Could this be the last?

[ironhorse]

Another wintery detecting day. Just staying lucky I guess, the weather is up and down lately, and mostly down on detecting days!
Dressed for the weather and hit a couple of fields and made some typical finds, nothing noteworthy but I have the feeling it just might have been the last hunt for the year. I'm looking forward to getting back to some old favourites and finding some new fields in the spring!
Good luck out there fellow hunters, hopefully, if you haven't hit a great one this year, there's still a chance for you!

 

[Greylock]

Looks like a good take. You never know what the weather is going to do. Hopefully it will be mild enough to get out all winter. Been really cold here at nights teens and now they're saying single digits in a few days. It's going to be tough but I'm going to stick it out till I just can't stand it.

 

[borntohunt460]

i took off tomorrow from work because saturday here in Dayton is suppose to have a high of 35. What temps do you have up there in Canada now?

Whats your cutoff temp for the season? (its too cold or the ground is frozen) --Im willing to dress for the weather as long as the temps dont affect my at pro

 

[borntohunt460]

btw the color of those finds is beautiful!

 

[WHADIFIND]

... hit a couple of fields and made some typical finds, nothing noteworthy but I have the feeling it just might have been the last hunt for the year.

All things come to an end, (albeit temporarily ). But, I must take exception to your "nothing noteworthy" concept. Do you know just how long and hard some have hunted throughout their entire "career", to even have a CHANCE at ANY of those coppers!?!?!?

That's part of what makes this site a bit intimidating. Sometimes it feels like regular, every day, hunters aren't encouraged to post here. After all, if what you found is NOT noteworthy, than why should they post their clad, bling and lizards? LOL

Hang in their IH, the Spring's not far off.

 

[Msbeepbeep]

Nice finds! Hopefully the frozen tundra will hold off till late Jan. I will detect until they have to pry my detector out of my frozen hands! Or like you till the detector decides I'm crazy and it's going home with or with out me!

 

[ironhorse]

i took off tomorrow from work because saturday here in Dayton is suppose to have a high of 35. What temps do you have up there in Canada now?

Whats your cutoff temp for the season? (its too cold or the ground is frozen) --Im willing to dress for the weather as long as the temps dont affect my at pro

Temps here lately have been around the freezing mark, windchill just a few degrees lower. The top layer of the ground has frost on it bit you are quite able to dig, depends on the field though, grassy fields are better right now, bare earth are more frozen.
Cut off doesn't really depend on temperature for me, it's whether you can dig a target from the soil. Things may change and an opportunity may come up where conditions will change for a day or two and we will get out again, but inevitably the cold comes and stays for the winter

 

[WawaDuane]

Nice finds....just about ready to pull the pin here in Northern Ontario....6 months of winter should be here soon.

 

[ironhorse]

All things come to an end, (albeit temporarily ). But, I must take exception to your "nothing noteworthy" concept. Do you know just how long and hard some have hunted throughout their entire "career", to even have a CHANCE at ANY of those coppers!?!?!?

That's part of what makes this site a bit intimidating. Sometimes it feels like regular, every day, hunters aren't encouraged to post here. After all, if what you found is NOT noteworthy, than why should they post their clad, bling and lizards? LOL

Hang in their IH, the Spring's not far off.

I guess if I have to compare my sites and finds to others in various parts of the continent, then ok, my finds may then be noteworthy. But the sites I hunt regularly and the finds make are the usual ones I normally make, these represent typical finds for us and aren't really all that earth shattering Keep in mind there's a lot of research and field walking to put these within reach, you can exact from it what you put in sometimes and the hard work pays off

 

[ironhorse]

Nice finds....just about ready to pull the pin here in Northern Ontario....6 months of winter should be here soon.

Six months! I guess you have get while the getting is good then. I hope to get out again but the wait til April is what hurts

 

[WHADIFIND]

I guess if I have to compare my sites and finds to others in various parts of the continent, then ok, my finds may then be noteworthy. But the sites I hunt regularly and the finds make are the usual ones I normally make, these represent typical finds for us and aren't really all that earth shattering Keep in mind there's a lot of research and field walking to put these within reach, you can exact from it what you put in sometimes and the hard work pays off

Yep. Most people figure out one gets what one puts in, or at least that it takes a bit more than just waving the magic wand. LOL

I'm sure that your skill in research is excellent. Otherwise you wouldn't think these as run of the mill finds. As long as the others understand that just because yours are not noteworthy finds, (to you), doesn't mean that they're not to others.

I have run into a few who must think it's somehow their absolute, given right to find the "good" stuff and they get angry when they don't. LOL

I was just pointing out that one's "trash" is another's treasure. (to borrow a saying)

HH!

 

[ironhorse]

Yep. Most people figure out one gets what one puts in, or at least that it takes a bit more than just waving the magic wand. LOL

I'm sure that your skill in research is excellent. Otherwise you wouldn't think these as run of the mill finds. As long as the others understand that just because yours are not noteworthy finds, (to you), doesn't mean that they're not to others.

I have run into a few who must think it's somehow their absolute, given right to find the "good" stuff and they get angry when they don't. LOL

I was just pointing out that one's "trash" is another's treasure. (to borrow a saying)

HH!

I should never belittle what I find, although not trash, they are decent finds. All I meant was that I didn't find anything I've never found before , which to me is the purpose sometimes of getting out there. I would rather find something new some days than find anything at all, breaking new ground and previously undiscovered finds is what drives us all I guess. For me really, it's finding something different, it keeps the thrill alive!

 

[WHADIFIND]

For me really, it's finding something different, it keeps the thrill alive!

Oh, I have no doubt that you have it on track! I just try to protect and encourage people to share their finds. They're all special.

I'm with you, you call it "finding something different". I call it finding my exit find for the day. I just plain feel happier when I find something, anything that is slightly different. A piece of bling, a toy car, a 20 dollar gold piece.

When that find comes up I know I have my "exit find", no matter when I find it, the day has been made.

 

[borntohunt460]

I should never belittle what I find, although not trash, they are decent finds. All I meant was that I didn't find anything I've never found before , which to me is the purpose sometimes of getting out there. I would rather find something new some days than find anything at all, breaking new ground and previously undiscovered finds is what drives us all I guess. For me really, it's finding something different, it keeps the thrill alive!

I think this same logic every single time that I go detecting..albeit my logic is slightly different. I feel as though sometimes im "chasing the Dragon". Thinking to myself "Oo maybe this time ill find a better capped bust or barber" or "Since i found that old silver, now i need to one up myself"--gets tiresome sometimes.

It goes hand in hand with the talk people have about this hobby being Addictive--it is lol

 

[Back-of-the-boat]

I don't know why you guys up in the colder states are complaining just build an igloo over your sites an keep diggin LOL JK Hope you can get a few more digs in this year, if not now is time for research.

 

[ironhorse]

I think this same logic every single time that I go detecting..albeit my logic is slightly different. I feel as though sometimes im "chasing the Dragon". Thinking to myself "Oo maybe this time ill find a better capped bust or barber" or "Since i found that old silver, now i need to one up myself"--gets tiresome sometimes.

It goes hand in hand with the talk people have about this hobby being Addictive--it is lol

I would be lying if I said I don't have a detecting bucket list that I would like to fulfill, but stoking one off the list every hunt isn't always possible

I'll go with Whafifind's philosophy, take the exit find and be happy with that

 

[Old Dude]

This is going to be my first winter post addiction, lol. I assume we all meet here and reminisce? My plan for the next few weeks is to hunt until my digger can't break the ground. I have the heavily insulated outdoor wear. I used it in March when I started this hobby, lol. I was out there then when the ground was still frozen in the shade and I hope to be out now till then. May we all get something that makes us long for warmer weather again before the big freeze.


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[ironhorse]

This is going to be my first winter post addiction, lol. I assume we all meet here and reminisce? My plan for the next few weeks is to hunt until my digger can't break the ground. I have the heavily insulated outdoor wear. I used it in March when I started this hobby, lol. I was out there then when the ground was still frozen in the shade and I hope to be out now till then. May we all get something that makes us long for warmer weather again before the big freeze.

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Winter is/was always a great time to research, look at maps and aerial photos etc, and get a game plan together

 

[WawaDuane]

I'm using winter to catalog and take good pics of all my finds, do some electrolysis and watch Savage Family Diggers.

 

[Hunthicks]

Yeah it's sure looking like we're done for this year, doesn't it? Let's hope for a fluke thaw that lasts a few more weeks anyways haha.