- Feb 3, 2009
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- Detector(s) used
- Deus, Deus 2, Minelab 3030, E-Trac,
- Primary Interest:
- Relic Hunting
The weather warmed up to a pleasing 46F yesterday. Time for a little play, and the last one for the year.
So the snow fog cleared mostly, and I headed out.
Was planning of going south for the day. Multiple cellar holes spread over a few permissions.
As I was driving down the highway I glanced over and saw the hillside farm off in the distance. I have a new permission for this one.
Quick turnaround and off to find the entrance to the farm.
I spoke to the permissions and he asked me which cellar hole did I want to start with?
4 or 5 choices 🤔
I'll start with the family cellar hole first.
So now it's getting on late in the morning by the time the first recovery was made. A lovely D buckle, deep down.
Then a wee button, that turned out to be a snap button.
Lantern parts, and bits of lead. 2 parts of a spoon (looks like an apple)
I got a couple of crotal bells back to back finds but 30 minutes apart.
The ground was a frozen landscape for the first few inches.
I was chopping the plug smaller and smaller. Then
I almost crapped myself on this recovery. Saw the shiny squashed edge, and said you daft fart.
I was lucky that it was nothing good.
Well the day was getting on so I went back the farm house emptying the pouch the permission came over to see the finds.
Interested but not overly so it seemed.
He showed me his detector earlier and it was Garrett 250. (I was feeling intimidated by this yellow bug, nope not going to hold a wee candle against the Deus ll force)
Where next Jim?
Maybe I'll check out the cellar hole over there.
"Here I'll walk over and show you"
So we slogged across the corn rows, to the site.
(It was easier to walk down a row then across the wind row end)
But I'm not there to argue, just follow, stepping 100's of times over the corn stalk rows.
Got to the site, felt like I'd goose stepped a mile in the mud.
"This is where I found my button."
I kindly dug up a few bits of big iron, a button. Found the iron patch.
He got bored and I was able to make some progress.
I hate entertaining really I do.
But I swung while he filled the air with history of the area.
Hard to listen to a 2 way conversation between the machine and the history teacher.
Headphones over the touque, one cup above the ear listening to these 2 entertaining my ears.
Finally he left and I started pop the finds.
Some lovely green buttons and deep down.
A real nice Anchor button face-no back though
Strange one here and not 100% it's a button even though a shank look on the back, could be a saw nut?
Dug what looks like a powder flask top?
Here's the tray of goods
Thanks for looking
Hope everyone had a great Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to everyone.
Hope 2024 season will bring many smiles, and keepers to you all as well.
So the snow fog cleared mostly, and I headed out.
Was planning of going south for the day. Multiple cellar holes spread over a few permissions.
As I was driving down the highway I glanced over and saw the hillside farm off in the distance. I have a new permission for this one.
Quick turnaround and off to find the entrance to the farm.
I spoke to the permissions and he asked me which cellar hole did I want to start with?
4 or 5 choices 🤔
I'll start with the family cellar hole first.
So now it's getting on late in the morning by the time the first recovery was made. A lovely D buckle, deep down.
Then a wee button, that turned out to be a snap button.
Lantern parts, and bits of lead. 2 parts of a spoon (looks like an apple)
I got a couple of crotal bells back to back finds but 30 minutes apart.
The ground was a frozen landscape for the first few inches.
I was chopping the plug smaller and smaller. Then
I almost crapped myself on this recovery. Saw the shiny squashed edge, and said you daft fart.
I was lucky that it was nothing good.
Well the day was getting on so I went back the farm house emptying the pouch the permission came over to see the finds.
Interested but not overly so it seemed.
He showed me his detector earlier and it was Garrett 250. (I was feeling intimidated by this yellow bug, nope not going to hold a wee candle against the Deus ll force)
Where next Jim?
Maybe I'll check out the cellar hole over there.
"Here I'll walk over and show you"
So we slogged across the corn rows, to the site.
(It was easier to walk down a row then across the wind row end)
But I'm not there to argue, just follow, stepping 100's of times over the corn stalk rows.
Got to the site, felt like I'd goose stepped a mile in the mud.
"This is where I found my button."
I kindly dug up a few bits of big iron, a button. Found the iron patch.
He got bored and I was able to make some progress.
I hate entertaining really I do.
But I swung while he filled the air with history of the area.
Hard to listen to a 2 way conversation between the machine and the history teacher.
Headphones over the touque, one cup above the ear listening to these 2 entertaining my ears.
Finally he left and I started pop the finds.
Some lovely green buttons and deep down.
A real nice Anchor button face-no back though
Strange one here and not 100% it's a button even though a shank look on the back, could be a saw nut?
Dug what looks like a powder flask top?
Here's the tray of goods
Thanks for looking
Hope everyone had a great Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to everyone.
Hope 2024 season will bring many smiles, and keepers to you all as well.
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