Evolution
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- Aug 2, 2007
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- Whites DFX (with 4x6 shooter DD coil and 12" spider coil), Minelab Rocco 2700. (E-Trac)
- Primary Interest:
- All Treasure Hunting
Hi folks. It's been about 3 weeks now since I've been out for a hunt. My headphones broke during my last hunt. It was kind of my fault really. I was using a 4 wheeler to zip around to different locations in the fields I was hunting. Moving from one field to another I wasn't watching my equipment very carefully and sure enough my headphones fell off the front of the quad and I proceeded to run them over. I got my new ones in the mail the other day and it was time to go hunting. Here's a pic of the new ones. I decided to upgrade to the good ones.
I went to the copper field that was so good to me last year (9 large coppers in 2007). I was here on my last hunt 3 weeks ago and turned up an 1845 large cent before the farmers began to plant that plowed field. There are several fields at this site that aren't being used for crops this year and fortunately the farmer just cut the grass for hay in all of them. I started in the field that I found the 2 Vermont coppers in last year. My first signal in this field was a fairly good signal that was bouncing from the 60's to the 70's in the VDI range on my DFX. It pinpointed at 5.5 inches. I dug a plug with my trusty relic shovel and saw the edge of a large copper in the hole. I can't really see any detail yet on the coin but it VDI'd at 79 consistently once it was out of the hole which leads me to believe it's a colonial and not a large cent. It's currently soaking in hot peroxide and I'm keeping my fingers crossed for a little detail. I'll add pictures of the finished product later in the post no matter how it turns out.
I stayed in this area for a while and tried to "iron out" the site to see if the iron was masking any good signals. In the process I recovered a nice horse shoe. After removing some of the iron I located a nice silver plated button with most of the silver left on it, in addition to a musket ball. Here is the button.
The rest of the day was rather uneventful. I did turn up a few of the "usual suspects" that tend to show themselves at colonial sites....harmonica reed pieces, a kick plate for a boot, etc. I also found two wheaties, one of which appears to be a 1912. Here are the finds for the day.
All relics found on private property with owners full permission. Thanks for looking everyone.
I went to the copper field that was so good to me last year (9 large coppers in 2007). I was here on my last hunt 3 weeks ago and turned up an 1845 large cent before the farmers began to plant that plowed field. There are several fields at this site that aren't being used for crops this year and fortunately the farmer just cut the grass for hay in all of them. I started in the field that I found the 2 Vermont coppers in last year. My first signal in this field was a fairly good signal that was bouncing from the 60's to the 70's in the VDI range on my DFX. It pinpointed at 5.5 inches. I dug a plug with my trusty relic shovel and saw the edge of a large copper in the hole. I can't really see any detail yet on the coin but it VDI'd at 79 consistently once it was out of the hole which leads me to believe it's a colonial and not a large cent. It's currently soaking in hot peroxide and I'm keeping my fingers crossed for a little detail. I'll add pictures of the finished product later in the post no matter how it turns out.
I stayed in this area for a while and tried to "iron out" the site to see if the iron was masking any good signals. In the process I recovered a nice horse shoe. After removing some of the iron I located a nice silver plated button with most of the silver left on it, in addition to a musket ball. Here is the button.
The rest of the day was rather uneventful. I did turn up a few of the "usual suspects" that tend to show themselves at colonial sites....harmonica reed pieces, a kick plate for a boot, etc. I also found two wheaties, one of which appears to be a 1912. Here are the finds for the day.
All relics found on private property with owners full permission. Thanks for looking everyone.
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