New site gives up my 100th injun for the year

[Goes4ever]

I hit a new field tonite this place was over half mile off the road was gone before 1914. Got my 100th Indian of the yr, a toasty no date shield nickel, flat button, general service CW button and one odd shaped heel plate. The corn stalks were a mess and it was very difficult to hunt. My buddy got his first ever shield nickel and it was 1867

 

[ModernMiner]

CONGRATS G4E!!! 100 IH's is fantastic. I need to get back up that way and hit some NW Ind. fields from my area.
Neat looking heel plate. First one I've ever seen that shape.
-MM-

 

[Goes4ever]

Last season I hit 174 indians, NEVER gonna come close to that number this year!

 

[Peyton Manning]

do you find them by research or randomly? I have permission to hunt some farmers fields but have no idea if they have ever been more than farmland

 

[Dig-It-Scoops]

In the fields I hunt in NJ it doesn't seem to matter all that much if there was actually a house in the field as long as there is old houses and barns in the area. People spent a lot of time in the fields before machinery, harvesting, plowing and hunting.

 

[Dig-It-Scoops]

We also get way more large cents, coppers and farthings than indian heads.

 

[Goes4ever]

do you find them by research or randomly? I have permission to hunt some farmers fields but have no idea if they have ever been more than farmland

I research old maps to find house sites, schools, churches etc, this one was on 1872 map and gone by 1914 map

 

[Dig-It-Scoops]

you can overlay the old maps on google earth. It works great to see if there was anything there.

 

[gleaner1]

Goes4ever 100 IH cents is stupendous and 174 is off the hook I think I got about seventy in twenty years. I imagine you must have about fifty plus silver this year just guessing.

 

[mariposagold]

Congrats on the 100 and last years 174. Good hunting.

 

[vpnavy]

Nice finds Goes4ever. Thanks for sharing...

 

[Goes4ever]

Goes4ever 100 IH cents is stupendous and 174 is off the hook I think I got about seventy in twenty years. I imagine you must have about fifty plus silver this year just guessing.

I am at 92 silver this year, I don't know why but it seems like indians are very plentiful in my area, especially field sites

 

[Jyverb64]

Congrats on the 100, your sites are definitely loaded with them, the most I've found at one site was 5

 

[jewelerguy]

two rolls of indian heads.... wow, that is outstanding!

 

[Msbeepbeep]

You've got quite a collection of Indian Heads, and silver! Congrats!

 

[Argentium]

I am blown away !!!! - A hundred indians in a year ? And I haven't found ONE in nine years ?

 

[Goes4ever]

Congrats on the 100, your sites are definitely loaded with them, the most I've found at one site was 5

I had two field sites last yr that gave up around 18 indians each site. How many farm houses have you been to that gave up 25-30 wheats? seems like around here, pennies are everywhere!

 

[Jyverb64]

I had two field sites last yr that gave up around 18 indians each site. How many farm houses have you been to that gave up 25-30 wheats? seems like around here, pennies are everywhere!

I've had several sites that have been loaded with wheats and I'm sure I'll get one loaded with indians one of these days

 

[DanKnug]

A hundred Injuns - that's a whole tribe

 

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