It has been a long time since I have had time to get out that I actually got something to post.
So had to get some chickens processed and being a nice weather day.
So 6 hrs to fill- knocked on a door, asked who owned the field, got directions.
Asked, new permission of 600 acres, possibly a friend who has 2800 acres.
Thank you very much sir.
Not bad timing drive to site, 2 door knocks, ask for permission, back to site, digging into the dirt 30 minutes.
Not a huge day for finds, but an ok hunt for off the cuff.
The soils were softly frozen? Any northerner will know what this like, a few inches of thawed ground, then a frozen layer of 4" that took a good jump down on the shovel petals to break through.
Even though the old maps indicated that this was a post office, it was more barn find related.
Axes, hinges, broken horse shoes, farm related.
Yet there was house items as well.
Flat iron, maybe a weight off a platform scale.
Haven't cleaned up the larger iron.
(Bad habit of not getting around to cleaning iron)
4 bells within a 1.5 hrs, and few other finds like toe taps.
Managed to eyeball a sweet black glass button.
Got a thick cuff button.
Little gold washed stamped brass piece.
Usual little horse tack.
Even though it was in the upper 40s the weekend winds were still a ripping.
So it was insulated coveralls (my door knocking Sunday best 🤣-I don't put on airs-well I just don't care) Then a thick rain slicker top over the jacket to cut that wind, hand warmers even.
Hard to hear at times with the noise because of gale winds.
When I was just leaving a man told me his 64ys of living next to the field.
Seems like there was 3 homesteads on the one end, one further down from where I was.
Justification for another hunt.😁
Enough jabber, here's the pictures.
I have no idea what the coin is, crappy photo reasons I can't find where I put it in the last day or so.
So if someone sees what it could be let me know.
Thanks for looking.
So had to get some chickens processed and being a nice weather day.
So 6 hrs to fill- knocked on a door, asked who owned the field, got directions.
Asked, new permission of 600 acres, possibly a friend who has 2800 acres.
Thank you very much sir.
Not bad timing drive to site, 2 door knocks, ask for permission, back to site, digging into the dirt 30 minutes.
Not a huge day for finds, but an ok hunt for off the cuff.
The soils were softly frozen? Any northerner will know what this like, a few inches of thawed ground, then a frozen layer of 4" that took a good jump down on the shovel petals to break through.
Even though the old maps indicated that this was a post office, it was more barn find related.
Axes, hinges, broken horse shoes, farm related.
Yet there was house items as well.
Flat iron, maybe a weight off a platform scale.
Haven't cleaned up the larger iron.
(Bad habit of not getting around to cleaning iron)
4 bells within a 1.5 hrs, and few other finds like toe taps.
Managed to eyeball a sweet black glass button.
Got a thick cuff button.
Little gold washed stamped brass piece.
Usual little horse tack.
Even though it was in the upper 40s the weekend winds were still a ripping.
So it was insulated coveralls (my door knocking Sunday best 🤣-I don't put on airs-well I just don't care) Then a thick rain slicker top over the jacket to cut that wind, hand warmers even.
Hard to hear at times with the noise because of gale winds.
When I was just leaving a man told me his 64ys of living next to the field.
Seems like there was 3 homesteads on the one end, one further down from where I was.
Justification for another hunt.😁
Enough jabber, here's the pictures.
I have no idea what the coin is, crappy photo reasons I can't find where I put it in the last day or so.
So if someone sees what it could be let me know.
Thanks for looking.
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