A good week at some field sites.

[Merf]

Good weather this week so I hunted a couple of new sites and rehunted a couple of old sites. Found the seated, The L.H.&Scovill button, and the dog button today at a site I had pounded last fall. The 1812 artillery button was laying on top of the dirt at another field site.
I thought it was a two cent piece until I rinsed it off. Old stuff for Northern Illinois.
Thanks for looking.
Have a great Easter my friends. Peace be with you.

 

[Merf]

Awesome finds DUDE! I don't know that I would have the patience it take to do fields like that. Do you have to do a whole acre just to find 4-8 items?

AND, more important to me is to see those maps you did your research with. Where did you get them? Are the spots you circled the old farm houses that were replanted to fields? Do any of the other old homes still stand?

BTW, I spent some time in Kankakee back in the seventies and loved seeing the dark rich earth right after the plows came through.

Steve, So. Calif.

Thanks Steve --- The trick is to find where the old buildings were and just hunt in those areas. In most cases it is usually about a 2000 square foot area at each site. The maps I use are copies of old plat maps I get on line or make copies at the library. The sites I hunt are farm fields now. Best luck---Merf

 

[Merf]

Thanks Oleky,Nebstater,Goesforever,and Apirate

 

[kdismuke1]

GREAT FINDS MERF. YOU ALWAY'S FIND GOOD STUFF.CONGRATS.

 

[dfxmatt]

great pics!

 

[crazyjarhead]

Nice pics and hunt Merf. That seated looks great Must have been dropped at a young age

 

[Merf]

Thanks Kdismuke, Matt, and CJH.
Best luck

 

[kimsdad]

Whoa! I missed this post when I was out of town. Look at the detail on that seated!!

Great hunt, Merf!

Nice avatar - man I'm thirsty again.....

 

[Merf]

Whoa! I missed this post when I was out of town. Look at the detail on that seated!!

Great hunt, Merf!

Nice avatar - man I'm thirsty again.....

Thanks Kimsdad That is the best seated I have dug--A lucky find.

P.S.-----My avatar even makes me thirsty.

 

[mlhudson]

FINE FIELD DIGS, NOT BAD AT ALL....

KEEPA DIGGIN

MLHUDSON

 

[curbdiggercarl57]

Great finds, great photos. Now if you can move those coins just a little to the left.

 

[STH69]

thats a lot of open area, congrats on find