HomeGuardDan
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It is March 10th and I have not been at my desk at work once. I have had two weeks of business trips with a small stop back home in between. That combined with rainy weekends meant that I have not gotten out much in the last couple of weeks and man it was killing me.
Yesterday Bill and I got together and though the day started out with a huge unforeseen circumstance, it meant that we had to scramble to save the day and find a new site. I was lucky as finally a landowner I have been after for some time was home and permission was granted!
Spent the majority of our time wandering around looking for a couple of spots we had researched, finally during the second half of our day it paid off. At first it was slow, but it became steady and productive.
My take for the day was 23 buttons, two coins, colonial buckles, and plenty of trips to look forward to.
Bill had a heck of a day and I could only do all I could to keep up with his silver...though I did not bag any silver coins, I did get a nice VA Half Penny, 1810 Large Cent, and a complete shoe buckle and 80% of another. I stayed in one small spot for about 70% of my time and located a large pit that has the best potential yet this season. Early pottery, glass and the shoe buckle and pewter spoon all came from it. The Large Cent came right at the edge of it along with several buttons.
I like the small brass lock and the large cast iron one that I dug. I also picked up a nice broken point - this place just has it all. I will let Bill post his, but lets just say not only did his streak continue, but it left me in the dust. I can't wait to get back to this spot as I suspect it has plenty of more goodies to find.
HH
Dan
Yesterday Bill and I got together and though the day started out with a huge unforeseen circumstance, it meant that we had to scramble to save the day and find a new site. I was lucky as finally a landowner I have been after for some time was home and permission was granted!
Spent the majority of our time wandering around looking for a couple of spots we had researched, finally during the second half of our day it paid off. At first it was slow, but it became steady and productive.
My take for the day was 23 buttons, two coins, colonial buckles, and plenty of trips to look forward to.
Bill had a heck of a day and I could only do all I could to keep up with his silver...though I did not bag any silver coins, I did get a nice VA Half Penny, 1810 Large Cent, and a complete shoe buckle and 80% of another. I stayed in one small spot for about 70% of my time and located a large pit that has the best potential yet this season. Early pottery, glass and the shoe buckle and pewter spoon all came from it. The Large Cent came right at the edge of it along with several buttons.
I like the small brass lock and the large cast iron one that I dug. I also picked up a nice broken point - this place just has it all. I will let Bill post his, but lets just say not only did his streak continue, but it left me in the dust. I can't wait to get back to this spot as I suspect it has plenty of more goodies to find.
HH
Dan
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