BuckleBoy
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Hello All,
I went out yesterday with Rodeo Recon to track down an old homestead in a cornfield we had permission to hunt. As the spring window closes on us, I'm determined to hunt or rehunt all the field spots that I can. (Because I know that ticks, heat, and deadfall from the ice storm await us in the woods this summer
)
So we got out in the field.
It was a beautiful day. Here's a shot of Rodeo in the massive field:
Pretty soon I had a flat button, and was feeling pretty good about it, when some IH's started to come up. Here are some photos of two of them. (We ended up giving these coins and some other items to the property owner.)
Next thing I know I hear Rodeo yell "Coin!" and when I came over I saw this:
We hoped it would be Shield Nickel #8, but it was a "V." 1893.
Then I walked up on a cool little find. Normally I can expect to see an occasional shard of blue pottery or glass in a field, but this little beauty was a total surprise. I thought it was a robin's egg at first, the way it's perched on the corn stalks (was it somehow moved by a harvesting machine?). Here are some cool shots. It is a Bennington marble (glazed pottery)--late 1800s/early 1900s.
Rodeo also made a Very Cool surface find--it's a bird. I didn't get a photo of it in situ, but here it is before he cleaned it up. I think it is made of clay and hand painted.
Then I got the center portion of a pair of lead knuckles.
We found some more buttons, lantern pieces, toe taps, harmonica reeds, and spoon pieces. I had a decent hit, dug the plug, and out flopped a BIG copper!
It seems like LC's have rained down on me in droves lately--but earlier this spring and during the late fall I had a bit of a LC drought. Funny how that works. Interesting thing is that every single copper has been a Matron Head this year--except for one Draped LC. Last year, every single LC was a Braided Hair.
Well this coin was likewise a Matron Head, dated 1820.
We hunted until signals were slim to none, then we packed up the gear and headed home. Here is a photo of all of our finds:
More Photos appear in the first reply below:
I went out yesterday with Rodeo Recon to track down an old homestead in a cornfield we had permission to hunt. As the spring window closes on us, I'm determined to hunt or rehunt all the field spots that I can. (Because I know that ticks, heat, and deadfall from the ice storm await us in the woods this summer
) So we got out in the field.
It was a beautiful day. Here's a shot of Rodeo in the massive field:
Pretty soon I had a flat button, and was feeling pretty good about it, when some IH's started to come up. Here are some photos of two of them. (We ended up giving these coins and some other items to the property owner.)
Next thing I know I hear Rodeo yell "Coin!" and when I came over I saw this:
We hoped it would be Shield Nickel #8, but it was a "V." 1893.
Then I walked up on a cool little find. Normally I can expect to see an occasional shard of blue pottery or glass in a field, but this little beauty was a total surprise. I thought it was a robin's egg at first, the way it's perched on the corn stalks (was it somehow moved by a harvesting machine?). Here are some cool shots. It is a Bennington marble (glazed pottery)--late 1800s/early 1900s.
Rodeo also made a Very Cool surface find--it's a bird. I didn't get a photo of it in situ, but here it is before he cleaned it up. I think it is made of clay and hand painted.
Then I got the center portion of a pair of lead knuckles.
We found some more buttons, lantern pieces, toe taps, harmonica reeds, and spoon pieces. I had a decent hit, dug the plug, and out flopped a BIG copper!
It seems like LC's have rained down on me in droves lately--but earlier this spring and during the late fall I had a bit of a LC drought. Funny how that works. Interesting thing is that every single copper has been a Matron Head this year--except for one Draped LC. Last year, every single LC was a Braided Hair.
Well this coin was likewise a Matron Head, dated 1820.
We hunted until signals were slim to none, then we packed up the gear and headed home. Here is a photo of all of our finds:
More Photos appear in the first reply below:
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