The Patriot
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Keeping up with Iron Patch's last hunt
Well 3 or 4 inches of snow fell overnight and myself, hunthicks and another local detectorist decided to brave the elements, hit a high of -4 degrees celsius plus the windchill… We decided to head over to the site where I found my Spanish Silver last week, however the field was occupied by a deer hunter so we obtained permission for some sites further up. The finds where slow as the grass was long and the snow on top of that so some targets were easily missed I'm sure. Pulled out tons of shotgun shells and then pops out a cartwheel penny (1797) then as you can see in the picture the other detectorist popped the largest coin I've ever seen (any ideas? looks like I see a date of 1775 on it…)…made the cartwheel look small by comparison. We then decided to try the side where the farmer said there was an old foundation, well a new barn was recently put on the site and we tried our luck anyways and BANG this cannonball was found only 2 inches under the soil…Tried another site quickly and nailed this 1855 self government and free trade token…. Hopefully next week we get some melt and the area is free of hunters to hit the good sites once again…thanks for looking….OH also showing the junk I dug to get the targets I did….not an easy hobby….
Well 3 or 4 inches of snow fell overnight and myself, hunthicks and another local detectorist decided to brave the elements, hit a high of -4 degrees celsius plus the windchill… We decided to head over to the site where I found my Spanish Silver last week, however the field was occupied by a deer hunter so we obtained permission for some sites further up. The finds where slow as the grass was long and the snow on top of that so some targets were easily missed I'm sure. Pulled out tons of shotgun shells and then pops out a cartwheel penny (1797) then as you can see in the picture the other detectorist popped the largest coin I've ever seen (any ideas? looks like I see a date of 1775 on it…)…made the cartwheel look small by comparison. We then decided to try the side where the farmer said there was an old foundation, well a new barn was recently put on the site and we tried our luck anyways and BANG this cannonball was found only 2 inches under the soil…Tried another site quickly and nailed this 1855 self government and free trade token…. Hopefully next week we get some melt and the area is free of hunters to hit the good sites once again…thanks for looking….OH also showing the junk I dug to get the targets I did….not an easy hobby….
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