One detector find, 200 eyeball finds

[flip]

Just got back from a week in the woods. Detected a friends pasture where he had seen broken glass and horseshoes when plowing.Managed to find this old spigot thats made of copper. If anyone knows the age of it I'd love to know. Then I headed for the creek bottom and found these tasty treats. All told, I had a great time.

 

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[Night Stalker]

Cool looking old spigot....those mushrooms are excellent rolled in cornmeal/salt/pepper/paprika and fried like a piece of fish.

I find us a few every year!

Looks like you have enough to share .

Way to go! Night Stalker

 

[Rubicon]

Nice finds, the taper on the spigot looks like it was used in a wooden keg. The 'shrooms are morels, aren't they?

 

[Wetgreenie]

Oh man, I've always wanted to try Morel mushrooms.
all I've seen are packs of 3-4 dried ones at the grocery store for
Like $8.

 

[Abbey]

Those are, in fact, morels- which sell for anywhere from 12-25$/pound depending on the season. Chefs like me do backflips for those- cause we definately don't have enough time to find them ourselves....except for me right now...as I wait for my restaurant to open... Enjoy! I like them fried up in butter and a little s+p-- with potato pancakes. YUM!

 

[mountainplayer]

MMMMMMMMM, morels!

They ought to be popping up in my spots anytime now. Sorry I can't help with the spigot.

MP

 

[Blackjack77]

Wow- nice keepers! Those Morels bring back good memories. Used to
hunt for them with My Dad. They always grew for a short time in May where
We used to hunt them. Didn't last long before they shriveled.
That area now is a freeway and new homes- -shame too. Average take
was a five gallon bucket for the season!!
Mushroom soup or fried-- they tasted great!

 

[Gypsy Heart]

YUMMMMMMMMMMMM MORELS >>>>MY FAVORITE ! WAY TO GO.....thhat is an excellent find ....my mouth is watering just thinking about them.....rolled in flour and fried ....butter bread.......Good job .

 

[Don in SJ]

The spigot is a great find, and combining detecting with food hunting is all the better.

Don

 

[Kas]

Hey, we need to start a thread for mushroom finders.

I hope the warm weather didn't ruin them where I'm at.

 

[halfdime]

MORELS!!!!! I found them last year on April 11 and will start looking next week. What a haul! Of course, they don't last as long as silver, but silver doesn't taste as good.

 

[Handyman]

Nice morels Flip. Did you find them around elm trees? A lot of the members probably don't know this, but certain mushrooms have an affinity for certain trees. As an avid mushroom hunter, I can tell you that morels favor tulip poplar, and apple, but mostly elms. In particular sick or dying elms. Makes it easy to hunt them as we just walk through the woods looking for elms. Then we concentrate on scouring the ground around them. We have favorite trees that produce year after year. Morels are starting to come into season here in the Pgh area. Happy hunting

 

[flip]

Nice morels Flip. Did you find them around elm trees? A lot of the members probably don't know this, but certain mushrooms have an affinity for certain trees. As an avid mushroom hunter, I can tell you that morels favor tulip poplar, and apple, but mostly elms. In particular sick or dying elms. Makes it easy to hunt them as we just walk through the woods looking for elms. Then we concentrate on scouring the ground around them. We have favorite trees that produce year after year. Morels are starting to come into season here in the Pgh area. Happy hunting

I have the best luck around large dead elms that are still standing. We usually don't find big patches until the middle of april here in missouri but its been wet and warm early this year.