Danimal
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I started a new job this past Monday (the place I worked for 8 yrs is closing it's doors and moving the work to Mexico ![:-\](https://www.treasurenet.com/smilies/undecided.gif "Undecided :-\")
) so things have been kinda hectic and stressful but I have managed some "stress-relief" hunts into the mix. Last weekend my son and I went back to the area where quite a few large cents and old buttons were found to locate some unhunted cellarholes. Mirage and Nate came along and we split up and tried to find different foundations in the woods (being shared with bowhunters still) so we donned the safety orange vests again.
No sooner had I turned on my DFX and ground balanced (I saw a well opening and figured we were close to the spot on the 1906 map) than I got that wonderful warble and out popped a 1954 Washington. I called Bob on the 2-way and we all converged and really blanketed the area. NOTHING more was found! That's the MD jinx when you find a good coin right away! A few wheats popped up at a different spot as well as a few old flat buttons. I also pulled the biggest musketball I have ever dug (dropped) with a nice thick white patina on it. A great sounding hit turned out to be part of a silver plated pocketwatch.
Imbedded into a tree was a long abandoned pc. of farming equipment next to one cellarhole
Later in the day we went back to the area where Nate found his 1820s LC and where I had heard my name called twice while hunting along an old stone wall. I promised a few pics (didn't have my camera the time I was spooked) so we all went back there to see if we could find the end of the wall.
We never did. It literally just keeps going off into the woods (we went perhaps a mile back). The day was bright and sunny (not gloomy like the day I found it) and that no doubt lent itself to removing some of the creepy factor.
Here are my finds for that day including the big musketball
Onto yesterday's hunt. I met up with Don (from the DFXonly site) and we hunted some old houses in his area he had received permission to check out. I ended the afternoon with a 1919 well worn Merc, a baby's-butt smooth SLQ,
a 1942 Washington, a 1947 Rosie, a 1905 IH and a cool token dated 1939 celebrating the "Golden Jubilee of Ordination" of Cleveland Ohio's first Bishop.
Also found an old compact (no coins inside....someday
) several old buckles including an ornate suspender buckle and around 24 wheaties (haven't checked any dates yet) Overall a nice hunt and a great change from beating back briars in the woods!
Thanks Don for taking me along. Don found a great old token dated 1934 from Chicago (pictured)
HH all!
) so things have been kinda hectic and stressful but I have managed some "stress-relief" hunts into the mix. Last weekend my son and I went back to the area where quite a few large cents and old buttons were found to locate some unhunted cellarholes. Mirage and Nate came along and we split up and tried to find different foundations in the woods (being shared with bowhunters still) so we donned the safety orange vests again.No sooner had I turned on my DFX and ground balanced (I saw a well opening and figured we were close to the spot on the 1906 map) than I got that wonderful warble and out popped a 1954 Washington. I called Bob on the 2-way and we all converged and really blanketed the area. NOTHING more was found! That's the MD jinx when you find a good coin right away! A few wheats popped up at a different spot as well as a few old flat buttons. I also pulled the biggest musketball I have ever dug (dropped) with a nice thick white patina on it. A great sounding hit turned out to be part of a silver plated pocketwatch.
Imbedded into a tree was a long abandoned pc. of farming equipment next to one cellarhole
Later in the day we went back to the area where Nate found his 1820s LC and where I had heard my name called twice while hunting along an old stone wall. I promised a few pics (didn't have my camera the time I was spooked) so we all went back there to see if we could find the end of the wall.
We never did. It literally just keeps going off into the woods (we went perhaps a mile back). The day was bright and sunny (not gloomy like the day I found it) and that no doubt lent itself to removing some of the creepy factor.
Here are my finds for that day including the big musketball
Onto yesterday's hunt. I met up with Don (from the DFXonly site) and we hunted some old houses in his area he had received permission to check out. I ended the afternoon with a 1919 well worn Merc, a baby's-butt smooth SLQ,
a 1942 Washington, a 1947 Rosie, a 1905 IH and a cool token dated 1939 celebrating the "Golden Jubilee of Ordination" of Cleveland Ohio's first Bishop.
Also found an old compact (no coins inside....someday
) several old buckles including an ornate suspender buckle and around 24 wheaties (haven't checked any dates yet) Overall a nice hunt and a great change from beating back briars in the woods!Thanks Don for taking me along. Don found a great old token dated 1934 from Chicago (pictured)
HH all!
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