A day at the races

[TimmyNY]

Today was the first nice day we’ve had in a long time so I decided to go do a little digging. I decided to go try a field that I’ve had my eye on for about a year. I’ve finally found the owner at his house (I’ve tried to find him 3 times before). He gave me permission to hunt the field anytime I want

Now this field had a horse track on it from 1860 to about 1910. It promises to be a very nice hunting spot, with one problem. The field is a little over 1200 acres. Now I was able to hunt it for about 3 hours today so I figure I was covering about 10 acres a min. This may seem a bit fast for you but I was able to find a few nice little things.

Small buckle
1932 wheat back penny
1881 Indian head penny

Tim

 

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[Gypsy Heart]

10 acres a minute?
What the heck....you were on a race track Timmy...not the race horse....
Those are some nice finds and I cant wait to see all the stuff you pull out of there! Congrats on finally tracking down that owner!

 

[bookfisher]

It promises to be a very nice hunting spot, with one problem. The field is a little over 1200 acres.

Man, I wish I had your hunting problems. Slow down and do it right!

 

[luckysgirl]

Wow...that is alot of ground to cover!
Lucky You !! What a great spot!

but?? .....10 acres a minute?
I have never seen anyone run with their detector!

 

[Green1]

hmmmmmmm.....

 

[1235CE]

same thought here......hmmmmmm.....lol.........that's flyin'!!....lol

Greg

 

[SHERMANVILLE ILLINOIS]

T NY,

sounds like a good spot, and big.

Very nice finds.

Do you have any idea of the layout of the
track? Old photos, postcards?

have a good un..............

 

[Postalrevnant]

Congratulations on your finds. You were trying to say 10 feet a minute perhaps? If you are really doing acre or 10 in minute somehow I feel you are missing out on some coinage.

Nice finds though. Love the IH.

Rev

 

[TreasureTales]

The "10 acres per minute" part of your post had me scratching my head in amazement, but I figure there was a little mistyping somewhere in there?

An old race track has got to be a fantastic place to hunt. Keep posting what you find, and don't wait too long to go back. We never know what a property owner might do..change his mind, buy himself a detector, invite others in to do the place...so hit it often and GOOD LUCK.

 

[DigMO]

Hey Timmy-sounds like you've got a good spot.Nice finds.Slow down a little and take your time.Some friend told me of an old race track in a city about 20 mins. away from here.Finally found the owner-nice guy-but he said no.I figured I'd give him some time and then I'll try again.Glad you got into your spot.Good luck and HH.

 

[The Seeker]

Hey Tim.........I will be seeing you tomorrow out there in that field....

The bulk of the concessions and the entertainment part of that

race track will be there somewhere ! we will find it sunday!! Nice post

and will talk later.......

The Seeker

 

[doyboy]

Holy cow, Timbo, if you were doing 10 acres a minute, you would put Ed to shame! Slow down, dude, you probably would have found more, but you had to sprint with that Ex II. I bet that was a site to see! hehehehe

 

[cheffer]

10 acres a minute?! imagine how much stuff is in that field if you found those at that speed! hope you can get back there soon when you're not in such a hurry-

 

[Snee]

Very nice!

 

[MalteseFalcon]

Actually, he could not run and cover 10 acres a minute. I believe he has figured out a way to fly!

 

[COUNTRY GIRL]

Nice indian, but......you should'nt try to out run them, they won't hurt you!

 

[Boobydoo]

Sounds like a really good site for old coins and stuff, congrats and good luck there.
Looking forward to seeing all your goodies from there.

Smiles!
BDoo

 

[dfxmatt]

lol @ 10 acres a minute

 

[Gypsy Heart]

Ok...I take back what I said about ten acres a minute..I know you were just kidding around ....you guys are obviously in great shape and can hunt like demons ....now where are the rest of those finds!

 

[dgaughan]

congrats and continued good luck hunting that spot