5 hours of hard labor yields...just look at the picture!

[halfdime]

I spent 2.5 hours each of the last two mornings clearing stinging nettles away from the site of a long defunct cottage at the silver farm. The cottage next door, still standing and active, has given up lots of old wheats, a Barber quarter, Mercs and other old silver, so I assumed this would be a good investment while waiting until leases expire on Sunday. As I cleared a small area, I went over it with the detector; the results, so far, have been very distressing: a 1969D Memorial penny. There is still lots of area to be cleared, and I may not have found the play area, but I really expected to have found something significant by now. The mosquitos are terrible, and the nettles leave a tingling sensation on any bare skin that comes in contact with the plant; if you've ever had your hands in paint thinner for any length of time, it feels very similar. I just have to persist, though it will be lots easier once things cool down and the mosquitos go to their place of eternal torment. Weather permitting, I'll be back out tomorrow, hoping that my search will yield something. I did find a pair of Brass Rail Cafe coffee mugs and some Mayer China (an out of business company of local prominence). So, pictured below, are the best finds of the last two days .

 

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[Green1]

you'll get em next time...

 

[Prober]

Hope you find the SWEET spot there. Keep clearing it out & looking. I didn't see any picture.

 

[halfdime]

Hope you find the SWEET spot there. Keep clearing it out & looking. I didn't see any picture.

And I didn't see anything to picture!

 

[Colonial KirkPA]

You for-got to picture the picture, man.

Your buddy,

Kirk

 

[Ridley]

Hope you find the SWEET spot there. Keep clearing it out & looking. I didn't see any picture.

And I didn't see anything to picture!

halfdime,
I appreciate you posting this. It's important for all the members (especially new ones) to see that even the most successful detectorists, sometimes come up short with finds.

Now of course you need to go back out there and get 'er done!

Thanks



Ridley

 

[mastereagle22]

Maybe something wrong with my computer, no picture?

 

[Nana40]

Yeah. Where's the pic of the china?

Keep going! There's bound to be some great keepers there, after seeing all the other fantastic stuff that you found from the area! Good luck!!

Nana

 

[halfdime]

Yeah. Where's the pic of the china?

Keep going! There's bound to be some great keepers there, after seeing all the other fantastic stuff that you found from the area! Good luck!!

Nana

Nana, I can't scan the china and I'm inept at getting my pictures to fit the limits of the website; I've tried, and been given lots of advice, but I think the features that allow that are no longer part of my picture program.

 

[Nana40]

Forgiven then. I'll mail you more info!

 

[birdman]

Those stinging nettles are for the birds! I remember when I was a kid my dad hauled in a bunch of top soil from somewhere and that spring the whole yard was filled with them.

 

[halfdime]

While I've been brooding over this failure to find anything other than 69D the last two days, I came up with a one-word way to sum up the situation: Nilver! We've all come to understand what wilver is; nilver would then be its opposite, or would it be negative reciprocal?

 

[doozis]

Sorry to hear you didn't do too great on that first part , but I bet you'll
get some goodies there before all is done. Many times I have been so excited to hit a new spot that I felt just had to produce some good stuff only to come home totally disappointed. It happens but we won't be stopped from persuing our treasure

Doozis

 

[Colonial KirkPA]

Nilver? No way, wilver is the best.

 

[Mirage]

Nettles are nasty! I get itchy just thinking of them. They hurt too.

I do feel your pain. Can't wait until the nettles die off? Just greedy, huh?

I never thought I would be saying this but I miss your scary avatars.

Bob