It has really been an unreal year. Actually two years. I suppose it has to do with the amount of time detecting. If you don't go out, you won't find anything. Anyway, Darryl and I went back to our farm in PA. The farmer was just in there, so this was the last dig of the year. Darryl got tied up in traffic, so I decided to check out a couple woodslines and hedgerows. Please check out Darryl's video from yesterday. Anyway, he was in traffic and I wasn't moving too quickly, so I just messed around to see if there were any targets worth digging. I went back over to the side of the field he found his silver cache on, and after a few minutes found a Donald Trump HHHUUGGGEEEE signal on the edge of the woods. To dig or not to dig, that is the question? Thought it was probably another big aluminum blob, there is a lot of melted aluminum on the farm, but decided to wait for Darryl.
The woods are now off limits due to copperheads and possible timber rattlers. Nasty creatures I don't want to meet. Anyway, he got there and we decided to do more videotaping (actually, nobody uses tape anymore), and I have this new cool camera so.....
He found 6 more silvers in the field we found what I'm going to be calling the first "cache" field. Got a bunch of trash also. We generally ignore the iron and aluminum foil signals with our detectors and don't dig them.
After that we went to other side of the field where we found most of our Civil War stuff. We think it was a picket post. There was a large body of Union troops about 5 miles away, but 5 miles is an eternity.
There were we think 3 houses and a barn on the property at one time. There is so much trash in one area, you can't even get a machine to ground balance.
Anyway......
Anyway......
Anyway......
(Takes deep breath.) We finally got over to the hhhuuuggggeee signal I had located but not dug. Last hhhuuuggggeee signal I dug I thought was aluminum was a Revolutionary War belt plate. Now it had rained recently, it was damp underneath but dusty on top the ground. Place is windswept beyond redemption. When my buddy Ed and I were there, we were almost blown over by the wind back in January.
I guess you should just watch the video, ''cause I'm still not believing this happened. Apologies for the sound, my main video processing program crashed. As soon as we got these out I realized my gold ring was missing so I had what most people would call a "fit". I thought it had come off when I kept putting the gloves on and off. That little incident totally distracted me from detecting! We went looking with our machines for the ring but didn't find it! Phooey! So it was almost dark, I got home and found the little beastie on the counter top. Note to self: do NOT bury valuables outside, it will get lost and try to REMEMBER where you put stuff! Enjoy. View attachment IMG_0289.jpg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3SZp5KeXYi0&feature=youtu.be
The woods are now off limits due to copperheads and possible timber rattlers. Nasty creatures I don't want to meet. Anyway, he got there and we decided to do more videotaping (actually, nobody uses tape anymore), and I have this new cool camera so.....
He found 6 more silvers in the field we found what I'm going to be calling the first "cache" field. Got a bunch of trash also. We generally ignore the iron and aluminum foil signals with our detectors and don't dig them.
After that we went to other side of the field where we found most of our Civil War stuff. We think it was a picket post. There was a large body of Union troops about 5 miles away, but 5 miles is an eternity.
There were we think 3 houses and a barn on the property at one time. There is so much trash in one area, you can't even get a machine to ground balance.
Anyway......
Anyway......
Anyway......
(Takes deep breath.) We finally got over to the hhhuuuggggeee signal I had located but not dug. Last hhhuuuggggeee signal I dug I thought was aluminum was a Revolutionary War belt plate. Now it had rained recently, it was damp underneath but dusty on top the ground. Place is windswept beyond redemption. When my buddy Ed and I were there, we were almost blown over by the wind back in January.
I guess you should just watch the video, ''cause I'm still not believing this happened. Apologies for the sound, my main video processing program crashed. As soon as we got these out I realized my gold ring was missing so I had what most people would call a "fit". I thought it had come off when I kept putting the gloves on and off. That little incident totally distracted me from detecting! We went looking with our machines for the ring but didn't find it! Phooey! So it was almost dark, I got home and found the little beastie on the counter top. Note to self: do NOT bury valuables outside, it will get lost and try to REMEMBER where you put stuff! Enjoy. View attachment IMG_0289.jpg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3SZp5KeXYi0&feature=youtu.be
