BTV Digger
Sr. Member
- Jul 24, 2014
- 365
- 1,011
- Detector(s) used
- AT-Pro; Fisher F2; Tesoro Silver UMax
- Primary Interest:
- Relic Hunting
Hi folks,
Well, the snow has FINALLY melted in the Champlain Valley and the ground has thawed enough that I bit the bullet yesterday by enduring 40 mph wind gusts for my first hunt of the year. It's been too long (last hunt on Dec 1, 2018). Joined up with Gold Panner and in talking with him discovered we share several old permissions in a town south of me about 45 minutes. We hit 3 new sites, then returned to my honey field from last year to wrap the day up. All and all about 6 hours of hunting. The second site proved most productive and coughed up several nice silver-washed dandy buttons and my first copper of the year - a no-date KG II Hibernia half penny (~ 1736 - 1760). Of course, the old honey hole gave me 5 more buttons (that place never seems to completely dry up), one which had a nice little Star of David pattern on it. Lots of "dots on the map" to check out over the coming 6 weeks before the crops get planted. Definitely looking forward to another productive year! Thanks for taking a look.
John
Well, the snow has FINALLY melted in the Champlain Valley and the ground has thawed enough that I bit the bullet yesterday by enduring 40 mph wind gusts for my first hunt of the year. It's been too long (last hunt on Dec 1, 2018). Joined up with Gold Panner and in talking with him discovered we share several old permissions in a town south of me about 45 minutes. We hit 3 new sites, then returned to my honey field from last year to wrap the day up. All and all about 6 hours of hunting. The second site proved most productive and coughed up several nice silver-washed dandy buttons and my first copper of the year - a no-date KG II Hibernia half penny (~ 1736 - 1760). Of course, the old honey hole gave me 5 more buttons (that place never seems to completely dry up), one which had a nice little Star of David pattern on it. Lots of "dots on the map" to check out over the coming 6 weeks before the crops get planted. Definitely looking forward to another productive year! Thanks for taking a look.
John
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