40 minute hunt with Mirage, Nate, Zoso and Growly!!...froze my a$$ off

[Danimal]

My son Spencer was asked to catch this morning for a pitching clinic at an indoor baseball facility where he works out 2X/week. So, while he got all deer-eyed (he's 12, catching 14-15 yr olds) I met with the others in our band of merrymen and hunted a bit in an athletic field where some great finds have turned up this past year. The other three had been there almost an hour by the time I arrived with my dog Growly, so they were already wet and cold. Most of the plugs I dug filled with ice cold water before you could retrieve the target. I wussied out after only 40 min, but ended up with a couple wheats, two clad qwatters in one hole, and at about 8" I dug a small eagle button...looks like Navy, clutching the anchor with cannonballs. Dunno the age, but it appears quite old.
Here's the 4 of us chattering away (I must admit that Dave (Zoso) never complained)

Here's a wheatie still encased in muck and then freed!


Here's the total small pile!

And a closeup of the old eagle button

HH all!!

 

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[Snee]

Very nice! I like the pictures of where it's still in the dirt and then uncovered, it's more fun!

 

[DigMO]

Boy I bet you froze your butt off.That looks cold!Glad you got to hunt a little anyway.Nice button.

 

[relikhunter]

Isn't winter great??really nice finds though !!

 

[ZoSo71]

It was a nice quick hunt.. Kinda cold...My fingers got a little cold. But a quick change of gloves and I was ready to go.. I ended up with a bunch of clad and a crusty Wheat. If anyone is missing the "R" in Ford on there car or truck lemme know..I found a nice one.

Take care
ZoSo71

 

[River Rat]

Brrr... I can almost see y'alls teeth chattering.

My fingers are numb just looking at the pics of the coin in the mud.

Anyway, great finds...love that Eagle button.

RR

 

[Green1]

cool button,, facing left....hmmmmm..

 

[goldencoin]

Very nice!

HH
-GC

 

[james 101]

WOW very nice

 

[Danimal]

cool button,, facing left....hmmmmm..

Found it!...Federal 14.5mm navy button...from 1840s
http://www.saylerscreekrelics.com/fedbuttn.htm

 

[Postalrevnant]

Awesome having a great group of buds to do some detecting with. Yep once the holes were filling up with cold water it would be time to leave for sure.

Still looks like a few goodies in the short hunt. Good call on leaving, the finds will still be there.

Congratulations on having lots of good friends to hunt with,

Postalrevnant

 

[renegade_7]

Wow nice button. Worth the dig.

 

[Don11971]

Danimal,
You shore Know how to work that ace. that button is worth a little frost bite.
HH, Don

 

[Gypsy Heart]

You guys look like popcycles....Glad you had fun and found some stuff tho.....hot cocoa and Baileys for all!

 

[Don11971]

Danimal,
What do you see in the top pic beside some cold hard core md'ers? looks like a start of md'ing club too me.
HH, Don

 

[Mirage]

As you can see from the picture I was the only smart one with a wool hat. Dan was lecturing my son on how important it was to keep your head and feet warm or else you loose circulation. Don't think the lecture helped as he went out today without a hat.

I ended up with 6 wheat pennies. I did find one older (1918) wheat penny at the Park. It was around where we found those IH's. Also an old lamp part down about 10-11'" in the field at the park.

Bob

 

[Danimal]

As you can see from the picture I was the only smart one with a wool hat. Dan was lecturing my son on how important it was to keep your head and feet warm or else you loose circulation. Don't think the lecture helped as he went out today without a hat.

I ended up with 6 wheat pennies. I did find one older (1918) wheat penny at the Park. It was around where we found those IH's. Also an old lamp part down about 10-11'" in the field at the park.

Bob

LOL Bob...kids will be kids, even at Nate's age...heck...MORESO at Nate's age they have to sometimes make that discovery for themselves.
As a public service I will state here what I was lecturing Nate about:
As the body loses heat in cold weather, it will do whatever it has to to keep it's core (the chest where the heart is located) warm. The first thing the body does is reduce circulations to the extremities (hands and feet). The key here is that over 80" of body heat lost is through the neck and head. While all the critical warmth is leaving your body, your head isn't what feels cold (because so much heat is flowing out around it).
So...wanna keep your hands and feet warmer?...bundle up your dome.

 

[romeo-1]

If I could find buttons like that I would not mind the cold!

 

[Blackjack77]

Come-on guys-- at Nate's age its not "cool" to wear a hat.
Gotta look tough for the Ladies--LOL. Glad I'm old,Very
married- -cause now I sure stay alot warmer-
Looks like it was an enjoyable hunt
congrats & HH

 

[jonhls]

Yep was very cold in ohio yesterday,I made it out for about 2 hours.House was built in late 1800's thought it was going to be great.Talked to owner when i arrived and discovered the whole place was resodded about 6 years ago.Still found the clad but even the deep signals were newer.did find one wheat a 53 d.Got so cold i olny dug the deep signals,told owner i would come back another day.Weather says 40 this sunday so im loking for a place to hunt<might have another older house to hunt in town,lady said was ok but checking with hubby,im thinkin shes the boss of the house so i should be good to go lol..hh jon