Bill D. (VA)
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I've finally been forced to wrap things up for the season with pretty much all my sites now being unavailable due to the fields being planted. I had another very good year although the quantity of finds was down a bit from the previous season due mostly to the horrible winter weather that kept me inside a lot more than I wanted. And my good friend and hunting partner Dan had a lot of work conflicts which kept our weekend hunts to half days in many cases. But on the plus side was the fact that I had an extremely high percentage of getting permission at the sites I had researched. Out of 20-25 sites I was only turned down at two, and one of those we eventually got in through the "back door". Dan also did an outstanding job of getting into some prime spots. Colonial silver was still #1 on my most wanted list, and although the year started out very slow I finished with a flurry and ended up with a total of 17. I also recovered an unusually high number of coppers which are harder to find around here for some reason. My pit digging time was down considerably from the year before as well, and as a result I was only able to recover one black glass bottle seal. I was also able to get into some "newer" stuff in the last 2-3 weeks, and had a ball digging some cool military items. All-in-all it was fun year, and I thoroughly enjoyed hunting with Dan as well as my other buddies Stan and Joey (and you too Evan!).
I just pulled out all of my finds for the season and laid them out on the floor as I usually do for a photo session. Somehow I forgot to include the 6 lb cannonball I dug, but its too late for that now - sorry. I took one pic showing everything, and snapped several others of finds from a few selected sites. You may need to enlarge the thumbnail views to see the details better. Each box represents a different site except where it took more than one box for an individual site. Soon I'll be pulling the best finds from these boxes, and they'll make their way into a nice wooden display case as has become my annual tradition. I'll post that at a later time along with some group shots of the better coins, buckles, and buttons that came out of the ground this season. Once that's done I'll be spending the rest of the summer working on a few more magazine articles, and hitting the books again to do the very important job of research which makes it possible to get onto promising sites. And maybe do a little water and beach hunting too. I really appreciate the support here on the forum where I've made many new friends, and hope to continue those relationships going into the summer doldrums. HH to all ..... Bill D.
I almost forgot. The link below will take you to a short youtube video where I give a brief overview of some of my finds from the 2013-14 season. I'm not the best narrator, so hopefully it won't bore you to sleep.
I just pulled out all of my finds for the season and laid them out on the floor as I usually do for a photo session. Somehow I forgot to include the 6 lb cannonball I dug, but its too late for that now - sorry. I took one pic showing everything, and snapped several others of finds from a few selected sites. You may need to enlarge the thumbnail views to see the details better. Each box represents a different site except where it took more than one box for an individual site. Soon I'll be pulling the best finds from these boxes, and they'll make their way into a nice wooden display case as has become my annual tradition. I'll post that at a later time along with some group shots of the better coins, buckles, and buttons that came out of the ground this season. Once that's done I'll be spending the rest of the summer working on a few more magazine articles, and hitting the books again to do the very important job of research which makes it possible to get onto promising sites. And maybe do a little water and beach hunting too. I really appreciate the support here on the forum where I've made many new friends, and hope to continue those relationships going into the summer doldrums. HH to all ..... Bill D.
I almost forgot. The link below will take you to a short youtube video where I give a brief overview of some of my finds from the 2013-14 season. I'm not the best narrator, so hopefully it won't bore you to sleep.
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