March is here, and so who really cares about some snow? Friday, Relichound and I went to my Civil War site, one of a few, but I like this one the best. I had an appointment so didn't dig for long. Since the farmer had done some deep discing, and had rotated crops, instead of trekking out in the 3" of snow to find new places to dig, I decided to go to a few of our honey spots on this big farm.
We were not disappointed. Wayne was using his Equinox 800 and I was using the Deus. I had decided to bring the new camera, so I gave him a general area to try, and was messing with the camera and I hear this squeal coming from him. He's doing a shaking, mumbling thing which indicated he had found something nice. He got his first block I at the very edge of the field where the disc had made a deep cut. I think that farmer runs that tractor at 40 mph in those fields to get the dirt to cut that deep!
I got a couple minies, but had to leave. I'd had a bad week and had to go to the bank and spend some serious money!
So I left. He did get some minies out of the field and a few other items, but it was a successful day to say the least.
Thursday, Tommybuckets and went to a colonial field. This is a no till place, and has been hit. Tommy got some items, a round ball, a few buttons and some whatzits. I had literally just come from the doctors, all was ok, except for my stress levels. I joined them but had no machine so Tommy let me use his Equinox 600. I got numerous buttons, some lead and a "tinkle cone", a brass ornament used on native American clothing in the colonial period.
Now this next picture is last weekend's digs from another spot a couple miles away and includes the tinkle cone and some buttons, but we got some nice 17th to 18th century buckles, slip decorated redware, clap pipe stems and my first piece of colonial jewelry, either carnelian or glass in a brass ring setting!
Lastly, yesterday Tommy and I went to my CW spot, the same one Relichound and I went to on Friday. The snow had melted some and more snow was coming, so we were up against the clock. I suggested Tommy use my brand new out of the box Tesoro Tejon. He had never used one of this brand before, but I thought he'd get a kick out of it, especially compared to his Equinox 600. I used the Deus.
Well, again, I wanted to play "look, idiots out metal detecting in the snow again" thing with my camera, so we went to a new section of the farm and next thing I know, he has a minie ball. While I'm still getting my stuff ready, I hear a squeal grunt (you know that sound), and Tommy is holding something big in his hand. Of course at that distance I couldn't tell what it was. It was a Union Breastplate, and his first one ever. We were hunting a hillside no one liked to dig on as it's kind of hard keeping your footing there, especially in snow. He nailed it with the Tejon.
So I finally put the camera away and got into the field. I had the Deus. The Equinox never made it out of the truck. The truck now needs to go to the car wash with the windows open due to the mud in it!
Anyway, I got a good 90's signal and out pops my first Virginia Coat button since about 1990!
I dug three more minies for the three hours we were able to get in.
Tommy got some minies, a crushed top to an oil lamp, and a big pewter threaded cap to something. We went to the area Relichound had gone over, just to see what these other machine might do. There were a lot of very small targets, non ferrous, the Equinox 800 missed, mainly small aluminum, small brass and some small modern bullets, but Tommy pulled out a Civil War poncho grommet. I got the first best signal, The Deus rang up a mid tone, and out popped a real surprise - a hat letter "C".
I had never dug one of those so I was quite excited. We wandered about for awhile while the snow started falling harder and Tommy gets a hard hitting target he couldn't quite locate with the Tejon. Remember, he had never used the machine before. I started scraping at the dirt as the Deus had nailed it as probably brass and shallow. It was next to a previously dug hole and I spotted it as the dirt got scraped away. It was a hat number "8". That was Tommy's first hat number. I think he'll post it, I had put the camera away as the snow was coming pretty good by then.
All in all, a nice few short digs for the beginning of March. On the way home, the same little flock of ducks we see every year was visiting my neighbor's pond.
We were not disappointed. Wayne was using his Equinox 800 and I was using the Deus. I had decided to bring the new camera, so I gave him a general area to try, and was messing with the camera and I hear this squeal coming from him. He's doing a shaking, mumbling thing which indicated he had found something nice. He got his first block I at the very edge of the field where the disc had made a deep cut. I think that farmer runs that tractor at 40 mph in those fields to get the dirt to cut that deep!
I got a couple minies, but had to leave. I'd had a bad week and had to go to the bank and spend some serious money!So I left. He did get some minies out of the field and a few other items, but it was a successful day to say the least.
Thursday, Tommybuckets and went to a colonial field. This is a no till place, and has been hit. Tommy got some items, a round ball, a few buttons and some whatzits. I had literally just come from the doctors, all was ok, except for my stress levels. I joined them but had no machine so Tommy let me use his Equinox 600. I got numerous buttons, some lead and a "tinkle cone", a brass ornament used on native American clothing in the colonial period.
Now this next picture is last weekend's digs from another spot a couple miles away and includes the tinkle cone and some buttons, but we got some nice 17th to 18th century buckles, slip decorated redware, clap pipe stems and my first piece of colonial jewelry, either carnelian or glass in a brass ring setting!
Lastly, yesterday Tommy and I went to my CW spot, the same one Relichound and I went to on Friday. The snow had melted some and more snow was coming, so we were up against the clock. I suggested Tommy use my brand new out of the box Tesoro Tejon. He had never used one of this brand before, but I thought he'd get a kick out of it, especially compared to his Equinox 600. I used the Deus.
Well, again, I wanted to play "look, idiots out metal detecting in the snow again" thing with my camera, so we went to a new section of the farm and next thing I know, he has a minie ball. While I'm still getting my stuff ready, I hear a squeal grunt (you know that sound), and Tommy is holding something big in his hand. Of course at that distance I couldn't tell what it was. It was a Union Breastplate, and his first one ever. We were hunting a hillside no one liked to dig on as it's kind of hard keeping your footing there, especially in snow. He nailed it with the Tejon.
So I finally put the camera away and got into the field. I had the Deus. The Equinox never made it out of the truck. The truck now needs to go to the car wash with the windows open due to the mud in it!
Anyway, I got a good 90's signal and out pops my first Virginia Coat button since about 1990!
I dug three more minies for the three hours we were able to get in.Tommy got some minies, a crushed top to an oil lamp, and a big pewter threaded cap to something. We went to the area Relichound had gone over, just to see what these other machine might do. There were a lot of very small targets, non ferrous, the Equinox 800 missed, mainly small aluminum, small brass and some small modern bullets, but Tommy pulled out a Civil War poncho grommet. I got the first best signal, The Deus rang up a mid tone, and out popped a real surprise - a hat letter "C".
I had never dug one of those so I was quite excited. We wandered about for awhile while the snow started falling harder and Tommy gets a hard hitting target he couldn't quite locate with the Tejon. Remember, he had never used the machine before. I started scraping at the dirt as the Deus had nailed it as probably brass and shallow. It was next to a previously dug hole and I spotted it as the dirt got scraped away. It was a hat number "8". That was Tommy's first hat number. I think he'll post it, I had put the camera away as the snow was coming pretty good by then.All in all, a nice few short digs for the beginning of March. On the way home, the same little flock of ducks we see every year was visiting my neighbor's pond.
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