BuckleBoy
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Hello All,
I got out yesterday for a dawn to dark hunt. Hit two sites, working the first one out completely. The second site was a tough one, and it is due for a return visit.
The first site was in a corn field. Pewter items and small bits of brass were coming up occasionally, but overall the site was tiny, and good targets were sparse.
I filmed a LOT of targets hoping to catch something good on video. Here's one of the less impressive things I dug. (Later in the day, those 20 minutes of footage paid off!
)
I did manage to get a nice Eagle Button which turned out to be an "I." Shank is broken, but the button is otherwise intact. Backmark is "Scovill Mf'g Co. Waterbury" Here's a nice photo which I call "Eagle Button Harvest."
After an hour or two without a dig-able signal, I decided to move along to site #2--a bean field.
When I first got to the spot, I could see brick and glass in the field. I started digging and got tons of targets--but they were all ALUMINUM!
For a site that had been vacant for over 60 years, that seemed odd to me. As my pockets swelled with can slaw and pulltabs, I started the curse the farmer under my breath for Drinking and Tractor-Driving. After about an hour and a half, I took a break and started to think about the situation...
I came to the conclusion that since there was So Much aluminum there--and only there--that the dirt had to have come from somewhere else and been used to fill in the cellar hole. After my break, I adjusted my gameplan and focused on the outer areas of the site. That's when I finally started to dig some keepers. First, a brass thimble came up. Then pewter pieces--including an elaborate spoon handle, the two pieces of which came up in different places on the site.
I walked up on a small cent laying right on top of the field--but it was a 1944 wheat. :P Then all of a sudden, I walked up on this--right on top of the ground:
Here's the video I took:
After all that excitement, I got my best signal of the day--and I managed to catch it on video! (It was VERY windy outside.)
I pounded the site another hour or so, and then as the darkness approached, I made my way to the car. These keepers were hard-earned today, as evidenced by the Mountain of Crappe I dug:
Here are all the finds for the day:
The Eagle "I" Button:
The well-worn Braided Hair LC that someone had unsuccessfully attempted to Hole.
(I have been fortunate. It was 16 years before I dug my first dateless LC last week--and now I have TWO of 'em in TWO weeks 
[what happened to the "good old days?"] :P)
And the beautiful gold-plated ring. You can easily see why I about had a heart attack when I walked up on it in the field!
Best Wishes to all of you this harvest,
Buckleboy
I got out yesterday for a dawn to dark hunt. Hit two sites, working the first one out completely. The second site was a tough one, and it is due for a return visit.
The first site was in a corn field. Pewter items and small bits of brass were coming up occasionally, but overall the site was tiny, and good targets were sparse.
I filmed a LOT of targets hoping to catch something good on video. Here's one of the less impressive things I dug. (Later in the day, those 20 minutes of footage paid off!
)I did manage to get a nice Eagle Button which turned out to be an "I." Shank is broken, but the button is otherwise intact. Backmark is "Scovill Mf'g Co. Waterbury" Here's a nice photo which I call "Eagle Button Harvest."
After an hour or two without a dig-able signal, I decided to move along to site #2--a bean field.
When I first got to the spot, I could see brick and glass in the field. I started digging and got tons of targets--but they were all ALUMINUM!
For a site that had been vacant for over 60 years, that seemed odd to me. As my pockets swelled with can slaw and pulltabs, I started the curse the farmer under my breath for Drinking and Tractor-Driving. After about an hour and a half, I took a break and started to think about the situation...I came to the conclusion that since there was So Much aluminum there--and only there--that the dirt had to have come from somewhere else and been used to fill in the cellar hole. After my break, I adjusted my gameplan and focused on the outer areas of the site. That's when I finally started to dig some keepers. First, a brass thimble came up. Then pewter pieces--including an elaborate spoon handle, the two pieces of which came up in different places on the site.
I walked up on a small cent laying right on top of the field--but it was a 1944 wheat. :P Then all of a sudden, I walked up on this--right on top of the ground:
Here's the video I took:
After all that excitement, I got my best signal of the day--and I managed to catch it on video! (It was VERY windy outside.)
I pounded the site another hour or so, and then as the darkness approached, I made my way to the car. These keepers were hard-earned today, as evidenced by the Mountain of Crappe I dug:
Here are all the finds for the day:
The Eagle "I" Button:
The well-worn Braided Hair LC that someone had unsuccessfully attempted to Hole.
(I have been fortunate. It was 16 years before I dug my first dateless LC last week--and now I have TWO of 'em in TWO weeks [what happened to the "good old days?"] :P) And the beautiful gold-plated ring. You can easily see why I about had a heart attack when I walked up on it in the field!
Best Wishes to all of you this harvest,
Buckleboy
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