Scrapping the barrel...

[CRUSADER]

We found an old farm that we haven't done in years with lots of ploughed fields. The first thing we did is check with the owner if he is happy with us to continue hunting the land. After a couple of bites from his German sheppard he let us carry on. Problem is, that this land was never any good. In fact a famous 17th C writer was quoted as saying the Village was a 'God forsaken place'.
However, when we have no options (the grass is now rock solid), its better to dig your heels in & try.

After 30 minutes on 1 field with just 1 button between us we moved to a nearby one where an allottment used to be (1 hour hunt):

COTY Paris Compact - broken mirror & some foundation present.
Lead Horse
Buttons
My fav find - Glass stopper - found by me on the walk back to the car.

 

[steelheadwill]

Dads thoughts:

'That disc with the holes in (from our last set of finds) is an inner part of an old Minced Meat making machine where you could change the wheels for difference size of finished mince meat within the body of the hand turned and mounted mincing machine. Nan had one which we might even still have somewhere?! You feed the whole meat pieces in and the turning & cutting screw forces the meat through the holes into the catch tray.'

I still have and use one of these, nice to know there is no pink slime in your ground meat.
Thanks Cru and Crudad

 

[wheatfinder13]

Wow, I love toy horse and soldier

 

[Jeff H]

Not my Village but a nearby one. If you think I'm dumb enough to give anyway any location details on the www., think again.

LOL. Good point! I didn't think of it from that angle. I suppose there might be a UK sniper or two lurking about looking to horn in on your good spots. So, what books did this anonymous author write ?

 

[Erik in NJ]

Whay are you scrapping the barrel, what's wrong with it??

 

[CRUSADER]

Whay are you scrapping the barrel, what's wrong with it??

We measure success by how many items we take GPS reading for & on this day it was 0.

 

[Erik in NJ]

It was a joke reply -- I believe you meant "scraping" the barrel not scrapping it! Don't blame me--u guys invented the language

 

[CRUSADER]

It was a joke reply -- I believe you meant "scraping" the barrel not scrapping it! Don't blame me--u guys invented the language

True, but I'm dyslexic, so I hardly know when I'm right or wrong. Thankfully the pathology makes for a good detectorist, so I never worry about it.