DD-777
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Had a chance to hunt the old homesite behind one of the tobacco fields today. Upon the advice of "chopper", I carried my Green River good luck token with me and I'd have to say it worked 
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I literally had to walk about a mile around the field to the back of the first stand of trees (in the field pic - look to the far right of the trees and you'll see the trail curving around). Unfortunately, the land owner informed me that I was not able to bring any cameras with me nor was I allowed to walk through the rows. He apparently has had problems with hunters in the past taking advantage of his permission and in his words, "turnin' the place into a damn party palace"...
Anyway, when I got to the other side of trees, I saw nothing. No old home, no outhouse, nada. I decided to venture into the woods a little (it was very warm today - didn't feel like meeting up with any critters) and that's where I found the old Coke bottle pieces. Then I found the old Dr. Pepper piece. I started to swing the coil (mind you - this was my first time MD'ing IN the woods) and was getting frustrated as h#*@ because of how tight it was in there. I then got a solid penny/dime signal - barely four inches down and I pulled up the wheatie - 1910. Seing the date I was getting "un-frustrated" rather quickly. Next signal I dug the strange round piece (it looks like it's some sort of cap to something) with the mother-of-pearl button(?!).
I dug a few nails (or what I think are nails) a tore up Buffalo with no date (go figure
) and I eyeballed what I believe to be a piece of pottery(?). I was getting ready to split when I got a decent quarter tone and dug up the green shot-gun shell. I checked the hole and I was still getting that quarter signal - had a little trouble pin-pointing so I just dug out wider - I thought I was seeing things when I saw the edge of a coin. All I kept thinking was that it was a large cent - and it was - until I got home and washed it up. Call me crazy, but I'm glad I carried that "good luck token" with me today - after I washed what I thought was a large cent - I realized what I dug up was a "hard luck token" - dated 1837!!! It's not really worth much, but it's the oldest "coin" I've dug so far and it's cool as a cucumber 
. The front reads, "E Pluribus Unum" and the back reads, "Millions for Defence - Not One Cent - For Tribute". I'll definitely be heading back there this weekend as I am off for three days and it's supposed to rain tomorrow. It should be nice and sloppy on the way back across the trail...
Thanks for stopping by and keep on swingin'...
Lots o'pics to peruse...
...I literally had to walk about a mile around the field to the back of the first stand of trees (in the field pic - look to the far right of the trees and you'll see the trail curving around). Unfortunately, the land owner informed me that I was not able to bring any cameras with me nor was I allowed to walk through the rows. He apparently has had problems with hunters in the past taking advantage of his permission and in his words, "turnin' the place into a damn party palace"...
Anyway, when I got to the other side of trees, I saw nothing. No old home, no outhouse, nada. I decided to venture into the woods a little (it was very warm today - didn't feel like meeting up with any critters) and that's where I found the old Coke bottle pieces. Then I found the old Dr. Pepper piece. I started to swing the coil (mind you - this was my first time MD'ing IN the woods) and was getting frustrated as h#*@ because of how tight it was in there. I then got a solid penny/dime signal - barely four inches down and I pulled up the wheatie - 1910. Seing the date I was getting "un-frustrated" rather quickly. Next signal I dug the strange round piece (it looks like it's some sort of cap to something) with the mother-of-pearl button(?!).
I dug a few nails (or what I think are nails) a tore up Buffalo with no date (go figure
) and I eyeballed what I believe to be a piece of pottery(?). I was getting ready to split when I got a decent quarter tone and dug up the green shot-gun shell. I checked the hole and I was still getting that quarter signal - had a little trouble pin-pointing so I just dug out wider - I thought I was seeing things when I saw the edge of a coin. All I kept thinking was that it was a large cent - and it was - until I got home and washed it up. Call me crazy, but I'm glad I carried that "good luck token" with me today - after I washed what I thought was a large cent - I realized what I dug up was a "hard luck token" - dated 1837!!! It's not really worth much, but it's the oldest "coin" I've dug so far and it's cool as a cucumber . The front reads, "E Pluribus Unum" and the back reads, "Millions for Defence - Not One Cent - For Tribute". I'll definitely be heading back there this weekend as I am off for three days and it's supposed to rain tomorrow. It should be nice and sloppy on the way back across the trail... Thanks for stopping by and keep on swingin'...
Lots o'pics to peruse...
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