Iron Patch
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Today Ironhorse and I were digging with our "Uncle Bill" from WI. We all met over 10 years ago when Bill emailed me saying he loved Detecting, had a family connection to our area, and said he would like to meet up. I said of course and the rest is digging history.
This trip however got off to an extremely slow start, and was just made worse by the bad weather, and we all had next to nothing to show for a few short hunts other than some bullets. (Bill wasn't with us yesterday) Having said that, Bill is a long time gun collector and shooter, so even though we didn't think the finds were anything to brag about, he was pleased. Even so, we wanted to do better and today was actually an added day to his trip because he wanted one more chance to get out with the forecast calling for clear sky and warm temps.. By this point however IH and I were feeling the pressure to find a site with some targets, and just about anything would do at this point. Our first two ideas didn't work out and we decided to roll the dice and head East to try what was the absolute last idea we had to get Bill some finds.
Once we arrived to the site we knew it wasn't real old, but was large, and we started digging targets. So ok, we accomplished the first objective which was to find the site, and now if he can just get his coil over a keeper! Everyone was finding some odds and ends, and I guess it was maybe 45 minutes into the hunt and I see Bill on his knees, inspecting something, and IH making his way over. I expected maybe he had found a rotted copper or flat button, but to my amazement he was holding a Flintlock pistol barrel! I think he was happy as a kid who had just been given a new bike.
Unreal what a hard time we had getting on a site, and when we finally find one, Bill digs the best find and it's a gun... his passion! As IH and I walked away I looked at the sky and said "Thank you Detecting God"... and IH did the same.
I dug a few coppers and an American Large cent which I might add a picture of down the page, but today's mission was sending Uncle Bill home with a find he could remember. Mission accomplished!
This trip however got off to an extremely slow start, and was just made worse by the bad weather, and we all had next to nothing to show for a few short hunts other than some bullets. (Bill wasn't with us yesterday) Having said that, Bill is a long time gun collector and shooter, so even though we didn't think the finds were anything to brag about, he was pleased. Even so, we wanted to do better and today was actually an added day to his trip because he wanted one more chance to get out with the forecast calling for clear sky and warm temps.. By this point however IH and I were feeling the pressure to find a site with some targets, and just about anything would do at this point. Our first two ideas didn't work out and we decided to roll the dice and head East to try what was the absolute last idea we had to get Bill some finds.
Once we arrived to the site we knew it wasn't real old, but was large, and we started digging targets. So ok, we accomplished the first objective which was to find the site, and now if he can just get his coil over a keeper! Everyone was finding some odds and ends, and I guess it was maybe 45 minutes into the hunt and I see Bill on his knees, inspecting something, and IH making his way over. I expected maybe he had found a rotted copper or flat button, but to my amazement he was holding a Flintlock pistol barrel! I think he was happy as a kid who had just been given a new bike.
Unreal what a hard time we had getting on a site, and when we finally find one, Bill digs the best find and it's a gun... his passion! As IH and I walked away I looked at the sky and said "Thank you Detecting God"... and IH did the same. I dug a few coppers and an American Large cent which I might add a picture of down the page, but today's mission was sending Uncle Bill home with a find he could remember. Mission accomplished!
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What a guy! 
