Almost lost my site. 1735 Georgie.

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Had a short hunt yesterday and thrilled that I didn't get kicked off the property. I was given permission to hunt an old property by the caretaker two years ago. She lived in the carriage house and the nephew to the owner lived in the servants house. I had met her years ago. I finally got her number from an acquaintance to ask permission to hunt. I had done artwork for the owners son who had built a house on the corner of the property 300 yards from the main house 15 years ago. I didn't metal detect back then. I tried getting in touch with the son five years ago to ask permission once the metal detecting bug bit me, but he had moved to his winter home and only returned for holidays until this year. I would always call before I detected and this time the caretaker informed me she had left the property but to go ahead and metal detect, "you know the nephew". While hunting a few weeks ago a white German Shepherd barked at me for five minutes approaching me twenty yards at a time until a woman appeared from the direction of the owners sons house, their back... It was the wife of the son who commissioned me for the artwork years ago. She was irate that I was on the property and that I didn't call. I informed her of the situation and arrangements I had made prior to being there and that I had hunted the field a number of times prior. She calmed down a little and gave me her husbands number and asked that I call him before I hunt again. I could tell she still wasn't happy but didn't ask me to leave, so I kept metal detecting. On my way back to the truck I could see her husband walking towards me with a big smile, we met in the middle of the field and shook hands again, fifteen years later. He was my age, and very friendly. He informed me his wife didn't want anybody on the property but he would try to work it out. I thanked him and said I would give him a call. Well the weather was going to be in the fifties so I gave it a go and called. He said it would be alright but asked if I could be off the field by three thirty. I replied, "with wings on my feet". I guess she was due home at four, got to love it, glad he wore the pants. I hunted for three hours yesterday, the main open field never really produced but the wooded area with paths through the mess of briars produced some nice coins. The clog clasp was the first target followed by the solid cast coat button with gilt, a chape, blowhole button, slide buckle, suspender hook or slide. I went back to the area I dug the 1739 George the ll and was thrilled to get a small signal three yards from where I dug the 39. I removed the first plug and swung my detector over the hole and a bright copper signal dropped me to my knees with my pinpointer. It was another nice looking Georgie, a 1735 to end my hunt. I left at three o'clock, life is sweet...
 

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Good(3/4) save on the site and recovery of finds. Nice looking copper and button, and I see you got a whizzer also.
 

good story and great finds! thanks for sharing!
 

Good(3/4) save on the site and recovery of finds. Nice looking copper and button, and I see you got a whizzer also.

Thanks pepperj, the soil at the site is perfect NJ sugar sand. I hope a rare bird rears its head in the future, everything I have found is without the dreaded fertilizer rot. The smallest whizzer I have found to date.
 

Good to see the date on it.

That story sounds familar, someones wife/dog walker had issues with us & we lost some of our best fields because of it. The owner was happy for us it do it & he & his wife were only the managers but we lost the charm offensive & the fields.
 

Very nice finds neighbor(I'm a Millbilly)
 

great story and finds! Glad you were able to maintain access.
 

Great story and finds! I can't count how many times the wife successfully trumped the husband's decision when I've hunted...before and after I've started swingin'. For me there have been far fewer trumps by the husband over the wife. I'm in the midwest and I'd say I have about a 90+% rate when asking for permission...I don't know about most other places in the country, but in Florida (where I'm from originally) my percentage of permission success is far smaller.
 

I love your story! The finds are awesome. The stuff you found out there just like the stuff we find here in my area. It is so much find finding a George that can be dated. The show buckle pieces and the buzzer are great finds.
 

Nice recoveries Arty, it looks like a very early site. Glad you were able to salvage the permission.
 

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    Good to see the date on it.

    That story sounds familar, someones wife/dog walker had issues with us & we lost some of our best fields because of it. The owner was happy for us it do it & he & his wife were only the managers but we lost the charm offensive & the fields.

    I dislike coins with no date but will except them readily. Sorry to hear your good fields were waylaid by the talkers.
treblehunter
Very nice finds neighbor(I'm a Millbilly)

Thank you kindly. As in mill sites? Millbilly.

ggossage
Great story and finds! I can't count how many times the wife successfully trumped the husband's decision when I've hunted...before and after I've started swingin'. For me there have been far fewer trumps by the husband over the wife. I'm in the midwest and I'd say I have about a 90+% rate when asking for permission...I don't know about most other places in the country, but in Florida (where I'm from originally) my percentage of permission success is far smaller.

Thanks. Had the opposite this year, the husband didn't have a chance to say no. She just had him shaking his head yes...

Ed-NH
I love your story! The finds are awesome. The stuff you found out there just like the stuff we find here in my area. It is so much find finding a George that can be dated. The show buckle pieces and the buzzer are great finds.

Thanks Ed-NH. Is that New Hampshire?

Steve in PA
Nice recoveries Arty, it looks like a very early site. Glad you were able to salvage the permission.

Thanks Steve, Lucky the wife didn't put a stop to it. Looking forward to some silver. There are trails everywhere. Finding the hot spots in the briars will take up allot of time. There is about twenty acres.



 

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Lordy, I thought all South Jersey residents knew what is a Millbilly! :) Art - think Cumberland County :)

Cumberland County reminds me of the word cucumber. I guess being a transplant from Ct. helped my ignorance, I just dont get out enough Don. I thought everyone called them ticks, as in wood ticks.8-)
 

  • Today, 03:37 PM
    CRUSADER
    Good to see the date on it.

    That story sounds familar, someones wife/dog walker had issues with us & we lost some of our best fields because of it. The owner was happy for us it do it & he & his wife were only the managers but we lost the charm offensive & the fields.

    I dislike coins with no date but will except them readily. Sorry to hear your good fields were waylaid by the talkers.
treblehunter
Very nice finds neighbor(I'm a Millbilly)

Thank you kindly. As in mill sites? Millbilly.

ggossage
Great story and finds! I can't count how many times the wife successfully trumped the husband's decision when I've hunted...before and after I've started swingin'. For me there have been far fewer trumps by the husband over the wife. I'm in the midwest and I'd say I have about a 90+% rate when asking for permission...I don't know about most other places in the country, but in Florida (where I'm from originally) my percentage of permission success is far smaller.

Thanks. Had the opposite this year, the husband didn't have a chance to say no. She just had him shaking his head yes...

Ed-NH
I love your story! The finds are awesome. The stuff you found out there just like the stuff we find here in my area. It is so much find finding a George that can be dated. The show buckle pieces and the buzzer are great finds.

Thanks Ed-NH. Is that New Hampshire?

Steve in PA
Nice recoveries Arty, it looks like a very early site. Glad you were able to salvage the permission.

Thanks Steve, Lucky the wife didn't put a stop to it. Looking forward to some silver. There are trails everywhere. Finding the hot spots in the briars will take up allot of time. There is about twenty acres.




Hi and yes I'm in NH. I love hunting the old fields, woods and around the ocean in the winter.
 

Nice hunt man, nice 1735 , a few still KG's out there .



Imo , your the land owners wife is being misled by those detecting shows , get ready for the ''
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Nice finds and a cool story! HH.
 

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