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This is gonna be a bit "windy", so get a drink, hit the head, whatever you gotta do 
Recently discovered some County owned property, which I found via map research. had a few houses on it, as well as barns. Drove past yesterday and saw it was half grass, half bare dirt. So I figured I'd hit it for a couple hours this AM.
Detector, pouch, and a bottle of water, left home at 6AM (90* day ahead). Pulled off the road, detected over an hour, nothing but junk, and I mean JUNK!
I'd noticed the farmer had pulled in, and saw they were turning dirt on the back portion of the same property. Poo! (not exactly what I'd said, but you get the drift.
I was going to leave, happen to see one of the guys and drove back to talk to him. Long story short, he gave me the OK to detect, I told him I'd stay out of the guys way (on the tractor/disc).
Drove 1/2 mile back on the road which got me within 1/4 mile of where I needed to be. Found a Wheatie pretty quick, TONS of old crockery, heavy glass, brick, everything you want to see. Kept swinging while paying attention to the tractor slowly working his way across the field, pass after pass.
Dug some relics, but not as many coins as I'd hoped. Tractor finally got close enough that I swapped sides, and was now in the soft disc'd dirt. I was in heaven...so I kept walking towards some power line poles, as I'd used those to reference where the other homesites were. More brick, crockery, and glass.
Dug another wheatie, and a '41 Merc. Tractor guy finished, and left. He came back (after lunch I assume), and hopped on the planter. Poo again! (you know). So now I'm wanting to stay and swing as much as I can before the field gets planted, good thing is he's on the other end.
Remember the ONE bottle of water I'd brought? Well, it was gone, and I was thirsty. I had to make the 1/2 mile round trip to the truck, because I had a pouch that weighed about 10 pounds, and I thought I'd had and extra bottle in the tool box, but NOOOOOOO. I did drink my extra coin sprayer bottle of water though. I didn't help
Going full bore swinging, relic here and there, hot, thirsty, playing beat the clock. Here comes the guy I'd spoken with earlier, on a dozer. So I asked him if they would have the entire field planted today, "Yep". I said a silent poo this time.
Then he tells me I can hunt after it's planted, just if I dig a seed (soy beans), replant it. I can also go back after harvest, which he'd told me would be early this year (yeah! I hope all the fields are too!). So I left soon after, by now it's 2:30 in the afternoon. I was dehydrated and ready for some water.
So, I now keep 4 bottles of water in my toolbox. I don't care if it gets 100*, ass long as it's wet. I will also be taking a cooler from now on, regardless of how long I think I'll be detecting.
Onto the finds.....
Hand driven well point, crockery, axe head, buckles, bug round chunk of lead, and other odds & ends.
The goodies:
2 wheats, a clad dime, a '41 Merc, good luck token, top of a razor, skeleton key, toe tap, tax token, few buttons, one being a General Service.
Another button was a Hettrick Mfg Co
From this Company:
And this M.W. & Co. padlock cover:
Stock pic:
OK, now I need a nap...............
Recently discovered some County owned property, which I found via map research. had a few houses on it, as well as barns. Drove past yesterday and saw it was half grass, half bare dirt. So I figured I'd hit it for a couple hours this AM.
Detector, pouch, and a bottle of water, left home at 6AM (90* day ahead). Pulled off the road, detected over an hour, nothing but junk, and I mean JUNK!
I'd noticed the farmer had pulled in, and saw they were turning dirt on the back portion of the same property. Poo! (not exactly what I'd said, but you get the drift.
I was going to leave, happen to see one of the guys and drove back to talk to him. Long story short, he gave me the OK to detect, I told him I'd stay out of the guys way (on the tractor/disc).
Drove 1/2 mile back on the road which got me within 1/4 mile of where I needed to be. Found a Wheatie pretty quick, TONS of old crockery, heavy glass, brick, everything you want to see. Kept swinging while paying attention to the tractor slowly working his way across the field, pass after pass.
Dug some relics, but not as many coins as I'd hoped. Tractor finally got close enough that I swapped sides, and was now in the soft disc'd dirt. I was in heaven...so I kept walking towards some power line poles, as I'd used those to reference where the other homesites were. More brick, crockery, and glass.
Dug another wheatie, and a '41 Merc. Tractor guy finished, and left. He came back (after lunch I assume), and hopped on the planter. Poo again! (you know). So now I'm wanting to stay and swing as much as I can before the field gets planted, good thing is he's on the other end.
Remember the ONE bottle of water I'd brought? Well, it was gone, and I was thirsty. I had to make the 1/2 mile round trip to the truck, because I had a pouch that weighed about 10 pounds, and I thought I'd had and extra bottle in the tool box, but NOOOOOOO. I did drink my extra coin sprayer bottle of water though. I didn't help
Going full bore swinging, relic here and there, hot, thirsty, playing beat the clock. Here comes the guy I'd spoken with earlier, on a dozer. So I asked him if they would have the entire field planted today, "Yep". I said a silent poo this time.
Then he tells me I can hunt after it's planted, just if I dig a seed (soy beans), replant it. I can also go back after harvest, which he'd told me would be early this year (yeah! I hope all the fields are too!). So I left soon after, by now it's 2:30 in the afternoon. I was dehydrated and ready for some water.
So, I now keep 4 bottles of water in my toolbox. I don't care if it gets 100*, ass long as it's wet. I will also be taking a cooler from now on, regardless of how long I think I'll be detecting.
Onto the finds.....
Hand driven well point, crockery, axe head, buckles, bug round chunk of lead, and other odds & ends.
The goodies:
2 wheats, a clad dime, a '41 Merc, good luck token, top of a razor, skeleton key, toe tap, tax token, few buttons, one being a General Service.
Another button was a Hettrick Mfg Co
From this Company:
And this M.W. & Co. padlock cover:
Stock pic:
OK, now I need a nap...............
