Bill D. (VA)
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Went back to the site Dan and I've been hunting recently that's produced a lot of colonial silver and other early finds. Spent the first part of the hunt roaming around the huge 150 acre field trying to land myself on another hotspot. But after 1.5 hours and not the first relic or coin in my pouch I decided to hit the area that Dan and I hunted last Saturday in the snow where we both dug silver. Spent a good while there and could only come up with one keeper, but it was a nice intact 1600s trapezoidal buckle. Shortly thereafter I headed back to the other side of the property to continue gridding the area around the knoll where we've made quite a few finds. Things were again going quite slow until I finally moved to the downslope on the back side of the knoll and started getting a few hits. After being frustrated by digging 2 IHs back-to-back I got an erratic and low-to-mid range hit that didn't really impress me, but when I got it out of the hole it was a solid "42" on my F75. At that point I figured it was just a button, piece of lead, or scrap brass as cut silver generally reads in the upper 50s on my machine, but I was a little shocked when I finally located a very small cut piece in the dirt pile. This may be the smallest cut piece I've dug, but silver is silver and that was a great way to end the day. I'm sure there are a few more scattered finds to be made here, but I think its time Dan and I refocus our energies on a new site. And we will definitely be doing that this weekend if Mother Nature doesn't spoil things. But the forecast is not looking good for the 2nd weekend in a row.
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