major disappointment, but still....

[bravowhiskey]

I got to do a real job of detecting an old homesite at the family farm.

Went west and North 4 hours to start my adventure. Got there and the weather was actually tolerable. Still hot, but not as bad. Small cool front with a little rain cooled all down.
I took my push mower to knock the weeds down so I could really operate under optimum conditions.
The new detector (Explorer SE) ignored ferrous signals very well and was a real improvement over my old detector.
A shot of part of the area.

I worked real hard and went super slow and quickly learned the first 1 or 2" was ok to dig, but beyond that it was like concrete. Anything dug stood a very good chance of being destroyed in the process.

I had found the 1876 dime on an earlier trip and now feel like it was a fluke. I searched and searched area for better part of 2 days and could not find a single coin. BOO! I got so annoyed I dug signals I knew were not what I was looking for just to be digging something.

Found old black powder rimfire shell casings that were interesting, as there were at least 4 different cals. represented...

.22 LR and .45/70 Govt for comparison. I can imagine maybe my wifes' great granddad doing a little shooting out back of the house.

Found very little else of consequence, a lead slug that was shot into something and flattened. a small button or maybe it was a knob of some kind as the sides were ridged...

No, this doesn't mean I give up on this place, just will wait for some moisture in ground so it can be dug at least.

I know folks hung on to money for dear life in those days, but if they lost one coin, there has to be more. Doesn't there

 

[johnnyi]

I think that little button thingy you found is very cool. Any chance of getting a close up of the monogram or the back?

 

[Goes4ever]

old farms just do not give up many coins, many times I hunt 2-3 days and many many hours on farms and walk away with no more than one indian, and a bucket of iron. Seems most of my coins come from houses in town, not sure why but that seems the way it is

 

[thrillathahunt]

yeah, old farmsites sure make you work hard for anything good that you get....few and far between. I keep hoping though for that buried and forgotten cache

 

[Goes4ever]

If you want to find elephants, you have to go where there are elephants.

good point Plehbah...lol

 

[mlayers]

coin are usually found where the kids played alot. If there was hardly any children around there will be very few coins around. In town ar old houses te neighbor kids would gather and play and then the coins was lost. That is what I try to look for any play where the kids would gather to play. Even check out factories where there is a big lot next to it where the older kinds wuld gather to play football. I have found out that older homes out in the country will produce some coins but not many. So good luck and I am sure there is more then the one you found so far just have to get the old coil over the top o it.....Matt

 

[NGE]

And as BB would say "ya got to get the iron out" get the iron out, and other trash. Then you will get better finds.......NGE

 

[Deno]

Man you went to a lot of trouble and i have done the same thing with the same results.
Then you go to a park down the road and make a fantastic find. So is life. I admire your
determination. You can't loose with that attitude.

 

[CRUSADER]

The last picture is a screw cap to a ? (normally toothpaste or the like)

 

[allen]

go back after a heavy rain,
your detector should go deeper
and then the coins will appear !!

 

[bravowhiskey]

Sage advice from some learned folks. And I appreciate every bit of it.
Agree, old farms probably produce much less, but this one belonged to family so whatever I find I'm putting in a frame for posterity.
More hours on the SE will not hurt a thing either.

Thanks, and may your next find be a banner!

BW