Hello All,
The harvest here in Southern Louisiana is finally upon us, which is great news! Some of the fields will be replanted with cane, and some will be razed and left until next year. It's just a roll of the dice as to which field gets which treatment, so we are hoping that some of our good potential new site fields are razed instead of planted. Then we get to play all winter long.
For those that have never seen cane get harvested, it is a pretty amazing thing to witness, from the harvester stage, through the crane and loading stage (see below), all the way down to the lighting of the fire lines and burning of the fields.
Well, we were still stuck at our straggler field last hunt, and the finds have been diminishing since we have finished the grid and only nabbing deep signals and an occasional missed find, as well as things that have washed out fresh after the hard rains. I was out for a few hours with Shanegalang over the weekend, and we dug a few nice items. Nothing Civil War, unfortunately, but I was pleased with another brass rowel and spur piece, some clay marbles, and a 1932 Louisiana Chauffeur's Badge. The cracker jack token I thought was a silver quarter when I first saw it.
It has--of all people--Andrew Jackson on it. "The Hero of New Orleans." Nice to find that here in Louisiana, although I wish it'd been a silver quarter. 
Here's a close up of the rowel and Chauffeur's Badge. I also got a rolled wheat cent with the Lord's Prayer on it. Interesting change from the Catholic medallions that seem to be everywhere here.
The two clay marbles makes over 100 that diggergirl and I have found in that field alone this summer. I'm sure Shane has picked up over 50 by himself. So strange, but interesting! Wish I knew how they got there!
The greatest sight on the way home was seeing the sugar cane fields being burned off at night. This is an incredible sight, and an incredible sound. I stopped to make a short video. The only thing I couldn't capture to share with you was the smell, which was like burning fall leaves. (We don't have fall down here in Southern Louisiana, but y'all up north will understand. Being from Virginia, it's a smell that I love, right along with pumpkin pies and apple butter.)
When I got home, DiggerGirl and I made a dinner of Shrimp Stuffed Mirletons. There's a good Southern Louisiana dish.
It's the beginning of open Hunting Season down here...Relic Hunting that is. Y'all get ready for some good posts once we locate the next site.
Best Wishes,
The CaneField Bandits
The harvest here in Southern Louisiana is finally upon us, which is great news! Some of the fields will be replanted with cane, and some will be razed and left until next year. It's just a roll of the dice as to which field gets which treatment, so we are hoping that some of our good potential new site fields are razed instead of planted. Then we get to play all winter long.
For those that have never seen cane get harvested, it is a pretty amazing thing to witness, from the harvester stage, through the crane and loading stage (see below), all the way down to the lighting of the fire lines and burning of the fields.
Well, we were still stuck at our straggler field last hunt, and the finds have been diminishing since we have finished the grid and only nabbing deep signals and an occasional missed find, as well as things that have washed out fresh after the hard rains. I was out for a few hours with Shanegalang over the weekend, and we dug a few nice items. Nothing Civil War, unfortunately, but I was pleased with another brass rowel and spur piece, some clay marbles, and a 1932 Louisiana Chauffeur's Badge. The cracker jack token I thought was a silver quarter when I first saw it.
It has--of all people--Andrew Jackson on it. "The Hero of New Orleans." Nice to find that here in Louisiana, although I wish it'd been a silver quarter.
Here's a close up of the rowel and Chauffeur's Badge. I also got a rolled wheat cent with the Lord's Prayer on it. Interesting change from the Catholic medallions that seem to be everywhere here.
The two clay marbles makes over 100 that diggergirl and I have found in that field alone this summer. I'm sure Shane has picked up over 50 by himself. So strange, but interesting! Wish I knew how they got there!
The greatest sight on the way home was seeing the sugar cane fields being burned off at night. This is an incredible sight, and an incredible sound. I stopped to make a short video. The only thing I couldn't capture to share with you was the smell, which was like burning fall leaves. (We don't have fall down here in Southern Louisiana, but y'all up north will understand. Being from Virginia, it's a smell that I love, right along with pumpkin pies and apple butter.)
When I got home, DiggerGirl and I made a dinner of Shrimp Stuffed Mirletons. There's a good Southern Louisiana dish.
It's the beginning of open Hunting Season down here...Relic Hunting that is. Y'all get ready for some good posts once we locate the next site.
Best Wishes,
The CaneField Bandits
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Good to see you out and finding, look forward to your posts.
