Who says MDing is easy and I am ready for the Bayou with todays find

[Bridge End Farm]

Who says MDing is easy and I am ready for the Bayou with today's find

I am looking for a place in the woods that I heard of close to a spot I have been sweeping. I been told I would know it when I seen it. So I looked for a way in.

You can tell by the pics that is it full of thick large briars, down trees from Hurricane Ivan, etc. I just tried to find a route walking back and forth. Finally I decided a large oak I could see was where I was gonna try. The oak was only about 20 yards or so in. I was thinking God don't let me get lost looking for this place, I sure don't want to spend the night in here.
After some zig zagging I finally made it to the Oak and found this machete sticking up by it. God provided for sure. It isn't old I know but I was sure glad to find it.
It was pretty rusty as you can see on some of it. You can also see where I removed the rust using it to blaze a trail.
I only had about 1 1/2 hours till dark and only made it about 100 feet in cutting a trail. I think I am close now just need to find a way across a creek that is about 40 feet wide I came upon. Who says MDing is easy
I am ready for the Bayou with my new digging tool.

 

[Bridge End Farm]

Re: Who says MDing is easy and I am ready for the Bayou with today's find

Sounds like fun to me....break down your machine and put into a backpack...frees up your hands and keeps machine safe.....I wear safety goggles when I am in brush like that,because I got tired of branches smacking me in the face....wear heavy leather gloves . I also pull my bandana up over my nose because as mentioned before ...I get tired of branches scratching at my face......
I have been in alot of areas hunting like this....just keep swinging

very good tips ty for them, we have more heavy rain today and tomorrow so I probably won't go back to it till next week and cut/work some more into it. Funny about saying keep my machine safe after I had that machete, I had it in one hand and my machine is the other. As I was swinging and trying to get thru the stuff with the machete I hit my detector hard down by the coil. I thought for sure I had cut the coil cable or into my coil But thankfully as I inspected it I only hit the shaft. I put it down after that and left it till I came back out.

 

[Bridge End Farm]

Re: Who says MDing is easy and I am ready for the Bayou with today's find

Went back this morning to cut my way in some more only to find old park's gates closed, locked and no trespassing signs now posted. Have to see now if I need county permission to access the area. Darn have the machete cleaned, oiled and sharpen.

 

[Pepper2004]

Re: Who says MDing is easy and I am ready for the Bayou with today's find

awwh, bgf, that just ain't right! Them locking you out after all that trail blazing you did. Once you cross the creek and get to the clearing you will be in my back yard.

 

[Bridge End Farm]

Re: Who says MDing is easy and I am ready for the Bayou with today's find

awwh, bgf, that just ain't right! Them locking you out after all that trail blazing you did. Once you cross the creek and get to the clearing you will be in my back yard.

thank you I am heart broken right now.