jgas
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Hello all Tnetters,
Finally got out for a six hour hunt at a farm circa 1913. It has 55 acres and is primed for development to further the asphalt jungles that we hate. The owner is 100 years old and she is in a retirement home. The neighbor who I must say is a super nice guy takes care of the yard work for her. He happily said hunt wherever you want, you have a lot of room ro raom out there. Come to find out his sister lives right next door and lives in a house that was renovated from an old barn and moved from another farm down the street. I spoke to her as well and she said hunt everywhere you want. Needless to say wee have a ton of space to cover.
So Don and I started the day in the front yard of the house and he quickly located a 1920 wheatie. Good start! Then he discovered a 1953 Rosie under the front yard bush. So I thought we may have a virgin site. Well after a few thousand more swings of the coils.....we had little to show. A lot of the usual can slaw and what I call gorilla rings from farm equipment.
As the typical day would go, I am sure you all get this, the phone rings and I have to get home for the cookout! I lovingly told my better half that we had a few more yards of dirt and sod to cover and I would be right there. It was really good timing I suppose since my battery power suddenly seemed to drain to nothing. So Don kept going with the DFX as we tried to get finished rather quickly. He got a kinda jumpy signal between 84 and 92 on the VDI. Most of the targets so far had been a couple inches down but this one was registering at 7 and 1/2 inches. So it got the heart pumping a bit. So I carefully dug the plug and of course it was still in the hole. Pinpointed and located the target and I thought for sure it was my third large cent for the year.....Nope...then I thought it was a 2 cent piece.....Nope....then saw a face and a clover leaf design on the back. What did it turn out to be......
It is an 1880 Winfield Scott Hancock Presidential Token. He ran against Garfield in 1880 for the Presidency but lost the electoral vote 214 to 114..He fought in several civil war conflicts and was a General. The battle of Gettysburg was one of the conflicts. The obverse of the coin which has the clover leaf design was the insignia of the 2nd Army Corps. His nickname in the war was Superb Soldier...This stuck with him through the campaign for the President and for the rest of his life. Garfield was assassinated in his first year of office. I bet Hancock was happy he didn't get voted in. It was said that he was woken up to be told he lost the election and said "So be it." And went back to sleep..
Needless to say this was a way cool find for us after the drought of the day long search. My first real find connected to the Civil War and my first Presidential Token..I love this sport of dirt fishing...Happy Hunting all and I hope you all had a safe and happy 4th! Sorry for the blurry pics...Oh yes, it was located about 100 yards from the house near the cow feeding pens.
jgas
Finally got out for a six hour hunt at a farm circa 1913. It has 55 acres and is primed for development to further the asphalt jungles that we hate. The owner is 100 years old and she is in a retirement home. The neighbor who I must say is a super nice guy takes care of the yard work for her. He happily said hunt wherever you want, you have a lot of room ro raom out there. Come to find out his sister lives right next door and lives in a house that was renovated from an old barn and moved from another farm down the street. I spoke to her as well and she said hunt everywhere you want. Needless to say wee have a ton of space to cover.
So Don and I started the day in the front yard of the house and he quickly located a 1920 wheatie. Good start! Then he discovered a 1953 Rosie under the front yard bush. So I thought we may have a virgin site. Well after a few thousand more swings of the coils.....we had little to show. A lot of the usual can slaw and what I call gorilla rings from farm equipment.
As the typical day would go, I am sure you all get this, the phone rings and I have to get home for the cookout! I lovingly told my better half that we had a few more yards of dirt and sod to cover and I would be right there. It was really good timing I suppose since my battery power suddenly seemed to drain to nothing. So Don kept going with the DFX as we tried to get finished rather quickly. He got a kinda jumpy signal between 84 and 92 on the VDI. Most of the targets so far had been a couple inches down but this one was registering at 7 and 1/2 inches. So it got the heart pumping a bit. So I carefully dug the plug and of course it was still in the hole. Pinpointed and located the target and I thought for sure it was my third large cent for the year.....Nope...then I thought it was a 2 cent piece.....Nope....then saw a face and a clover leaf design on the back. What did it turn out to be......
It is an 1880 Winfield Scott Hancock Presidential Token. He ran against Garfield in 1880 for the Presidency but lost the electoral vote 214 to 114..He fought in several civil war conflicts and was a General. The battle of Gettysburg was one of the conflicts. The obverse of the coin which has the clover leaf design was the insignia of the 2nd Army Corps. His nickname in the war was Superb Soldier...This stuck with him through the campaign for the President and for the rest of his life. Garfield was assassinated in his first year of office. I bet Hancock was happy he didn't get voted in. It was said that he was woken up to be told he lost the election and said "So be it." And went back to sleep..
Needless to say this was a way cool find for us after the drought of the day long search. My first real find connected to the Civil War and my first Presidential Token..I love this sport of dirt fishing...Happy Hunting all and I hope you all had a safe and happy 4th! Sorry for the blurry pics...Oh yes, it was located about 100 yards from the house near the cow feeding pens.
jgas
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