Old Dude
Gold Member
- Feb 20, 2013
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- Detector(s) used
- Fisher F75, Garrett ATPro, Garrett GTAx 500
- Primary Interest:
- Metal Detecting
This is about those sites that cause you to lose sleep thinking about the goodies that you just KNOW lie hidden there. The day comes and you end up with a disappointing amount of finds.
This huge old tree causes me to imagine all the tired, hot people that surely have sat in it's shade over the many decades it has been around. It stands beside a long abandoned road that used to be the main route of the area. The road was rerouted when a new bridge was built over the nearby creek, but still used by the people who had the farm the tree is on. The farm buildings have been gone many years now and the land is owned by a power company that leases the fields to a local farmer. Although the surrounding fields and creek have given up some good finds to me, the old tree has been stubborn. A few crushed beer cans are all I have managed under it. The feeling is so strong though, I can't resist giving it a few swings every time I go there.
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This huge old tree causes me to imagine all the tired, hot people that surely have sat in it's shade over the many decades it has been around. It stands beside a long abandoned road that used to be the main route of the area. The road was rerouted when a new bridge was built over the nearby creek, but still used by the people who had the farm the tree is on. The farm buildings have been gone many years now and the land is owned by a power company that leases the fields to a local farmer. Although the surrounding fields and creek have given up some good finds to me, the old tree has been stubborn. A few crushed beer cans are all I have managed under it. The feeling is so strong though, I can't resist giving it a few swings every time I go there.
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At least you branched out and gave it a shot. O.K., enough of the corny jokes. 
I had a similar situation at a plantation house I have been detecting for years. It had many huge old oak trees in the front yard. I found relics for years in the woods, the fields, the yard, and even the gravel driveway. All the old oak trees had coins and relics under them, except the biggest one in the yard where I thought I would find a bonanza of relics. I found nothing under that one tree. Very weird. 
Good luck at the next tree. 
-Doug-
