savant365 said:Cicada killerIt had its hole dug in the sand of a volley ball court. I didn't get stung but I almost had to go home and change my shorts.
HH Charlie
p.s. I got this pic off the web, I didn't stick around for him/her to pose for me.
shaun7 said:savant365 said:Cicada killer
HH Charlie
p.s. I got this pic off the web, I didn't stick around for him/her to pose for me.
Wow! Their stings must be like nails
Dd60
Iron Patch said:This one for quite a few reasons. The first was that there was no plans to even detect that day. I had friends visiting from WI and it was there last day and they decided they'd rather check out some non-detecting sites, basically just poke around like a typical tourist. So we had coffee, said our goodbyes, and about 11am called it another mult-day hunt in the books. So I get back to doing some normal stuff around the house and about 2pm the phone rings and it's "uncle Bill" asking what I'm doing. I reply not much, and he says to get my stuff together because the site-seeing is over and it's time to dig some dirt. So just getting out was the first surprise, soon to be followed by the 2nd surprise of how bad the hunting was at the site I had picked. A few hours had passed and we only had one copper between us, and that was just a lucky stray. So it was probably sometime between 5pm & 6pm and my only other idea was a field that was ready to have the crop come out, as the tractors and trucks were there the day before, but I had no idea if it would be done. That was our best hope to find something so we did the 25 minute drive and that's when the next surprise came, it was done, everything gone, and ready to be hunted! This definitely wasn't the first time this field had been detected, not even close to it really, so with the dry soil fluffed up I really questioned how many targets we'd dig, but as I said we had nothing else better. Having somewhat low expectations in mind I was still pumped and made my way to my favorite little iron patch which had given me a few keepers in the past. I was pleasantly surprised there was quite a few more targets than expected, and every few minutes I was popping an old button. I guess I was probably at about 15 or so, and getting very use to wiping away the loose dirt and seeing yet another plain face button.... then it all changed! To my surprise, make that shock, below is the button that was staring back at me from about my 20th hole dug. It actually didn't look a whole lot difference then it does in the pic which I guess was the next surprise, because we never dig buttons with a patina like that... and I have dug many. If you don't know what the button is it's a Revolutionary War officer button, and of course that's a surprise in itself, but only having ever dug 1 early military button with a patina like that and it ends up being the right one beating the odds bigtime, what more could I ask for. I have made quite a few finds that were very unexpected (I guess they all are really) but that was definitely my day for surprises.
PS... The back is solid gilt with a perfect shank. A nice surprise.
BuckleBoy said:Iron Patch said:This one for quite a few reasons. The first was that there was no plans to even detect that day. I had friends visiting from WI and it was there last day and they decided they'd rather check out some non-detecting sites, basically just poke around like a typical tourist. So we had coffee, said our goodbyes, and about 11am called it another mult-day hunt in the books. So I get back to doing some normal stuff around the house and about 2pm the phone rings and it's "uncle Bill" asking what I'm doing. I reply not much, and he says to get my stuff together because the site-seeing is over and it's time to dig some dirt. So just getting out was the first surprise, soon to be followed by the 2nd surprise of how bad the hunting was at the site I had picked. A few hours had passed and we only had one copper between us, and that was just a lucky stray. So it was probably sometime between 5pm & 6pm and my only other idea was a field that was ready to have the crop come out, as the tractors and trucks were there the day before, but I had no idea if it would be done. That was our best hope to find something so we did the 25 minute drive and that's when the next surprise came, it was done, everything gone, and ready to be hunted! This definitely wasn't the first time this field had been detected, not even close to it really, so with the dry soil fluffed up I really questioned how many targets we'd dig, but as I said we had nothing else better. Having somewhat low expectations in mind I was still pumped and made my way to my favorite little iron patch which had given me a few keepers in the past. I was pleasantly surprised there was quite a few more targets than expected, and every few minutes I was popping an old button. I guess I was probably at about 15 or so, and getting very use to wiping away the loose dirt and seeing yet another plain face button.... then it all changed! To my surprise, make that shock, below is the button that was staring back at me from about my 20th hole dug. It actually didn't look a whole lot difference then it does in the pic which I guess was the next surprise, because we never dig buttons with a patina like that... and I have dug many. If you don't know what the button is it's a Revolutionary War officer button, and of course that's a surprise in itself, but only having ever dug 1 early military button with a patina like that and it ends up being the right one beating the odds bigtime, what more could I ask for. I have made quite a few finds that were very unexpected (I guess they all are really) but that was definitely my day for surprises.
PS... The back is solid gilt with a perfect shank. A nice surprise.
Iron Patch,
I'm keeping tabs on how many times you post that same button on this forum. I think that by now, even my dog has seen it. You're reaching critical mass!
Plus it wouldn't matter how many times I post it because most don't remember, because most don't know what it is, and don't care. But they get excited over an eagle breast plate. 
Always the way. 
PressedTrousers said:
. Not much but i love it!!!!!
