CTwoods
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I had a bizarre weekend MD'ing. Long post, but even though I did not find "banner finds", I actually had "interesting" fun for a change.
2+ years ago, I found an old cornfield that must have had a very early undocumented home. I hunt it every fall after the corn is cut, and find countless cool early things every time. Curiosity got the best of me two weeks ago when I saw they harrowed the field, so I tried it now, instead of the agony of waiting till fall...
I swear I was there 2-3 minutes and got the slick large copper at 1 or 2" deep. But just then, I saw new seeds which means it was just planted, so I left, so not to damage their planting.
So, Saturday...the corn is now growing...and it was killing me, thinking there must be dozens of new goodies just waiting for me. So I was careful not to damage the plants, and I was shocked I could not get any signals at all for an hour, but did finally get a late (non-fatty) 1864 Indian head in nice shape. This field only has given coins from 1726 to 1821, so that is a "modern coin" he, he
But I spent another hour and never got another decent target. And then my old 8" coil went nuts instantly, falsing beyond belief...so I quit. The field was wet from rain, so I figured water got into it.
Sunday AM, I took the coil 5 feet out my back door to test it now that it dried out overnight. I instantly got a solid mid tone, and dug the heavy silver plated teaspoon which is marked on the front ""THE BURRIT". Web search says it was a upscale Hotel in New Britian CT which was built in 1920. Two feet away, I got the blazer gilt button with a P monogram; the past owner that lived here for 35 years had a P last name. geez..
So I grabbed my other machine with a 5.5" coil and went to a bigger early cornfield that almost never gives up an old find, except for 3 small flat buttons, a shattered early spoon bowl, and a totally wasted large copper...in many DOZENS of hunts. Well, after two hours all I had was the unbroken brass "half frame" harness buckle, but got a lower hit like the normal bits of aluminum animal tags that come in with the manure from the barns. It sure looked like another balled up tag, but it is a silver ring marked Sterling. WTH..
I straightened it out, and it kind of looks art deco, not sure. I never find rings where I hunt LOL. The mangled ring as found, is right below the spoon in the pic. How old is it? (There was iron in the hole which made it a low tone ID).
Also got the heavy, solid iron thing that looks like a thumb with a point
Cattle prod? IDK
The ox horn knob at the top came from that field on Friday. The bakelite? eyeglass frame and brass furniture came from some woods...dumpsite I think.
2+ years ago, I found an old cornfield that must have had a very early undocumented home. I hunt it every fall after the corn is cut, and find countless cool early things every time. Curiosity got the best of me two weeks ago when I saw they harrowed the field, so I tried it now, instead of the agony of waiting till fall...
I swear I was there 2-3 minutes and got the slick large copper at 1 or 2" deep. But just then, I saw new seeds which means it was just planted, so I left, so not to damage their planting.
So, Saturday...the corn is now growing...and it was killing me, thinking there must be dozens of new goodies just waiting for me. So I was careful not to damage the plants, and I was shocked I could not get any signals at all for an hour, but did finally get a late (non-fatty) 1864 Indian head in nice shape. This field only has given coins from 1726 to 1821, so that is a "modern coin" he, he
But I spent another hour and never got another decent target. And then my old 8" coil went nuts instantly, falsing beyond belief...so I quit. The field was wet from rain, so I figured water got into it.
Sunday AM, I took the coil 5 feet out my back door to test it now that it dried out overnight. I instantly got a solid mid tone, and dug the heavy silver plated teaspoon which is marked on the front ""THE BURRIT". Web search says it was a upscale Hotel in New Britian CT which was built in 1920. Two feet away, I got the blazer gilt button with a P monogram; the past owner that lived here for 35 years had a P last name. geez..
So I grabbed my other machine with a 5.5" coil and went to a bigger early cornfield that almost never gives up an old find, except for 3 small flat buttons, a shattered early spoon bowl, and a totally wasted large copper...in many DOZENS of hunts. Well, after two hours all I had was the unbroken brass "half frame" harness buckle, but got a lower hit like the normal bits of aluminum animal tags that come in with the manure from the barns. It sure looked like another balled up tag, but it is a silver ring marked Sterling. WTH..
I straightened it out, and it kind of looks art deco, not sure. I never find rings where I hunt LOL. The mangled ring as found, is right below the spoon in the pic. How old is it? (There was iron in the hole which made it a low tone ID).Also got the heavy, solid iron thing that looks like a thumb with a point
Cattle prod? IDKThe ox horn knob at the top came from that field on Friday. The bakelite? eyeglass frame and brass furniture came from some woods...dumpsite I think.
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Of course, we don't have many corn fields period. We've sure got lots of other fields, though. 
