CallMeGrey
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Finally got our first decent rain in months Monday night. So I got a new permission that I had been looking at for 2 months. The place has some history for this area - settled in 1845 by John Ford.
John Ford immigrated from Liverpool, England in March 1845. He settled on the banks of the Halfway Prairie Creek on June 3, 1845. As a member of the British Temperance Emigration Society he was given an 80 acre farm touching a stream of water, 5 acres of which were to be fenced, sown, and cultivated, and a log house erected before the settler's arrival. Seven years later, in 1852, he built the current house with lumber cut from the nearby woods.
The current owner has lived in the house for over 60 years and told me that the house was actually moved to the present spot in the 1930's and a stone facade was added. He pointed out the original location about 200 yds away.
So this morning I went over to scope out the place. The owner took me down to the original location, which is now in a soybean field and told me I'd have to wait for the harvest before digging in the field. But I was able to go over some adjacent land. First coin was a 2014 Zincoln, which I thought was funny. There was the expected amount of ferrous in the ground - LOTS! Finally got a 25-26 signal. First thing out of the hole was a nail, of course. The pinpointer was still screaming when I rechecked the hole, so I knew it was a larger target and did not expect a coin. Then I found the "round object". About the size of a quarter, but definitely not silver - so I was thinking it could be a token. A little cleaning and I see the word "one" on the back. Maybe a British coin?
When I got home and cleaned it a little more and used my magnifying glass I was able to determine I had a Large Cent! I immediately thought of Tom_in_Ca. Can't make out the entire date but the last digit is 7. So the date is either 1837, 47, or 57.
I'll be going back tomorrow and many more times. There's 80 acres to cover!
John Ford immigrated from Liverpool, England in March 1845. He settled on the banks of the Halfway Prairie Creek on June 3, 1845. As a member of the British Temperance Emigration Society he was given an 80 acre farm touching a stream of water, 5 acres of which were to be fenced, sown, and cultivated, and a log house erected before the settler's arrival. Seven years later, in 1852, he built the current house with lumber cut from the nearby woods.
The current owner has lived in the house for over 60 years and told me that the house was actually moved to the present spot in the 1930's and a stone facade was added. He pointed out the original location about 200 yds away.
So this morning I went over to scope out the place. The owner took me down to the original location, which is now in a soybean field and told me I'd have to wait for the harvest before digging in the field. But I was able to go over some adjacent land. First coin was a 2014 Zincoln, which I thought was funny. There was the expected amount of ferrous in the ground - LOTS! Finally got a 25-26 signal. First thing out of the hole was a nail, of course. The pinpointer was still screaming when I rechecked the hole, so I knew it was a larger target and did not expect a coin. Then I found the "round object". About the size of a quarter, but definitely not silver - so I was thinking it could be a token. A little cleaning and I see the word "one" on the back. Maybe a British coin?
When I got home and cleaned it a little more and used my magnifying glass I was able to determine I had a Large Cent! I immediately thought of Tom_in_Ca. Can't make out the entire date but the last digit is 7. So the date is either 1837, 47, or 57.
I'll be going back tomorrow and many more times. There's 80 acres to cover!