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Hello Everyone,
After yesterdays wet and windy afternoon hunt the rain Gods held their fury for another day. Today, I had the pleasure of hunting new farm permission, but not after having to put his mind at ease. The Farmer said; very few people have been allowed to hunt the farm and even less now.
It appears he is afraid of possible litigation if something should happen while detecting. I gave him my business card and described and showed photos of my previous historical work and he felt confident enough to let me detect. 
To be honest, I did not know how the day would turn out, since he said earlier that it has been hunted before; but as the day of hunting continued (8 ½ hours total) it sure did end up being a great place to hunt!
The coins, jewelry, relics and of course lots of junk flowed into my pouch. I had to dump out the trash pouch twice during the hunt. The farmer did like the fact that I removed a lot of large iron (dragged off) from the field so his plowing would be safer. At the end, I thanked him and began to show what I’ve found, but he said “Just keep all the stuff”.
Here is the wrap-up of the finds:
1779 ½ Real (worn)
1903 and 1906 Barber dimes (worn)
1920, 1925, 1924, 1929 D Mercury dimes (worn)
1880 and 1888 Indian Heads (toasty)
1916, 13, 19, 18, 20, 10, 31, 17 and two 1957D Lincoln cents (old cents are toasty)
2 — Very Toasty foreign coins (still researching)
Some interesting finds were a child’s toy dreidel, thimble, buttons and a marble. I like the children’s toys the best since they are personal items and were enjoyed during play time.
The other photo is some of the more interesting iron, brass and copper finds. I have not cleaned them up or researched their purpose as of yet.
Thanks for reading,
GL & HH
Doc
After yesterdays wet and windy afternoon hunt the rain Gods held their fury for another day. Today, I had the pleasure of hunting new farm permission, but not after having to put his mind at ease. The Farmer said; very few people have been allowed to hunt the farm and even less now.
It appears he is afraid of possible litigation if something should happen while detecting. I gave him my business card and described and showed photos of my previous historical work and he felt confident enough to let me detect. To be honest, I did not know how the day would turn out, since he said earlier that it has been hunted before; but as the day of hunting continued (8 ½ hours total) it sure did end up being a great place to hunt!The coins, jewelry, relics and of course lots of junk flowed into my pouch. I had to dump out the trash pouch twice during the hunt. The farmer did like the fact that I removed a lot of large iron (dragged off) from the field so his plowing would be safer. At the end, I thanked him and began to show what I’ve found, but he said “Just keep all the stuff”.
Here is the wrap-up of the finds:
1779 ½ Real (worn)
1903 and 1906 Barber dimes (worn)
1920, 1925, 1924, 1929 D Mercury dimes (worn)
1880 and 1888 Indian Heads (toasty)
1916, 13, 19, 18, 20, 10, 31, 17 and two 1957D Lincoln cents (old cents are toasty)
2 — Very Toasty foreign coins (still researching)
Some interesting finds were a child’s toy dreidel, thimble, buttons and a marble. I like the children’s toys the best since they are personal items and were enjoyed during play time.
The other photo is some of the more interesting iron, brass and copper finds. I have not cleaned them up or researched their purpose as of yet.
Thanks for reading,
GL & HH
Doc
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