In the 1970s and 1980s it was not uncommon to pick up 20 to 30 class A points and the same number of field grade. But after about 1995, with the explosion of the web and folks hunting relics (and also hunting the fields for 20+ years) finds have fallen to the point of one good point makes it a good relic hunting day.
I was in the field from about 5 until 6:45 April 30, 2009. I got rained on heavily. This field had already been hunted twice indicated from the footprints. But I had found some nice relics in this field going back 20 years. I found a rough pecked celt before the rain. Then the rain hit. Rained for about 20 minutes heavy. I thought about leaving but there was one small rise left. I almost left this for the next field to hunt but decided to hit it a bit longer.
So I called Pam at work while I walked to the rise and told her I would be about another hour before I got home. I started finding flakes right away. Then BAM. On about my fifth pass I walked right to the point, it was right in front of me and made me take a breath. After that it was on. I found a relic or part of a relic about every ten minutes for about the next 40 minutes. Most were common field grade points. Te rise I found this point on had produced many nice cobbs knives over the years.
I did not even notice that in all my excitement my reading glasses had fallen from the neck of my tee shirt. I was just giddy picking up point.
I got home and after cleaning my finds, I was looking for my glasses and determined I must of lost them in the field. I gave up on them and forgot about them until the next day. Dang those were my favorite glasses. So I told the wife I am going to get my glasses and should be home in an hour or so.
I had to completely retrace my steps from the previous day, and the field is BIG. Of course I looked for more relics - but did not find one. I was not sure how reading glasses would look in the sunshine in the field so I tossed the glasses I had that day over my shoulder in back of me and turned to find them. Yep - not to difficult. On I went. After walking the ENTIRE field again, I finally found them on the rise which produced the finds.
Attached is the find of the day, a close up of the glasses and a distant shot of the glasses. See them? I have determined that relics are very easy to find in the field. Virtually transparent reading glasses are very, very difficult. Darrell used to say I could smell the relics, and walk right to them.
I was in the field from about 5 until 6:45 April 30, 2009. I got rained on heavily. This field had already been hunted twice indicated from the footprints. But I had found some nice relics in this field going back 20 years. I found a rough pecked celt before the rain. Then the rain hit. Rained for about 20 minutes heavy. I thought about leaving but there was one small rise left. I almost left this for the next field to hunt but decided to hit it a bit longer.
So I called Pam at work while I walked to the rise and told her I would be about another hour before I got home. I started finding flakes right away. Then BAM. On about my fifth pass I walked right to the point, it was right in front of me and made me take a breath. After that it was on. I found a relic or part of a relic about every ten minutes for about the next 40 minutes. Most were common field grade points. Te rise I found this point on had produced many nice cobbs knives over the years.
I did not even notice that in all my excitement my reading glasses had fallen from the neck of my tee shirt. I was just giddy picking up point.
I got home and after cleaning my finds, I was looking for my glasses and determined I must of lost them in the field. I gave up on them and forgot about them until the next day. Dang those were my favorite glasses. So I told the wife I am going to get my glasses and should be home in an hour or so.
I had to completely retrace my steps from the previous day, and the field is BIG. Of course I looked for more relics - but did not find one. I was not sure how reading glasses would look in the sunshine in the field so I tossed the glasses I had that day over my shoulder in back of me and turned to find them. Yep - not to difficult. On I went. After walking the ENTIRE field again, I finally found them on the rise which produced the finds.
Attached is the find of the day, a close up of the glasses and a distant shot of the glasses. See them? I have determined that relics are very easy to find in the field. Virtually transparent reading glasses are very, very difficult. Darrell used to say I could smell the relics, and walk right to them.
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