Hello All,
Sit down and relax and I'm gonna told you a story.
But what would a Louisiana detecting trip be without Music, Food, and Finds? So here's a soundtrack to this tale of triumph: a classic Louisiana tune. 
Went out with DiggerGirl on a hunt and I got just about skunked (which is normal when a woman is along!). She dug a couple things, including eyeballing a nice clay pipe stem and digging a .75 cal musketball! This has got to be an oldie. I have never recovered a musketball that was this big. I also like the pottery piece that says "J.F. & Co" No clue about the date range of that, if it can be known. At any rate, most of the finds in this photo were hers, except for the strange curved piece of brass at 3 o'clock, the stange hook thingy below, and the spoon handle with...a doughboy on it?
At any rate, my excuse was that I needed one more training day with the F75 before I was ready to rock. Well...the next hunt the F75 blew away the competition. Shanegalang joined DiggerGirl and I, and we did a little work on a spot we had all pounded to death. DG got a bronze nail and a single flat button, Shane got zilch, and I got the rest with the F75.
When I walked out in that field, I dug a flat button right off the bat, then another one that was quite deep (10+ inches). Then I got a jumpy signal in the side of a row. Once I dug it out of the hole, it locked on in the mid 60s on the F75. I brushed some dirt aside and there it was!
I started the camera rolling!
An 1818 Ferdinand VII Half Real makes 14 for the year. At this point, with a month left, and some decent digging time over the holidays, we are gonna try to make 20 Spanish for 2012.
We dug a bit longer, and I got some more flat buttons and a nice piece of what I think is an open-work shoe buckle (gold gilded). Please correct me if I'm wrong on that (finds photo below, bottom right).
Well, we were getting worn out and the other two were getting grumpy from not finding much, so we broke for lunch. Let me tell you, the best thing about Louisiana (besides the finds!) is the plate lunches! We had a shrimp stew, green beans, potato salad, and a roll. Then they brought us the BIGGEST bread puddings I'd ever seen!
After being stuffed with food, we got back in the field to burn it off! I dug a couple more bits, including one signal I felt sure would be good:
Oh well!
Later on I got a jumpy signal in the edge of a row, and out came a button! I knew it was pewter and could tell it had a design on it. I handed it to DiggerGirl and she said "It Says US On It!" Well that got my attention! This is another 1820s era pewter militia button. Much nicer than the plow damaged one I got earlier this year.
Eventually we called it a day and headed home. This is what the finds looked like:
Here's the pewter U.S. after soaking and careful cleaning:
And the front and back of the 1818 Half Real:
Best Wishes and Happy Hunting,
The CaneField Bandits
Sit down and relax and I'm gonna told you a story.
But what would a Louisiana detecting trip be without Music, Food, and Finds? So here's a soundtrack to this tale of triumph: a classic Louisiana tune. Went out with DiggerGirl on a hunt and I got just about skunked (which is normal when a woman is along!). She dug a couple things, including eyeballing a nice clay pipe stem and digging a .75 cal musketball! This has got to be an oldie. I have never recovered a musketball that was this big. I also like the pottery piece that says "J.F. & Co" No clue about the date range of that, if it can be known. At any rate, most of the finds in this photo were hers, except for the strange curved piece of brass at 3 o'clock, the stange hook thingy below, and the spoon handle with...a doughboy on it?
At any rate, my excuse was that I needed one more training day with the F75 before I was ready to rock. Well...the next hunt the F75 blew away the competition. Shanegalang joined DiggerGirl and I, and we did a little work on a spot we had all pounded to death. DG got a bronze nail and a single flat button, Shane got zilch, and I got the rest with the F75.
When I walked out in that field, I dug a flat button right off the bat, then another one that was quite deep (10+ inches). Then I got a jumpy signal in the side of a row. Once I dug it out of the hole, it locked on in the mid 60s on the F75. I brushed some dirt aside and there it was!
I started the camera rolling!
An 1818 Ferdinand VII Half Real makes 14 for the year. At this point, with a month left, and some decent digging time over the holidays, we are gonna try to make 20 Spanish for 2012.
We dug a bit longer, and I got some more flat buttons and a nice piece of what I think is an open-work shoe buckle (gold gilded). Please correct me if I'm wrong on that (finds photo below, bottom right).Well, we were getting worn out and the other two were getting grumpy from not finding much, so we broke for lunch. Let me tell you, the best thing about Louisiana (besides the finds!) is the plate lunches! We had a shrimp stew, green beans, potato salad, and a roll. Then they brought us the BIGGEST bread puddings I'd ever seen!
After being stuffed with food, we got back in the field to burn it off!
I dug a couple more bits, including one signal I felt sure would be good:Oh well!
Later on I got a jumpy signal in the edge of a row, and out came a button! I knew it was pewter and could tell it had a design on it. I handed it to DiggerGirl and she said "It Says US On It!" Well that got my attention! This is another 1820s era pewter militia button. Much nicer than the plow damaged one I got earlier this year.
Eventually we called it a day and headed home. This is what the finds looked like:
Here's the pewter U.S. after soaking and careful cleaning:
And the front and back of the 1818 Half Real:
Best Wishes and Happy Hunting,
The CaneField Bandits
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