Metal Detecting for Jewelry at Sports Fields

The bling is where you find it, but doesn't hurt to look in places where people are active.  If you've played soccer then you know it really is a contact sport plenty of sweating, falling, pushing and holding. Just add in adults who wear jewelry and you've got a mini treasure trove.

There are several large public soccer fields within 5 miles of my home and I try to metal detect at one of them every Monday or Tuesday after the weekend games.


Here are a few keys to successfully finding jewelry at soccer fields:

- Find fields where adult leagues play
- Focus detecting on high contact areas
- Use a discrimination pattern that eliminates ferrous items
- Dig all the pull tab signals (gold rings)
- Dig all the copper penny / dime signals (silver rings or pendants)
- If you have time detect spectator areas and gear/clothes pile areas
- Be patient, I find jewelry at a rate of 1 per every 300 targets
- Games are on Saturdays and Sundays, so detect on Mondays or Tuesdays 

Soccer games are usually a very social activity and expect there to be a lot of trash on the side lines. Fortunately the field of play has less trash in most locations.  The areal map below shows where I have found jewelry with a detector in the last year; these locations coincide with high contact areas.

In general stay patient and learn how your detector identifies gold rings, silver rings, pendants, and bracelets. I used this X-Terra 705 VDI table for general reference. Look for relatively stable signals with sharp returns versus garbled target signals. When you pinpoint you should get a small localized signal.

Here's a sample of the Jewelry I found in the last 6 months or so metal detecting at soccer fields.
Have fun and happy hunting.

Category: Gold Detecting, Jewelry Metal Detecting, Metal Detecting Trip Report, Soccer Field Detecting