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Dirt Fishing
Hard Times indeed
Jeff and did a few hours of coil swinging yesterday and came up with... nothing. Except some clad.
We left, and Jeff suggested that we finish off our outing with a quick swing - choice of public land or his private spot - I left the choice up to him, so off to the private area we go. We worked through the small strip of woods towards the nicely cut fields, all the while pulling beautiful 12 and 16 gauge hulls. Jeff made it to the field first, while I bushwhacked a little more. As I was about to enter the field, I noticed the path into the woods. Being nicely cleared, I decided that I had to swing the coil over some of it before I went to the field. 20 feet into the trail I had a great signal. I popped a plug and determined that the signal was in the plug - maybe at an inch-and-a half depth. "OK, so another clad quarter", I thought. I popped it out and decided that a largie is always a good find... until I wiped some of the dirt and saw a building on it. Hmmmm. Excitement got the best of me, so I calmly (!) yelled to Jeff.
Upon inspection (with a younger, better set of eyes), he proclaimed it a hard times token. Cool! You guys know how much I love tokens - I was indeed excited! After Jeff congratulated me, we did spend a bit more time detecting, without much luck. Though I did keep looking over my shoulder, as the backside of Jeff's shovel against my head can be painful.
Dave
Charter Member
What a day!
Thursday, 25 March 2010 04:35 | Author: Homerun04 |
Sometimes the metal detecting gods are watching, and they reward people for good deeds. You see, I had to take the entire morning off last Saturday from metal detecting to babysit, which of course was wonderful as I got to spend time with my daughter. Nonetheless, I was itching to get back to a new site I had recently discovered. So on this day, I would have to start hunting at 2:00 p.m. and probably only get in a few hours before the dark would settle in.
There really are no words to describe the satisfaction one feels when a long winter’s research pays off exactly as one was dreaming about all those cold, long winter evenings. I had the good fortune to feel that way on this memorable early spring hunt. You see, I had employed my entire internet and Google Earth skills to come across a section of an old town that I felt might have been inhabited quite a long time ago. In fact, my research showed this section was part of the original settlement in this town, but it was abandoned sometime in the early 1800’s. That put the timeframe it was inhabited In fairness, this was the fourth time in the last month that I had hunted this location. My first hunt yielded a nice 1899 Indian Head penny and a beautiful 1748 King George II Hibernia half penny. The second time netted me a beautiful 1826 Matron Head Large Cent. Hunt #3 was an 1833 Robinson’s Jones Hard Times token. So I knew these woods were productive. On this hunt, I headed to a location that was three or four old fields beyond an old cellar hole I had found. Thus far, I have found two cellar holes in these woods, which is not much of a feat as they are both right off the main path. My research indicates there are at least three other cellar holes waiting for me to find. These woods are loaded with nice stone walls that crisscross throughout. The section I hunted on this day was clearly an Last Updated (Thursday, 25 March 2010 04:44) |
George Washington Button
Thursday, 19 November 2009 17:35 | Author: Jeff Ring |
Directions: How to find a George Washington Button
Disappointed I decided to change tactics and look else where at the site. I started following a stone wall that would have been used to keep live stock out of the yard. After a couple minutes I came upon a nice signal. At approximately 6 inched deep I uncovered (what I presumed to be) a large frock button. I wasn’t overly joyed by this as I have many of them. But, I have never met a frock button I didn’t like.
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