Bill D. (VA)
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First field hunt of the new season
After a long and boring summer I finally had an opportunity to hook up with my good buddy Dan yesterday afternoon for a short hunt. I had made a scouting trip a few days earlier and noticed a couple of our old sites where the crops had finally been harvested. Both of these places have been pounded, but we were just chomping at the bit to get out somewhere. And boy did it feel good to be out in the fields swinging again in spite of a damp and dreary weather. The first site was a harvested peanut field which is our favorite due to the stubble-free bare dirt which allows for smooth swinging and easy eyeballing. For those of you up north that may not be familiar with peanuts I'm including a pic below showing how they look after being dug up and left to dry. Another pic shows the field after the harvest has been taken in. Pretty awesome sites to hunt. Anyway, our finds for the day weren't plentiful as expected, but both of us managed to pull out a few items. Dan made the best find of the day with a nice coin, and my favorite recovery was an intricate 18th century open-work button. I also dug a few buttons and a couple other odds and ends, but overall the results weren't too impressive. But our seasons usually start out on the slow side as we wait on fields to open up, and many of our new ones are still planted in cotton and beans so it'll still be a while. At least things are looking up, and we can't wait to see what surprises are waiting to be unearthed this season.
After a long and boring summer I finally had an opportunity to hook up with my good buddy Dan yesterday afternoon for a short hunt. I had made a scouting trip a few days earlier and noticed a couple of our old sites where the crops had finally been harvested. Both of these places have been pounded, but we were just chomping at the bit to get out somewhere. And boy did it feel good to be out in the fields swinging again in spite of a damp and dreary weather. The first site was a harvested peanut field which is our favorite due to the stubble-free bare dirt which allows for smooth swinging and easy eyeballing. For those of you up north that may not be familiar with peanuts I'm including a pic below showing how they look after being dug up and left to dry. Another pic shows the field after the harvest has been taken in. Pretty awesome sites to hunt. Anyway, our finds for the day weren't plentiful as expected, but both of us managed to pull out a few items. Dan made the best find of the day with a nice coin, and my favorite recovery was an intricate 18th century open-work button. I also dug a few buttons and a couple other odds and ends, but overall the results weren't too impressive. But our seasons usually start out on the slow side as we wait on fields to open up, and many of our new ones are still planted in cotton and beans so it'll still be a while. At least things are looking up, and we can't wait to see what surprises are waiting to be unearthed this season.
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