Farm fields are boring, BUT.............

[doninbrewster]

Sometimes you can pull a few keepers. Got permission to hit a farm field that was just tilled. I'm not big on farm fields. Give me an old home, woods or an old park that has been "hunted out". Got a few of my worst pieces today in the form of a draped bust large cent, matron head large cent and an 1876 seated dime. The matron head is 1817. Not sure on the draped bust. These coins are all toasted, even the dime which is a bit unusual. I still like finding old coins and I'm thankful for what I found. I know a lot of people detecting have never found any of these and would be thrilled. HH

 

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[BigWaveDave]

I like seeing coins I'll never find... Good job by you!

 

[Texas Ed]

Seems to me farm fields are not boring - CONGARTS on your coin finds & thanks for sharing the pictures with us. Wish you many more great finds.

Texas ED

 

[toasted]

Im beginning to like farm fields best. Peace and quiet. Dont have to be neat with the digging and the finds are usually near the surface. Nice hunt

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Nice coin finds, Congratualtions!

 

[Tommy G]

PM me next time you get bored and I'll give you a break! Nice finds!

 

[Eastcoasthunter21]

Nicedigs don but I get the farm thing everything is toasted that fertilizer really does a job on them I'm surprised about the silver being so badly etched. But seated do e and two identifiable coins is a good day. Hh gl

 

[WHADIFIND]

Ya know, I think I'm "hearing" a little of what we all sort of feel from time to time. We work so hard to find something really nice and old. Then, sometimes, when we do, it has deteriorated so badly that it's barely recognizable. On one hand we are very, very grateful for finding anything that old! On the other, it is sooooo frustrating/depressing for it to be in such bad condition.

Makes me wonder sometimes if we aren't approaching a time limit of some sort. Where even the best metals will be to badly oxidized. And, just about when I'm at my lowest point, thinking about giving up. BEEP! Ya know?

I don't have any solution for the feeling. But, I suspect that maybe remembering some of the better finds that have been made, might help.

Congrats on bringing back to light some things that were last touched a very long time ago.

 

[TRanegar36]

Doesn't get much better than that... no kids out in the field either

 

[UnderMiner]

Nice early American coins!

 

[Dirtwisher]

Im beginning to like farm fields best. Peace and quiet. Dont have to be neat with the digging and the finds are usually near the surface. Nice hunt

I'm with Toasted - just zone out and process the beeping in your brain! I can dig to China and not worry about it and I had two surface finds last week pre-1800.

 

[doninbrewster]

Nicedigs don but I get the farm thing everything is toasted that fertilizer really does a job on them I'm surprised about the silver being so badly etched. But seated do e and two identifiable coins is a good day. Hh gl

I was surprised by the seated dime also. It was heavily scratched on both side as well as pitted with some iron adhering. Sure glad it wasn't my first seated dime. I would have been quite disappointed.

 

[Chestdiesel]

Great coins. Farm fields are nice, but unfortunately fertilizer kills copper coins, and can even blast silver too. I try and find fields that used to be farmed before industrial fertilizer was around. It's amazing at the difference in quality as opposed to field coins that are still being farmed and peppered with fert. But obviously, those are tough to find, and have been pounded. Anyways, thanks for sharing. Still great finds that needed saving. Cheers.

 

[fmerg]

with the dime you can try putting a piece of aluminum foil in the bottom of a glass bowel
add about 3 tablespoons of baking soda
cover with very hot water
place dime on the foil and wait for the water to cool down
see if that cleans it up

as for farm fields being boring
i love them

 

[Trezurehunter]

Nice coins. Everyone has their own opinion, but I like the farm fields. Yes the coppers can be rough, but the silvers & relics can counteract that. I hunt them exclusively from harvest to planting. Maybe its because I also like the peace and quiet of the country surroundings. No people for the most part & I can just enjoy the hobby without interruption. I also enjoy the research of finding where the old schoolhouses & homesteads were once located.

 

[CRUSADER]

I'm the complete opposite. Give me a farm field over a yard,park or wood.

anyways, nice bunch of older coins.

 

[doninbrewster]

Nice coins. Everyone has their own opinion, but I like the farm fields. Yes the coppers can be rough, but the silvers & relics can counteract that. I hunt them exclusively from harvest to planting. Maybe its because I also like the peace and quiet of the country surroundings. No people for the most part & I can just enjoy the hobby without interruption. I also enjoy the research of finding where the old schoolhouses & homesteads were once located.

It's not exactly that I don't like farm fields, it's just there's so few signals. I have some great old parks to go to where it's a challenge to pull stuff where others have been pounding for years. Pulled over 60 Indians and 3 seated dimes that way so far this year. Last year I pulled my first gold coin, and three cent silver from one of these parks. Farm fields can provide unhunted areas and some great finds, but can be a bit boring if you going a half hour between digable signals.

 

[CoilyGirl]

I like farm fields most days except for that corn stubble can be pretty rough to swing the coil over. Even though your coins are toasted you can at least see what they are. Congrats on the coppers and silver.

 

[against the wind]

My best cracked die, 1811, large cent, came from the front garden of a 300 acre farm in Columbia County, N.Y.
Maybe they don't use serious fertilizer in their own gardens.
Congrats on your finds.

 

[scruggs]

Even toasted looks good!! Congratulations...keep it up!!