Recon Mission Nets Nice Fob And 7th LC For The Year!

[JimBeHuntin']

Got out Sunday to do a little site recon to locate a few old farmsteads. I have been working off a 1920's map of my area which happens to show the houses of that time as dots on the map. The problem is that the map is poor quality and very few of the roads are the same today. The house sites I am looking for have been destroyed and the site is now in the woods or in a 100 acre field. Through detective work I try to pin down the location as best I can then hit the field in all metal mode while looking for brick/pottery/glass parts. It involves a lot of walking and a bit of luck. The problem is that when the fields are plowed the brick and other debris are spread over quite a large area. So even when I find an area with brick and glass debris ... I may still have to walk several acres to pin down the exact location. Sunday I was searching for four old sites in the same general area which is a farm field of considerable size. By the end of about 4 hours I finally got one site somewhat pinned down and managed a couple of keepers before having to leave. My finds were: a rough LC (#7 for the year), a cool fob which has Enjoy Merita Bread on one side and Member of the Lone Ranger Peace Patrol on the other (this thing about made my heart stop because it looked just like a silver dollar when I first saw it in the hole), a small marble, a gas valve, a musket ball, a large and small spoon, and other odds and ends. It was a fun day and finding this location will now help me in locating one of the other sites I was looking for. Best of luck to everyone and thanks for looking!

*Update* I did a little searching about the Lone Ranger piece and found out it is a fob ... here is a website that has the same piece listed: http://www.hakes.com/item.asp?ListID=79&ItemNo=75014

 

[Kyle PA]

Re: Recon Mission Nets Nice Token And 7th LC For The Year!

Hey, Jim, any day a largie pops out, it is considered a good day. Well done, Jim!

 

[rvrpilot]

Re: Recon Mission Nets Nice Token And 7th LC For The Year!

keep hitting this site ,you''ll end up with silver or gold sooner or later!

 

[JimBeHuntin']

Re: Recon Mission Nets Nice Token And 7th LC For The Year!

Hey, Jim, any day a largie pops out, it is considered a good day. Well done, Jim!

Thanks for the reply Kyle and you're right ... anytime a large copper pops out is a very nice day

 

[tymcmurray]

Good research pays off.
Great research pays off for a long time!!!
Way to go!!

 

[Brian(upstateNY-Central Fla.)]

Nice going Jim,that LC is toasty but still a lg cent

 

[dirthunter]

Very nice find, Congrats.

 

[Nana40]

Here you are all comfortable finding LC's. And just today I was telling Lisa that I'd have a heart attack if I ever found one. Those are some terrific finds. Don't you just love it when you do finally locate the site you're looking for. That's half the fun.

Nana

 

[JimBeHuntin']

Re: Recon Mission Nets Nice Token And 7th LC For The Year!

keep hitting this site ,you''ll end up with silver or gold sooner or later!

Thanks for the reply rvrpilot!

Good research pays off.
Great research pays off for a long time!!!
Way to go!!

Thanks for the reply Ty!

Nice going Jim,that LC is toasty but still a lg cent

Thanks for the reply Brian ... this soil around here is tough on copper!

 

[JimBeHuntin']

Very nice find, Congrats.

Thanks for the reply dirthunter!

Here you are all comfortable finding LC's. And just today I was telling Lisa that I'd have a heart attack if I ever found one. Those are some terrific finds. Don't you just love it when you do finally locate the site you're looking for. That's half the fun.

Nana

Thanks for the reply Nana ... I enjoy locating the sites almost as much as finding a nice oldie ... I wouldn't say I'm too comfortable finding LCs, I still get excited finding a wheatie!