Boxing Day hunt.

pepperj

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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.
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Then a wee button, that turned out to be a snap button.
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Lantern parts, and bits of lead. 2 parts of a spoon (looks like an apple)
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I got a couple of crotal bells back to back finds but 30 minutes apart.
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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.
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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.
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"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.



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A real nice Anchor button face-no back though
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Strange one here and not 100% it's a button even though a shank look on the back, could be a saw nut?
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Dug what looks like a powder flask top?
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Here's the tray of goods
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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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Thanks Bill
Happy New Year
Hope you get a bell this next season, truly a nice piece of history.
I've given many away to the farmer's wives for a tree ornament. I put a little red ribbon on them and drop them off-makes the eyes light up and a smile.
Heart warming Pepper
I read today and
I never knew that some of these bells were placed on horse carriages to notify others
Great post Thank you for sharing with us
 

Heart warming Pepper
I read today and
I never knew that some of these bells were placed on horse carriages to notify others
Great post Thank you for sharing with us
On carriages, sheep, goats as well.
The jingle bell were more popular on the Sleigh/carriages I believe.
 

PJ,
I felt like I was right there with you with that narrative. You cracked me up with:
"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." :laughing7:


Looks like you are on to a nice permission there. Some nice recoveries for sure. I love those old buttons and backmarks, and the crotal bells too. It's great that you can still get out this time of year. :icon_thumleft:
Well done Sir,
MM
Thank you the reply
Yes the weather is great this year and it has allowed for a late season hunt.
Still itching to do some more and looking at the long-range it might happen for bush areas.
Rained good, so we got a 1/2 inch so that knocked the frost out again.

Might try the prickly ash bush cellar hole if time allows. :laughing7:
 

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.
View attachment 2122556
Then a wee button, that turned out to be a snap button.
View attachment 2122557
Lantern parts, and bits of lead. 2 parts of a spoon (looks like an apple)View attachment 2122558
I got a couple of crotal bells back to back finds but 30 minutes apart.View attachment 2122559
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.View attachment 2122560
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.View attachment 2122572
"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.



View attachment 2122562View attachment 2122563View attachment 2122564View attachment 2122568

A real nice Anchor button face-no back thoughView attachment 2122567
Strange one here and not 100% it's a button even though a shank look on the back, could be a saw nut?View attachment 2122565View attachment 2122566
Dug what looks like a powder flask top?
View attachment 2122569View attachment 2122570

Here's the tray of goodsView attachment 2122575

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.
loving the pair of Crotal Bells very cool stuff lots of targets good hunt :)
 

loving the pair of Crotal Bells very cool stuff lots of targets good hunt :)
Thanks SW
For the time spent it produced enough to garner the "I will return" status.
It always takes a few hunts to figure out a site, and the corn really prevents any smooth swinging.
 

Thanks SW
For the time spent it produced enough to garner the "I will return" status.
It always takes a few hunts to figure out a site, and the corn really prevents any smooth swinging.
I have a deep respect for field hunters, I have no patience to grid or walk that much in one day its brutal to me and going for long periods of time in total silence or with low buzz of threshold noise just gnaws at me...give scrounge a junky woods site all day :).

So, hats off for the due diligence detecting approach. It is usually an extremely effective strategy for garnering the goodies and you are living proof.

Wishin' the T-net family all good digs in '24 should be an exciting year!
 

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.
View attachment 2122556
Then a wee button, that turned out to be a snap button.
View attachment 2122557
Lantern parts, and bits of lead. 2 parts of a spoon (looks like an apple)View attachment 2122558
I got a couple of crotal bells back to back finds but 30 minutes apart.View attachment 2122559
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.View attachment 2122560
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.View attachment 2122572
"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.



View attachment 2122562View attachment 2122563View attachment 2122564View attachment 2122568

A real nice Anchor button face-no back thoughView attachment 2122567
Strange one here and not 100% it's a button even though a shank look on the back, could be a saw nut?View attachment 2122565View attachment 2122566
Dug what looks like a powder flask top?
View attachment 2122569View attachment 2122570

Here's the tray of goodsView attachment 2122575

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.
Wow 🌶️ beautiful finds!! Happy new year!
 

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.
View attachment 2122556
Then a wee button, that turned out to be a snap button.
View attachment 2122557
Lantern parts, and bits of lead. 2 parts of a spoon (looks like an apple)View attachment 2122558
I got a couple of crotal bells back to back finds but 30 minutes apart.View attachment 2122559
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.View attachment 2122560
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.View attachment 2122572
"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.



View attachment 2122562View attachment 2122563View attachment 2122564View attachment 2122568

A real nice Anchor button face-no back thoughView attachment 2122567
Strange one here and not 100% it's a button even though a shank look on the back, could be a saw nut?View attachment 2122565View attachment 2122566
Dug what looks like a powder flask top?
View attachment 2122569View attachment 2122570

Here's the tray of goodsView attachment 2122575

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.
Nice!!! Congrats!!!!
 

I enjoyed reading your post. Nice pictures of some great finds too. I especially like those bells. Congrats and Happy New Year!
Thanks
Same to you all the best for the 2024 season.
 

I have a deep respect for field hunters, I have no patience to grid or walk that much in one day its brutal to me and going for long periods of time in total silence or with low buzz of threshold noise just gnaws at me...give scrounge a junky woods site all day :).

So, hats off for the due diligence detecting approach. It is usually an extremely effective strategy for garnering the goodies and you are living proof.

Wishin' the T-net family all good digs in '24 should be an exciting year!
Thank you SW
Though walking from one site to another is probably the hardest to do in the corn, especially following a side walker.
Secret is go down one row, then across the wind row, not a darned diagonal.
Sites are an easy in the field, the iron patch is ones friend, no obstructions, might be roots close the the bush, but they tend to be down a ways.
Walking open field with no destination "Boring as heck" and my hat goes off to the ones that can do that for hours on end.
95% of the time I can park, walk out onto the field and nail the site right away.
 

Nice day out, Pepperj. You know I love the bells! Congrats!
Well thank you WD
Just to let you know I thought of you when I popped the first one.
All the best for the 20244 season, and I hope you get yourself a little ding-a-ling.
 

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