My half of Seekers field

TimmyNY · Oct 2, 2006

Well as Seeker said in his post the day started a bit disappointing as we were not able to find the picnic grove that we were looking for. We hit a few cellar holes that he had mapped out. I didn't find any coins or buttons but was able to come up with a few nice relics. Some of the nicer stuff includes 2 buckles, a flag pole end. spoon. also a nice little sleigh bell an old brass shotgun shell ( Winchester No 12),and a bridle rosette. also is a brass pocket knife with GW engraved on it. probably dropped by George Washington.

after 8 hours of detecting we decided to go home. on the way John spotted a plowed field so we stopped and hit it for about an hour. there I found the smaller buckle and a nice flat button and 2 coins a 1824 large cent and a 1990 clad dime.

Tim

TimmyNY · Oct 3, 2006

research my friend. first find places that look interesting on old maps. then check your counties plat maps. you can find the owners of property at the county tax office. once you have the address of the owner all you have to do is ask. I personally have not asked over the phone or by mail but others have with good results. Mostly we target larger farms. most have no objection to you searching as long as it doesn't interfer with crops. actually I have never been denied permission yet (knock on wood)

Tim

Gypsy Heart · Oct 3, 2006

TimmyNY said:
research my friend. first find places that look interesting on old maps. then check your counties plat maps. you can find the owners of property at the county tax office. once you have the address of the owner all you have to do is ask. I personally have not asked over the phone or by mail but others have with good results. Mostly we target larger farms. most have no objection to you searching as long as it doesn't interfer with crops. actually I have never been denied permission yet (knock on wood)
Tim

Totally Agree. I have yet to be turned down either. I have called people on the phone because alot of the places I detect the landowners are out of state. I always tell them exactly who I am and get them involved in a conversation about the history of the place.
I just called an 83 year old lady yesterday and was given permission to hunt a 200 year old farm. I started asking her about it and told her I would also like permission to take photographs of it for history preservation. She really liked that !

mountainman 2 · Oct 3, 2006

Thank you both for your replys.I've found some interesting sites in the past more then once by accident. I usually stick to areas that I already have permission.Approaching strangers can be difficult sometimes.You never know how someone will react. Thanks again.MM2

Bavaria Mike · Oct 4, 2006

Nice finds and congrats on the LC, the button looks French! HH, Mike

The Seeker · Oct 4, 2006

TimmyNY said:
Seeker is correct. We hunt ONLY with permission. There are more places than you could ever hunt in a lifetime within 50 miles of your house. Here in Western NY there are many large farms. In the last month I have been given permission to hunt 3 farmes totalling over 9000 acres. There are hundreds of cellar holes on these farms. and even a few picnic groves and a horse track.

Seeker and I both know some who dig without permission. We have even lost the ability to detect some very promising sites because someone that we brought with us was later caught sneaking in without us. Naturally this has caused friction and these people are no longer asked to accompany us. I hope that everyone on this site has the courtesy to ask before you dig.

I will get off my soap box now. I hope I have not offended anyone but this subject tends to ruffle my feathers a bit.

Tim

Wow !!!! That much........I remember you talking about only 3000 or 4000 acres .......Hmmmmmm! are you holding back! lololol I better start investing in more batteries.......!

Gypsy Heart · Oct 4, 2006

The Seeker said:
TimmyNY said:

Seeker is correct. We hunt ONLY with permission. There are more places than you could ever hunt in a lifetime within 50 miles of your house. Here in Western NY there are many large farms. In the last month I have been given permission to hunt 3 farmes totalling over 9000 acres. There are hundreds of cellar holes on these farms. and even a few picnic groves and a horse track.

Seeker and I both know some who dig without permission. We have even lost the ability to detect some very promising sites because someone that we brought with us was later caught sneaking in without us. Naturally this has caused friction and these people are no longer asked to accompany us. I hope that everyone on this site has the courtesy to ask before you dig.

I will get off my soap box now. I hope I have not offended anyone but this subject tends to ruffle my feathers a bit.

Tim

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Wow !!!! Thats much........I remember you talking about only 3000 or 4000.......Hmmmmmm! are you holding back! lololol I better start investing in more batteries.......!

Ooooooh...Didnt Timmy tell you...He let me and Mona Lisa have the other 5000 acres to hunt by ourselves!

And I have to say....we really have been pulling some great stuff out of those acres...Thanks again Tim!

j.d. in the usa · Oct 4, 2006

great job guys!! congrats on the finds

The Gemologist · Oct 4, 2006

I alwways amazed by how much infomation i learn from everyone's feedback. It's helpful and encouraging.

Thanks to everyone..

JerV3 · Oct 4, 2006

Nice finds Tim.

You guys have some nice spots.

HH Jer

Colonial Zoyboy · Oct 4, 2006

Realistically, how in the world will you ever find the time to detect 9000 acres? I'm only 21 years old and it would probably take me over 150 years to grid every acre. Well, I wish you the best of luck!

The Seeker · Oct 4, 2006

zoyboy said:
Realistically, how in the world will you ever find the time to detect 9000 acres? I'm only 21 years old and it would probably take me over 150 years to grid every acre. Well, I wish you the best of luck!

What is so cool about detecting 9000 acres is you never no what your gonna find in the first place! .......But that would be kinda tough even if you were gonna try to detect the whole thing

I would agree with you It would take a long time and would really be impossible!

Soooooooo........Thats where the research comes in , What I would do is pinpoint a select area to start . When looking at those very early maps like from the mid to early 1800's ,also with the range and town map....... I would pin point the oldest homesites and narrow it down to only that area....Plus I figure most of those Early settlers owned Hundreds if not thousands of acres at that time.

So if I lived in that time period and owned one of those pieces of property, I most likely spent most of my time in the field farming , or just hanging out behind my log cabin and thats where I would have lost any items at all. So with all that said that would certainly narrow my searches to a much smaller area........!!! So 9000 acres sure does look like alot......... but really it's not!!!! HH

Seeker

TimmyNY · Oct 4, 2006

Yep seeker is right once again. 9000 is a lot you have to narrow it down a bit by finding the places on maps. Besides Seek and I found this little fountain back in the woods and everytime we drink from it we get a little bit younger so even if it takes 200 years it wont be a problem.

Tim

Rusted_Iron · Oct 4, 2006

Supposing you looked on a map and saw where the house sites were, what's the farthest from a house site you've ever found coins or buttons?

It sounds like you sometimes go way out in these fields where targets are few and far between... yes?

I've got permission to hunt a 200 acre farm and, aside from the cellarhole areas, I don't really know where to start!

TimmyNY · Oct 5, 2006

Seeker likes to get in close I perfer to hit the edges. Probably the farthest Ive found coins is 100 yds. but that was between 2 cellar holes or between house and barns. most finds are within 30 yds of the hole. but you never know

hope this helps HH

Tim

civilman1 · Oct 5, 2006

The Seeker said:
zoyboy said:

Realistically, how in the world will you ever find the time to detect 9000 acres? I'm only 21 years old and it would probably take me over 150 years to grid every acre. Well, I wish you the best of luck!

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What is so cool about detecting 9000 acres is you never no what your gonna find in the first place! .......But that would be kinda tough even if you were gonna try to detect the whole thing I would agree with you It would take a long time and would really be impossible! Soooooooo........Thats where the research comes in , What I would do is pinpoint a select area to start . When looking at those very early maps like from the mid to early 1800's ,also with the range and town map....... I would pin point the oldest homesites and narrow it down to only that area....Plus I figure most of those Early settlers owned Hundreds if not thousands of acres at that time.

So if I lived in that time period and owned one of those pieces of property, I most likely spent most of my time in the field farming , or just hanging out behind my log cabin and thats where I would have lost any items at all. So with all that said that would certainly narrow my searches to a much smaller area........!!! So 9000 acres sure does look like alot......... but really it's not!!!! HH

Seeker

Very well laid out Seeker and Tim.....This explanation should be the rule of thumb if you're just getting started out....You can't go wrong if you do it right!!!Thank's guy's....Keep em' comin'....