Brewha08
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- Mar 20, 2016
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- Minelab Etrac
- Primary Interest:
- All Treasure Hunting
With Spring in the air and the day off I decided to head into the woods to hunt a very historic local area, with history dating back well into the 1600's. There are many cellar holes in the area that have been hunted very hard over the years. (Before my time) So I decided to head off the beaten trail and move to an abutting field and try my luck.
I decided to head towards a pond in the area and search the edges in hopes of finding some goodies. After about 30 minutes of walking aimlessly through fields I came across an area with a what appeared to be a small depression in the ground. I also was beginning to get what sounded like iron on my Etrac.
I decided to grid the area and came up with the skeleton key and the top shoe buckle?(knee buckle) It looks to me like it is a very early one. A few nails and hunks of iron later and I decided to move along to the other end of the field.
I began following a stone wall and right when the wall took a 90 degree turn I noticed two holes in the field with fieldstone and granite lying in the bottom! Cellar hole! I hunted the area for only 30 minutes and managed to dig the 3 coppers and a few other goodies.
Now knowing I had stumbled upon what seemed like a virgin site I called up a few friends and told them about my recent discovery. I decided to head out and not hunt the area to hard because I wanted to bring the lads out for a group hunt after they got out of work.
Unfortunately when we got back out there little else turned up.
I managed to find the only good keeper and it was my oldest Reale to date. All my others are the Carlos variety. The 3rd digit in the date is smudged off and I am unable to tell what the exact date is but I do know it is my oldest.
Long story short it was a great hunt and it just goes to show that long walks through the woods can pay off! I am also thinking that the first depression in the field which is probably 50 yards from the two cellar holes could possibly have been the barn. I will need to head back with the smaller coil and see what else we can find out there! Thanks for reading and HH
I decided to head towards a pond in the area and search the edges in hopes of finding some goodies. After about 30 minutes of walking aimlessly through fields I came across an area with a what appeared to be a small depression in the ground. I also was beginning to get what sounded like iron on my Etrac.
I decided to grid the area and came up with the skeleton key and the top shoe buckle?(knee buckle) It looks to me like it is a very early one. A few nails and hunks of iron later and I decided to move along to the other end of the field. I began following a stone wall and right when the wall took a 90 degree turn I noticed two holes in the field with fieldstone and granite lying in the bottom! Cellar hole! I hunted the area for only 30 minutes and managed to dig the 3 coppers and a few other goodies.
Now knowing I had stumbled upon what seemed like a virgin site I called up a few friends and told them about my recent discovery. I decided to head out and not hunt the area to hard because I wanted to bring the lads out for a group hunt after they got out of work.
Unfortunately when we got back out there little else turned up.
I managed to find the only good keeper and it was my oldest Reale to date. All my others are the Carlos variety. The 3rd digit in the date is smudged off and I am unable to tell what the exact date is but I do know it is my oldest.Long story short it was a great hunt and it just goes to show that long walks through the woods can pay off! I am also thinking that the first depression in the field which is probably 50 yards from the two cellar holes could possibly have been the barn. I will need to head back with the smaller coil and see what else we can find out there! Thanks for reading and HH
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