crazyjarhead
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- Sep 10, 2007
- 10,318
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- Detector(s) used
- Ace 250
- Primary Interest:
- Metal Detecting
Good evening everyone. Hope everyone is doing fine and enjoying the final days of Summer. As for me I sure have lately. I hunted an area which I have overlooked before and I don't know why. This baseball field has been around since baseball began, as my father recently told me. My Father, Mother and Great Grandfather and 2 Great Uncles went to school here. I have hunted the surrounding grounds but nothing real old. Lot's of wheat's but no silver. The ground has been excavated a little when the 2 schools were razed in the early 70's. I remember playing basketball here in the 60's and 70's. I was able to find a picture of the high School but not the Grade School. My Grandmother (95) has pictures but she is not doing well and has been in the hospital 3 times this year. I'll try to obtain better pictures later.
Anyway, I finally realized that the baseball field might be the best place to hunt. And it was. Not much trash just pull tabs and some foil here and there. The IH's and wheat's were down 6 inches or better. Signal was iffy on one and I only had a beep going one way. So I pinpointed and dug. Fist IH was the 1874. The other was 1887. The 1887 is not as good as the 1874. Liberty is clearly visible however my picture doesn't do it a whole lot of justice. I have macro zoom but my kitchen light is not helping either. I included a picture from 1928 of the Woodstock Tiger's baseball team. I also included a picture of the high school. The school was a fortress as was most old structures in the 1800's. Why did they have to knock it down
Beautiful castle 
I also found some early wheat's 1916, 1920, 1926, 1929. Found some modern clad, an old pocket knife at 6 inches and an old bullet casing.
Thanks for looking. Ron
Anyway, I finally realized that the baseball field might be the best place to hunt. And it was. Not much trash just pull tabs and some foil here and there. The IH's and wheat's were down 6 inches or better. Signal was iffy on one and I only had a beep going one way. So I pinpointed and dug. Fist IH was the 1874. The other was 1887. The 1887 is not as good as the 1874. Liberty is clearly visible however my picture doesn't do it a whole lot of justice. I have macro zoom but my kitchen light is not helping either. I included a picture from 1928 of the Woodstock Tiger's baseball team. I also included a picture of the high school. The school was a fortress as was most old structures in the 1800's. Why did they have to knock it down
Beautiful castle I also found some early wheat's 1916, 1920, 1926, 1929. Found some modern clad, an old pocket knife at 6 inches and an old bullet casing.
Thanks for looking. Ron
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