Searching for a new site: Think i found it.

[KSDirtfisher]

Guys & gals it has been a bit since I've got out & got a short hunt.

I went out looking for a old site my dad & others had told me about. Acquired permission from the land owner.

Land owner said he can barely remember the big Ole 2 story house as a kid & he is 70.

Well after walking around for a hour searching for the iron patch with my detector I finally started finding a few things.

I think this is going to be a old site & I got a feeling it is going to produce some swell finds.

Dug lots of iron to kinda verify age & site. Dug some wagon wheel nuts.
A WR Patent lock its got a crown on it. It is made by William Rex somewhere between 1830-1837 I believe.

Also found some wooden yoke hardware.

Some kinda of trigger guard locking thing. Thinking maybe part of a old leather draw gage. It's brass or bronze.

Lmao I not going to even show the truck load of big iron I Dug. But I want it gone.

It's a soybean field & I want to better even the odds of finding the GOOD STUFF!

 

[markinmichigan]

You had a good day, sure does look like it. You can show the garbage, some of us will like it. Keep digging.

Mark in Michigan

 

[KSDirtfisher]

You had a good day, sure does look like it. You can show the garbage, some of us will like it. Keep digging.

Mark in Michigan

Thanks. What really made me mad! My garrett carrot was dead when I got out there & hunting. Pretty sure I left some nice targets not having it.

I forgot how nice it is to have a pin pointer for the small targets.

 

[LovestheShiny!]

That site sure has potential! Hope you do well there. And yep, a guy gets spoiled by having a pinpointer, I turned around one day and didn't detect as I left the Carrot at the house.

 

[KSDirtfisher]

That site sure has potential! Hope you do well there. And yep, a guy gets spoiled by having a pinpointer, I turned around one day and didn't detect as I left the Carrot at the house.

Oh I haven't even got to the good part of the story yet.

So I reach in my finds pouch to get a Brand New Duracell in the package out.

Rip the package open, put it in the carrot & attempt to turn it on. Nothing! WTH I say!

Dang brand new Duracell was bad!!

Oh I was Mad!!!

 

[Tom_in_CA]

Good play-by-play

 

[markinmichigan]

Thanks. What really made me mad! My garrett carrot was dead when I got out there & hunting. Pretty sure I left some nice targets not having it.

I forgot how nice it is to have a pin pointer for the small targets.

I carry 2 pin pointers, the carrot gets me deep and close, the Accupoint isn't as sensitive but is deadly close by the target.

Mark in Michigan

 

[Big Boys Hobbies]

Awesome Lock!

 

[maxxkatt]

Oh I haven't even got to the good part of the story yet.

So I reach in my finds pouch to get a Brand New Duracell in the package out.

Rip the package open, put it in the carrot & attempt to turn it on. Nothing! WTH I say!

Dang brand new Duracell was bad!!

Oh I was Mad!!!

So much for Duracells advertising long, long shelf life.

 

[maxxkatt]

Guys & gals it has been a bit since I've got out & got a short hunt.

I went out looking for a old site my dad & others had told me about. Acquired permission from the land owner.

Land owner said he can barely remember the big Ole 2 story house as a kid & he is 70.

Well after walking around for a hour searching for the iron patch with my detector I finally started finding a few things.

I think this is going to be a old site & I got a feeling it is going to produce some swell finds.

Dug lots of iron to kinda verify age & site. Dug some wagon wheel nuts.
A WR Patent lock its got a crown on it. It is made by William Rex somewhere between 1830-1837 I believe.

Also found some wooden yoke hardware.

Some kinda of trigger guard locking thing. Thinking maybe part of a old leather draw gage. It's brass or bronze.

Lmao I not going to even show the truck load of big iron I Dug. But I want it gone.

It's a soybean field & I want to better even the odds of finding the GOOD STUFF!View attachment 604176View attachment 604177View attachment 604178View attachment 604179

Looks like a good site to clean up the iron and spend lots of hours looking for old coins and jewelry. Have fun.

 

[GroundSweeper]

That padlock is sweet! I carry an extra 9v in my pouch, and one in the car too.

 

[KSDirtfisher]

That padlock is sweet! I carry an extra 9v in my pouch, and one in the car too.

Lmao I thought I was doing the right thing by carrying a new spare 9V in my finds pouch. Lol still new in the package I thought.

Lmao rip it out of the package to find out i got a $5-$6 dead azz battery.

Wish now I would not have Launched it to the moon.

Yeah a guy thinks about it, that lock made a long journey to make it here back in them days.

 

[GroundSweeper]

Damn missed the dead spare battery part, that’s pretty bad!

 

[Wolfie0827]

Me, I stay away from Durecell's. My luck with them is very poor. I have trouble with them lasting as long as the older pre-alkaline batteries.