Saturdays Hunt at a "Hunted out" site

Isaac

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Saturday's Hunt at a "Hunted out" site

Me and a couple friends went out detecting 2 weeks ago where I received permission to hunt around an 1810 brick home. We found a few odds and ends, (a gold puzzle ring, a few silver dimes and some wheat pennies) but couldn't get our coils over any period items. The owner came out as we were leaving and told us other detectorists hunted a hill nearby his house on his property and found "pewter spoon utensils, old buttons, an 1810 dime and a 1790 penny". Unfortunately, it was getting dark and the hill was covered in snow at the time so we couldn't hunt it. I went out to scout the hill for a few hours the next Saturday by myself and was surprised to see that most of the site was STILL covered in snow! Keep in mind, this was the snow from the blizzard last month. I was kinda upset, considering most of the promising areas were completely covered in the white stuff, but I plowed on. It was actually melting a lot during the hunt too. The first high signal I got right inside the iron patch of the house was an awesome copper wire that came up like an 80! I was really bummed now, cause I was almost positive that was a nice little coin that the previous guys missed. Not long after, I get a lower tone just lower than a nickel and it ends up being a tombac button. Now my hopes got up for this site again and I continued to get signals. This place was hunted VERY well. About 15 minutes later, I get what I thought was a large flat button at the time, which turned out to be a KGII copper after a cleaning. I was really surprised when I saw the bust when I get home and rinsed it. I think they made it into a button. Back to the hunt, I plucked out a fatty indian dated 1860 head soon after the KGII. I hadn't found one of those in a while so I was content for the day. The rest of the day continued with targets coming slowly and steadily. I decide to get out of the area's I've already hunted before and go into areas where there was lots of ice and snow in the morning, and has receded since then. I get a high signal between the iron and another fat penny pops out! This time, based on the back, I could tell it's a Flying Eagle! What an awesome day! I also found a silver unicorn marked sterling, a 1943 merc in the current yard, and a few pewter spoon pieces. My opinion is that the standing house either was moved further down the hill OR there was an earlier structure at one time. :thumbsup: Can't wait to go back, there's gotta be so much more hiding!

P.S. if you look closely you can see the 1857 of the flying eagle.

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HH

Isaac
 

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JerV3

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Nice stuff

Persistence and patients always pays off

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Great finds! But...What's that dark button to the far right? Is that a tombac with an engraving or design?
 

Scrappy

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I just read what you wrote. Nice. Can we see a close up?
 

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Another " hunted out " spot produces and very good finds too!
 

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Nice hunt! Thank you for sharing the story. :icon_thumleft:
 

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WTG Isaac, Congrats on the 3 coins and other relics. Two of those coins are on my bucket list.
 

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Great hunt Isaac :thumbsup: Sounds like there's still a lot more down there.
 

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And the kid keeps pullin' em out! Way to go Isaac,nice reward for your efforts. I say no place is completely hunted out.
 

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Congratz on some nice finds in a hunted out spot!
 

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NICE FINDS ISSAC , SO WHERE ON THE EAST COAST ARE YOU NOW .. MAN YOU SURE GET AROUND ...
 

GA_Boy

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"Hunted out site" is an Oxymoron.:laughing7:
Nice diggin'.:occasion14:
Marvin
 

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Nice variety , aint no site ever hunted out ive had some of my best finds at places like that !
 

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Isaac

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Nice variety , aint no site ever hunted out ive had some of my best finds at places like that !

I agree you're not gonna believe what I found today at this site!!!!! :) We're not too far from each other either, and almost everywhere we go now has been hunted sometime before... Thank you!
 

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