Bill D. (VA)
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My good friend Joey made a last minute decision to play hookie yesterday, and we decided to make another road trip to the county where I recovered the Lord Baltimore sixpence 3-4 weeks ago. Unfortunately that site is now off limits due to the recent planting of winter wheat, but we hit a couple alternative spots. The first was a very early and promising site that we got permission for earlier in the month, but have been waiting on the soybeans to get cut. Some of them had indeed been removed, but not in the area we were hoping for. We found almost nothing in that spot except for a random Va halfpenny that was a big surprise. We then ventured into a huge adjacent cornfield and wandered around looking for a hotspot, especially on some of the higher ground. Joey ran into a large area of very heavy iron, but it appeared to be a turn-of-the-century house site. I found a small knoll that produced a couple finds that included a huge 2-piece gilted flower button that I thought was going to be something much better. I also recovered a smashed silver thimble. At that point we left for another of our old spots, and decided to first make a trip down to the water's edge at low tide to look for colonial bottles and relics. But the water was much higher than anticipated. And it was nearly impossible to get to the shoreline as we had to forge our way through a mucky 200 ft wide strip of very thick marsh reeds with shovels and detectors in hand. Although we didn't find anything except for a late 1700s mallet bottle base and a few large pieces of stoneware, we did locate what could have been the old wharf based on the deteriorated pilings and a few out-of-place rocks that could be early ballast stones. We definitely need to go back and check that out later when the tide is way out. At that point we hit the fields for the last couple of hours with little to show for our efforts since the place has been pounded. I was able to dig a few buttons, including a CW era eagle I, plus what might be a swivel from an 1800s folding ruler. It even had some of the original wood still in place. So in spite of not having a killer day, I at least came home with a colonial coin, and definitely enjoyed getting out on a nice day and digging with Joey again. Looking forward to doing it again soon.
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You two were very busy & the results paid off! 
