Some Relics Emerged from the Frozen Tundra

vferrari

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Folks,

Smokey graciously invited me back to a great permission somewhere north of the Mason Dixon line (we were all led there with hoods over our heads which made driving extremely difficult). Though the first one-inch layer was frozen solid, that did not keep the group from killing it with some awesome finds. Wish I had pics of some of the other stuff (but that would give away GPS coordinates and we do not want to do that) but typical CW knapsack stuff, minie balls, 18th and 20th century silver (including some seated dimes/half dimes and an 1834 Capped Bust dime, and well as some early barber halves and quarters), minie balls galore, an Eagle breastplate, Eagle buttons, a small pistol trigger, and other misc great finds were dug. I had my typical modest finds after I decided to stop trying to dig up the gas line that runs through the property. Rang up a solid 93 for about 50 yards in either direction. Got some minie balls at .53 and .58 plus the odd .44 I haven't ID'd yet. Capped it off by plucking an 1875 IHP out of the soybean stems on my way back to the car. Could only manage one silver merc, so I missed out on the silver rush. Oh well... Great hunt with some great folks. Thanks Smokey!


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BTW - Exclusively used the Deus with the 9" round coil - primarily used my "Hot" program to search which is full tones and no disc at 14 khz. Rx at 2.5 and GB Tracking
 

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HuntinDog

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Any finds after the ground freezes are good ones.
You did great!
Congrats
 

smokeythecat

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Still laughing at the "hoods" comment.
 

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Nice finds!

Happy Hunting and Happy Holidays to all!!
 

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kkk.jpg.3215d14c0dd27211e3703ff377c4cc3d.jpg guys in hoods crossing the Mason Dixon.
 

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vferrari

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I was afraid someone was going to go there.
 

smokeythecat

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Yeah, they went there. I still haven't posted my stuff. Not a lot, I was busy with bonfires and pizza. It took a long time to retrieve a target....
 

Carolina Tom

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Congrats on the nice finds.

Sounds like an excellent time was had all.

Hoods. LOL.

Best of luck to you sir!
 

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vferrari

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Nice finds. What coil?

Thanks, should have explicitly said “HF 9” round coil”. TNET now doesn’t allow editing posts after a few days so I can’t fix it, grr. At least I did say 14khz so you could infer from that, I guess.
 

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vferrari

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Yeah, they went there. I still haven't posted my stuff. Not a lot, I was busy with bonfires and pizza. It took a long time to retrieve a target....

Yeah you really took care of us at the expense of some of your own swing time, the Pizza really hit the spot. Those clods thaw out yet? Lol. Thanks again for the opportunity, Smokey.
 

smokeythecat

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Clods are thawed and waiting me to dig though them. Still have three digs of stuff to look at.
 

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It is nice to be able to share that experience with other members. Something that you will probably never forget and the finds are tied to that experience. Great stuff! Nice finds!
 

smokeythecat

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All told we put 100 man hours in on the farm. It was a lot of fun. Ground is going to freeze again tomorrow and will probably stay that way for weeks. This time it's going freeze deeply.
 

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vferrari

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Yeah, too bad. It was fun in the mosh pit the second time around. A lot messier, but a lot easier to dig. Will post those finds later after I get them cleaned up.
 

smokeythecat

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Yes, please. The XP Deus got an escort in the Equinox today. har har har Four wheel drive let me go across the field today even though it rained yesterday. It's that rocky up there. I think any car would have made it over the soybean part at least.
 

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