MountainFan
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I finally got out yesterday for my first real hunt at an old farm/homestead that dates back to the late 1700s. (My first two attempts were plagued by a balky detector that had to be repaired). I'm still very new at all of this, so I was digging everything, learning to pinpoint, and practicing digging clean plugs. In about two hours, I had little to show. I found several square nails, bits of barbed wire, a 4"x4" iron plate, a 3' tube from a round bale feeder, and part of a paper hull Winchester Super Speed 12ga shotgun shell. (By the way, is anyone good at dating old shotgun shells?) I know, not much for 2 hours of digging. My thumb was getting a big blister and my palm was sore from digging with a hand trowel. Just before dark, I was digging one last target. Nice clean plug, but didn't get the target. So I look back in the hole and see a glimmer of silver in the side of the hole. Finally a good recovery!!! Well, almost... Carefully dug it out of the hole only to find a nice shiny pulltab 
Oh well. I might go back this evening if I'm up for the heat again. I know there's got to be good stuff just waiting for me.
2 questions... How do you prevent the blisters and bruised palms from digging? And what sorts of digging tools should I use? The foundation of the homesite is at the back of a 200 acre farm that's nothing but cow pasture, so perfect plugs aren't a requirement (although I'm still trying to keep it as neat as possible). And around the foundation, there's lots of shale, clay, and old bricks about 4 inches down, so deeper targets are going to be difficult.
Oh well. I might go back this evening if I'm up for the heat again. I know there's got to be good stuff just waiting for me.2 questions... How do you prevent the blisters and bruised palms from digging? And what sorts of digging tools should I use? The foundation of the homesite is at the back of a 200 acre farm that's nothing but cow pasture, so perfect plugs aren't a requirement (although I'm still trying to keep it as neat as possible). And around the foundation, there's lots of shale, clay, and old bricks about 4 inches down, so deeper targets are going to be difficult.
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