancient soil, where ancient coins can be found.
What can you find on the ancient road? If you're really unlucky: forged nails, elements of a horse's harness, buttons, a couple of dead lost things (this has happened).
If you are very lucky: a pawn on the side of the road, silver and gold coins (there were cases, it’s a pity not with me), crosses, chains, rings, expensive copper coins - the Masons found rings, patches. In general, the finds will not disappoint you; they are identical to the cop in the village.
I read here the other day that at the entrance to the village there was a tradition of holding “gatherings” of residents, and this place was called “Red Gate” - another “fat corner” for the seeker, take note.
In general, treasure hunting in Russia is developing at a frantic pace, there are fewer and fewer “unknocked out” places, and the type of search on the roads is a very promising goal. Visit archives and libraries, look for ancient diagrams, guardian stories, and find your dream embodied in a rare coin. And remember, you can find a coin even in unexpected places...maybe this will give you optimism when digging on an ancient road. Good luck.
Questions “where to go with a metal detector? how to choose a promising place to search? etc.,” probably belongs to the age-old category; throwing data is especially relevant for beginners. Experienced diggers know for sure: “prepare your maps in winter...”, so they begin the treasure hunting season fully armed.The main objects of research for most diggers are tracts on the site of ancient villages, former estates, taverns, inns, i.e. places directly related to the activities and residence of people. And this is correct, where people lived, there were lost or hidden things, the richer people were, the more of these things there were. But there are geographical points on the map where people were also not rare, but they did not live there, but simply, let’s say, actively used them. Some treasure hunters pay much less attention to such places when searching, considering them less promising, but in vain! What kind of places are these? Ancient roads, intersections on them, river crossings, fords, carriages, piers, in general, other places where a fairly serious “passenger flow” was established.
It makes no sense to tell everything at once; it will turn out to be complete confusion, so I will try to cover the topic of searching on ancient roads in this post. Searching for various objects on ancient roads is a rather promising direction, especially if you approach it competently.
Which roads to choose and how?
Naturally, you should choose roads based on age - the older, the more promising. Let's just say that searching on modern roads may make sense, but it is not significant; of all the finds that you come across, the most significant will be Soviet coins and a bunch of metal trash. Of course, when it becomes difficult to find places to search, you can “comb” them, but now we will try to choose something more interesting.
To do this, we will need old maps that are available for your region: Mende atlas, PGM, Schubert atlas, etc. There are maps, there is a metal detector - can we start searching? Not so fast! First, ancient maps must be compared with modern ones. For this, some use various computer programs and the method of overlaying one map on another, some transfer the necessary symbols manually, others perform GPS georeferencing of topographic material and actively use OziExplorer. The choice is yours, if you don’t know how to do one, or the other, or the third, you need to learn.
It can be worse if there is no old cartographic material for your region at all or it is extremely scarce. In this case, you will have to find out the location of roads in the area. This can be done using a number of indirect signs. We go to the place where the road is supposed to lie, look, and pay attention to the following signs:
- compacted soil;
- remains of a paved road;
- difference in vegetation. On old roads, trees do not grow for a long time; bushes may appear, but there are no trees;
- different surface relief, the road, as a rule, consists of two well-worn tracks;
- the surface of the old road stands out more during precipitation, rain or first snow;
- certain plants that tend to settle along the edges of roads.
When choosing a road to search for coins and other antiquities, you should not forget that finding it using an old map is not so difficult. Another thing is that many popular tracts of our ancestors are still actively used. Our grandfathers and fathers were not fools, and, accordingly, they laid roads rationally, trying to maintain the shortest distance from point A to point B, naturally, taking into account the terrain and other natural surprises. Quite often, modern builders, without further ado, lay asphalt directly on top of them, because they don’t care that someone is going to walk around with a metal detector.
What to look for and how to look for it?
Under the coil of a metal detector on an ancient road you can come across almost anything - from the above-mentioned “tips” to princely “scales”. It all depends on the age of the road, on the “passenger flow”. People walked along the roads, rode horses and carts, and always lost something, so our task is to find these “lost things.” Another road can compete with the disappeared village in terms of the number of finds.
Now a little more about the search procedure itself. It is worth “ringing” with a metal detector not only the road surface itself, but also the side of the road at a distance of about 10...20 meters. It would seem for what? The answer is obvious, now you can get from point A to point B in a matter of hours; before, it took much more time to cover such a distance. The travelers were tired, settled down for the night, but still tried not to stray too far from the road, these were wild, deaf times. Drunk Russians with balalaikas and bears roam everywhere. But the road is still a crowded place. Pay special attention to objects that stand out—an old tree, a large rock, or something similar. There is a high probability that some traveler could use this natural landmark for his own purposes to indicate the place where the treasure is hidden. Searches in these places must be carried out with special care.
In general, we can talk about treasures on the roads for a long time. Firstly, the road itself was a good landmark. Secondly, a wanderer who was ill or afraid of thieves in the night could hastily hide his accumulated wealth. Yes, a lot of reasons can be given. It is important to understand that it is not metal detectors who are looking for in the first place, but people who think or ponder, analyze information.
Another place on the road that deserves attention is the intersection. Not only does it in itself carry a certain sacred (cult) meaning, but it is also a good reference point. “Crossroads are considered fatal and unclean; Here spells and conspiracies are performed, suicides or found corpses are buried, and crosses and chapels are erected for protection. At the crossroads the devils are rolling eggs and playing piledriver. At the crossroads, the unclean is free in the human soul.”© Dahl. At crossroads there were usually roadside taverns and inns. Therefore, here too the metal detector should not know peace and rest.
Finally, I would like to mention that the soil on the roads is very dense, so be prepared to work with a shovel like an adult. And sometimes it’s nice to have a more serious tool like a pick or crowbar on hand.
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In search of missing villages.
In the 3rd issue of “Military Archeology” there was a typo - a paragraph was omitted from Sergei Frolov’s article “In Search of Missing Villages” from the “Milestones of History” section. To eliminate this error, we are publishing the full version of the article in the live journal.In search of missing villages
Among the many modern hobbies of man, treasure hunting rightfully occupies a special place. The ranks of adherents of this ancient and fascinating activity are constantly growing. Truly, the hopes of those who seek are immortal.
Metal detectors are the latest developments; only they can be trusted to detect desired objects. In pursuit of fashion, many antiquity seekers purchased new items that were not cheap. But they don’t know what exactly to do with them, how to use them most effectively. Some people cannot figure out the device, they lack the necessary experience, and most simply do not have time to study historical literature. And now the ultra-modern “toy” lies gathering dust on the shelf, bringing only disappointment instead of joy. What can you say to novice treasure hunters? How to revive their determination and cooling ardor? In reality, everything is not as difficult as it seems.
The easiest and surest way to touch history and find something interesting is to study missing villages, hamlets and villages, human settlements. Over the centuries-old history of our country, rare periods of life passed in relative calm, throughout the existence of the Russian state - constant civil strife, foreign invasions, popular uprisings. Villages, sometimes entire cities, disappeared from the face of the earth and were rebuilt. Many human settlements never rose from the ashes of history. Exploring such places will certainly bring positive results - the land still holds a lot of different secrets.
In the old days, such abandoned places were called wastelands, now they are called tracts.
In a broad sense, a tract is any part of the terrain, a section of terrain that is different from other sections of the surrounding area, for example, it could be a forest in the middle of a field, a swamp or something similar, as well as a section of terrain that is a natural boundary between something. (Wikipedia)
On any modern map of scale 1:100000 or 1:200000 you can see mysterious names with the letters “ur.” ahead. To more accurately determine the location of the disappeared village, you can use old maps, which are not difficult to acquire now, not like 10–15 years ago. Geographical atlases of Mende, Schubert, as well as maps of the General Survey will suit you. It would also be a good idea to visit the local history museum in the area where the research is planned. In the museum you can learn a lot of interesting and useful information - about the passage of trade routes, important geographical and historical objects, populated areas, places of concentration of any production and places of fairs and battles...
We compare the old map with the modern one and - full speed ahead. Rivers, streams, ravines and old roads are good guides for finding your way in the search for a missing village; they can be quite easy to find on the ground. In addition to the objects indicated on old maps, it is necessary, if possible, to examine the intersections of the largest roads, places of fords, bridges and crossings, as well as the area at the confluence of rivers and streams and near prominent heights and hills.
Lost villages can be roughly divided into two types - those that disappeared without a trace (literally leveled by machinery for crop land) and those that disappeared but left visible traces - mounds of foundations, pits from wells, ruins of buildings, wild fruit trees and shrubs. They were not leveled and were used for farmland except as pastures for livestock.
Most of the leveled villages are still being plowed, although recently in many places “the arable land has been overgrown with forest,” as during the period of the Polish devastation. In vast fields, it is not easy to find a plowed village; you will have to wander around. Signs of it will be fragments of bricks, crockery shards, and metal village rubbish. In our area, outside the black soil zone, the former village on the arable land is distinguished by the darkest color of the soil compared to the rest of the field. Signs of a once residential place can be trees standing alone in the middle of a field - linden, willow, oak. Or, for example, a linden alley in the forest, or a piece of terrain covered with poplars. In the fields, it is also necessary to remember about land reclamation, which was carried out everywhere during the Soviet period. It often happens that instead of a stream, you can find only a small dry hollow in a field, while according to the old map there was a dam and a water mill on the river.
In the areas of the oldest villages, very few fragments of brick are found - in those days it was rarely used to build foundations. But there are large quantities of earthenware ceramics. Based on the composition and appearance of these shards, a knowledgeable person can accurately determine their age, that is, the age of the village. Finding such a village can be considered a success; there will be almost no metal debris, such as foil, aluminum wire, plugs and cartridges. Most often, old settlements were located on the banks of streams and rivers, and sometimes “near wells”, along the most important trade routes. The ancients preferred sunny southern slopes of hills, protected from northern winds by heights or forests. Only later did people begin to build houses at the very peaks of heights, open to all winds.
The unleveled village consists of overgrown mounds of foundations surrounded by semi-wild fruit trees and bushes. As a rule, in the areas of former buildings, the thickets of nettles, fireweed or other grass are the densest, so for work in the summer it would be advisable to use a scythe or a gas mower. Typically, the foundation of a house is dug along the inner perimeter to a depth of homogeneous soil, especially in the corners. There, the owners sometimes, when building a house, placed mortgage coins so that there would be money in the house. Often in the corners you come across brass and copper folds and crosses that fell from the shelf during a fire or destruction of the house. As practice shows, the largest number of coins are found along the main, front wall of the house, where the windows were located. This place can be determined by a map and compass, or by fragments of glass found in the ground, or simply visually - the windows usually faced the sunny side.
The discarded soil and excavation site are periodically checked with a metal detector. The fact is that in many houses in the old days there simply was no wooden floor. Houses were sometimes built semi-earthen - a hole was dug, from which a frame was subsequently raised. The floor was earthen, trampled down or covered with straw, in which it was difficult to find a coin or, for example, a ring that had been accidentally dropped. Of particular interest are furnace pits, which are sometimes called brownie pits. Often, garbage was swept into these pits - shards of dishes, small animal bones, along with which lost coins and other interesting objects ended up there. When plowing, the contents of such a house are turned out to the surface by plows and dragged across the field from year to year.
In places where the oldest villages and settlements are plowed, it is advisable to use a search probe with a tip to find house holes. First, you need to notice a place, a certain patch of land, where you come across the most finds - coins, crosses and other items made of non-ferrous metals, as well as a lot of ceramics and the soil itself is quite humus, “livable”, that is, black in color. After this, you should examine this place with a probe. In areas of house holes, you will feel the characteristic dip of the probe, as well as the grinding of the tip on the ceramics. Over time, having dug several holes, you will easily learn to recognize the necessary objects, even if you have not previously had experience working with a search probe.
It is necessary to explore the missing village thoroughly and thoroughly, checking not only the places where the houses stood, but also the territory of vegetable gardens and outbuildings. Often, valuables were buried away from the house. Experienced treasure hunters do not use discrimination at all, working in the “all metals” mode. Firstly, the depth of object detection increases. And secondly, when choosing all the metal garbage, they practically do not miss even the smallest objects, for example, a “scale” - a Russian medieval coin. Every beginner should know that finding a coin next to a cast iron frying pan can be difficult even with a state-of-the-art metal detector.
It will be useful to work with a metal detector at other historical sites indicated on the maps. These include inns, brick and other industries, trading shops, piers, ruins of landowners' estates, manor parks, etc. The only thing that must be avoided is excavations on the territory of archaeological and historical monuments that are protected by the state. This is where you may get into trouble with the law.
And one last useful note: try to fill the holes after you work with a shovel. Firstly, you won’t attract competitors with your holes, and secondly, no agronomist or head of the village administration will attribute damage to agricultural land to you.
Now all that remains is to wait for the new field season and off we go. And so that this winter doesn’t seem so long and boring to you, use the time to study historical and local history literature, maps, and choose upcoming routes. After all, it was not us who proved that practice without theory is nothing, and vice versa.
Sergey Frolov
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Digging on old roads is one of the richest search places for finds and can bring results not only thanks to diligence, but also to the factors that were taken into account when choosing a place.
- It is necessary to determine the location of the ancient road. To do this, you need to overlay the map of your province on a modern one. This will allow you to approximately determine the location of the old road. Experienced seekers can find the ancient route by visual signs:
- due to different temperatures over the slightly compacted soil and other areas, the fog over the place where the road passed lies lower;
- the soil in the right place is slightly deepened;
- In the same places, grass grows, a little lower than in other places, the so-called murasha grass.
- After determining the location of the desired tract, there is a greater chance of finding something valuable if it was a road connecting neighboring provinces, or if there were churches, fairs, inns, taverns, or manorial estates along the way. They were rich in finding ways at the intersection of major roads, especially when there was an inn there. How could coins end up on the roads? In the old days, the poor traveled along the roads on foot, and the wealthier representatives rode on horseback or in a cart. Sometimes they lost money: individual coins or even entire wallets. There were cases when money was buried in fear that highway robbers would take away the wealth.
- When searching, you should not limit yourself only to the road and the nearest roadside. There are cases when, using a metal detector, valuables were discovered at a distance of 30-40 meters from the road - these are possible places for rest and overnight stays during the journey.
- Most of the roads are laid on top of old highways, the soil is trampled and compacted, and the most that can be found there are Soviet-era coins. Such coins are rarely better than the VF category, since passing vehicles and time have taken their toll: coins are often scratched, sometimes distorted by crawler tractors.
- There is a high probability of a successful cop if imported land was used in the construction of the road, for example, from an abandoned village. It may well contain coins from Tsarist times. Near the old road, special attention should be paid to such areas as approaches to bridges, where there was a river crossing, groups of trees near the road, hills, and descents to rivers.
- When searching, don’t limit yourself to the side of the road. The research radius can be expanded to several kilometers. This is due to the fact that some roads changed their direction, especially where ravines or ditches appeared over time.
What can you find on the old road?
More often there are not very successful finds: elements of harness, nails, buttons. You're lucky if you find coins ranging from Peter's nickels to Soviet change. On the side of the road you can find silver and gold coins (the dream of any treasure hunter), crosses, rings, chains, and copper coins of various denominations. As a rule, they are in better condition than items found directly on the road.
Treasure hunting is developing at a tremendous pace, and all possible search locations are being explored. How to find that very rare coin, the search for which is spent money, time and passion? There is only one piece of advice: become a frequent visitor to archives and libraries; ancient maps and stories from guards will help you find that treasured old road.
Any abandoned or simply old road is another great place to look for ancient artifacts and coins. No wonder the popular proverb says: “The road is rich in riders, but lunch is in pies.” And the more riders in ancient times drove along the road and along it, the more finds a search on it promises you. But let's take it in order.
Which roads to dig on?
And the first question that usually arises among beginners is how to choose and find the road that interests us? There are usually no problems with the first part of this question. Since it is better to search with a metal detector on old roads, our task is to detect one. To do this, just take two cards - one old (the older and more detailed, the better!) and one modern and compare them. You can do this using computer programs, you can do it manually, but the whole task boils down to ensuring that the roads marked on (ideally, if they are large roads!) are transferred to a modern map. I think it’s clear what to do next? It is necessary to go to the area, using a modern map, look for the place where the road passed 100-200 years ago, and collect the harvest in the form of coins using a metal detector. I warn you right away that on the old roads marked on your map, a forest could have grown long ago, or there could have been a plowed field, or something else. Therefore, among other things, it’s good to know and be able to apply the basic signs of old forgotten roads on the ground:
- We pay attention to the vegetation, we try to find those plants that like to grow along the roadside: cinquefoil, knotweed, nettle, etc. On old roads the vegetation is sparse and lower.;
- under certain lighting conditions, in particular, in the early morning with oblique sunlight, abandoned roads are better visible on the soil surface. This happens due to the fact that, despite everything, the ruts that were once located on the road take a very long time to be overgrown, and there is still at least a minimal difference in the soil topography in the area where they pass. It’s just that under standard lighting we cannot notice this difference with the naked eye;
- in places where abandoned roads pass, the fog spreads lower to the ground, which is explained by temperature differences due to differences in soil density.
Let's once again focus on the point of how you can find roads to search. Let's assume that you don't have the opportunity to download old maps, what should you do in this situation? Here are also options:
- you can simply go at random into fields and forests, visually find ordinary primers and walk along them. Believe me, at least “advice” () will definitely be among the finds, and then depending on your luck;
- you can use modern detailed maps. Also look for primers that have a specific designation of their own; it is advisable that they connect two populated areas and check;
- use satellite map services (Yandex.Maps, Google Maps, etc.).
Where and what to look for on the roads
Searching on old roads is carried out in a standard way, just as you do it in the field and on the tract. It’s just that the area that you have to explore is not so wide, but at the same time elongated.
When searching for ancient coins on abandoned and forest roads, examine not only the road surface, but also the side of the road. Why is this so? Horseback riders, carts, and foot travelers moved along the roads. In most cases, pedestrians were pressed to the edge (to the side of the road), because it was necessary to periodically let horsemen through.
The following deserve special attention:
- large clearings. In the clearings, travelers could stop to rest if the road was long, there could be a roadside tavern or something similar;
- bridges. In the old days, bridges over rivers, streams and ditches were made of wood, often rotted, carts could fall through, and coins could fall out of travelers’ pockets. Other similar situations can be imagined;
- intersections. At all times, the intersection was considered not just the intersection of one road with another, but was a cult place. That is why searches at intersections should be carried out especially carefully. Where else if not here did the superstitious village women perform their magical rites and fortune-telling ceremonies? Did local witches and sorcerers organize their own rituals? And the intersection of roads in itself is a very successful and profitable place for an inn, postal station and tavern;
- fords. Here the situation is approximately the same as with the bridge, but it is also worth considering that when crossing the ford, coins and other things could be lost when descending into the river and ascending from it.
Separately, I would like to say about the search for ancient treasures on abandoned roads. It would seem, where do they come from here? But criminals have existed at all times. In the old days, there were also robbers and thieves; they were the ones who could loot treasures - coins and jewelry. But the search for robber treasures is more like a series of Indiana Jones adventures, but the search for small caches or random treasures is more than likely and possible. Imagine that you are a rich merchant and you are traveling with a convoy from one settlement to another and you are attacked by forest robbers, what will you do first? Most will say hide the money. Where? In the ground, under the roots of noticeable trees, in a hollow, under a stone... here you have such a random treasure. Of course, it’s not easy to find them, but it’s possible.
One day, an acquaintance told me a rule for searching on ancient roads in the forest, which is called the “rule of great need.” Those. again, imagine the situation, a man is riding on a cart, and suddenly he has the urge to go to the toilet due to great need, what is he doing. He stops the cart and moves away from the road into the bushes, but at the same time he does not move 500 meters from the road, but “sits down” where he is not particularly visible from the road, but he can keep an eye on his goods without problems. It is at this distance from the road that the search boundary lies, i.e. moving further, you can count on coins and things that were once lost by mushroom pickers and hunters.
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Good luck to all visitors to this blog! Now I would like to tell you about searching on old roads. After all, in places where people once were, you can always find something. And the road is precisely the place of relative concentration of people. And if there were a lot of them, it means they lost their coins and jewelry there.
The most delicious roads in terms of traffic density and, accordingly, the most promising in terms of finds are the old roads. Once upon a time, before the construction of the railway, these were large highways along which people of different incomes traveled and walked at all times of the year. The largest road in Russia is the Old Ekaterininsky Tract or the Siberian Tract. It was also called Kolodny Trakt by another name. Much of this once busy road is now abandoned and unused. In the dust of this old road, many different coins still lie today. The assortment is wide. From the scales to the finish :) On such old tracts there are still 2 birches partially planted by order of Catherine, later called Catherine’s. Now they are big ugly rotten trees, and in some places there are just big stumps. Such landmarks also give away the location of the old road. And of course, villages have stood along the main roads since ancient times.
The roads between villages are also quite interesting places. But unlike the tracts, which more or less had the same location, the inter-village ones moved from time to time. for example, when there is a muddy road or when going around emerging bumps or puddles of mud. You can also make some good coins there.
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There are also roads to the mills. Somebody often went there and lost his property. The miller himself could have gone with the money, for example to the market, and lost the coins from his wallet.
We also carefully call all bridges, crossings, ascents and descents. After all, any shaking could lead to coins spilling out of your pockets!
Also, along the sides of the roads, a traveler could sit down behind a bush to relieve himself, and of course, performing a natural process, shake out his coins on the ground and leave, forgetting about them.
If the road was heavily used during Soviet times, then be prepared for a huge amount of metal waste! Wire, spare parts for equipment, iron and much more. Also, the roads could have been filled up and, therefore, all finds are buried under a layer of backfill and the metal detector can no longer sense them. This is exactly the problem I encountered while digging on the old highway. They covered it with sand, but there was nothing in it except aluminum. If you drove along the road for a long time, then bent coins will certainly pop out. I saw people raising imperial and Soviet copper nickels, bent almost in half!
Searching on the roads is also interesting. At any moment you can stumble upon an ancient building that has disappeared. For example, to the old postal station. Or an inn that was not marked on the maps. But at the same time, to dig on the roads, you need to have the patience of a locomotive due to the large amount of garbage.
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