CRUSADER
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The harvest is a week early for the Barley & Oil-seed Rape.
However, our plan A had to change when we arrived at our first set of Barley Fields.....The 2 new fields we wanted to try (1 with good intel on it) had not been done yet & only 1 had been started around the edge before they had stopped 3 runs in. (wasn't quite ready) As we had drove so far we decided to try this bottom lister before we looked elsewhere. The ground was heavy clay & the cracks were 2 inch wide by 8 inch deep, but this somewhat helped Cru'dad pry the lumps out using the cracks instead of digging. I decided to do the very edge just off the pretty high cut stubble & into the grass, just as I thought we would blank I got a silver 3 pence. What a relief, I thought, keeping my silver streak alive. I kept to this edge & followed it for some distance until I got another great signal only to look down & see a long cross hammered sitting on the top.
Bingo, time to give up the near impossible conditions & move on. (1 hour 15 mins)
After a long drive we were please to see the Field of 500 had been harvested. This time the stubble seemed much better & the sandy soil made for a slightly better experience. We were only testing the waters, as this field was hammered when it was drilled (perfect conditions). After 1 hour 15 minutes I had 2 scrappies, & OTWBTTC I got a short-cross hammered (This field produces hardly any hammered!) So 3 silvers in 2.5 hours will do me for a steaming hot day.
2 Scrappies
1895 3 Pence
Ed I Penny
King John Penny
Although 90% of the time we are gridding, its nice to get lucky like this when your not.
However, our plan A had to change when we arrived at our first set of Barley Fields.....The 2 new fields we wanted to try (1 with good intel on it) had not been done yet & only 1 had been started around the edge before they had stopped 3 runs in. (wasn't quite ready) As we had drove so far we decided to try this bottom lister before we looked elsewhere. The ground was heavy clay & the cracks were 2 inch wide by 8 inch deep, but this somewhat helped Cru'dad pry the lumps out using the cracks instead of digging. I decided to do the very edge just off the pretty high cut stubble & into the grass, just as I thought we would blank I got a silver 3 pence. What a relief, I thought, keeping my silver streak alive. I kept to this edge & followed it for some distance until I got another great signal only to look down & see a long cross hammered sitting on the top.
Bingo, time to give up the near impossible conditions & move on. (1 hour 15 mins)After a long drive we were please to see the Field of 500 had been harvested. This time the stubble seemed much better & the sandy soil made for a slightly better experience. We were only testing the waters, as this field was hammered when it was drilled (perfect conditions). After 1 hour 15 minutes I had 2 scrappies, & OTWBTTC I got a short-cross hammered (This field produces hardly any hammered!) So 3 silvers in 2.5 hours will do me for a steaming hot day.
2 Scrappies
1895 3 Pence
Ed I Penny
King John Penny
Although 90% of the time we are gridding, its nice to get lucky like this when your not.
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