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[F350Platinum]

Gotta say after finding that 1607 sixpence half, today was very relaxing. February 28th started out cloudy, but ended up sunny and warm. I invited Chase to pick a place and he chose a farm near me, we've found lots of great stuff here.

The farmhouse was built in the 1740s and is still in use, the family that owns it has been there for a very long time.

I got there early, poor Chase has a 2 hour drive to get here. Today I decided to hunt the "Turn Zone" of this field, we've hunted this farm many times but never by the road where they turned the animals plowing. As usual it provided me with many finds. We hunted mostly in this area and some other places, but I got nearly everything here.

First the trash, no more than a handful, my program works very well and I don't dig much junk.

Next, the stuff that doesn't fit in a display case:

The stirrup was the only iron thing I dug today, it insisted it was a 78 until I finally excavated it almost 2' down. Even fooled my discriminating pinpointer! Got a small 3-ringer, ~52 caliber. Another ox knob that either has a stick in it or horn material. A heavy brass door knob escutcheon, what I think might be a heavy brass heel protector and a split ring half.

Now for the finds destined for display:

Some buckle bits, a stud, and some odd rounded thing that may be a squashed bullet. 10 buttons, the largest only slightly larger than a penny. One broken Tombac with a shank, one small fancy decorated one, and a couple silverwash and one silver plated.

For coins I got a 1945 wheat, and a 1906 IHP. Only walked 3.5 miles today, it all came from about a 4 acre spot in this huge field. Chase got some interesting stuff too.

[JCR]

Once again, some nice finds. Thanks

[Valens Legacy]

Another nice hunt again and nice save on the IH.

Good luck on your next hunt.

[CPT_GhostLight]

Wow, congrats again, F350, very cool finds and that stirrup look very old. Well done!

[F350Platinum]

9 hours ago, JCR said:

Once again, some nice finds. Thanks

Thanks JCR,

This farm never fails to be an interesting place to hunt, it's been a very busy place for a long time. We've found that it isn't really worth detecting near the house, others with their "eyes on the prize" have cleaned it out. Scouting new areas and keeping track of previous searches helps a lot. 🙂

There are other fields on both sides of the highway for a couple miles that are also productive.

I'm pretty sure that doorknob plate was carried over to this field by farm equipment, there is an old road dividing the two where an old house stood. Just odd it was a foot deep, a resounding 94 on the Deus 2.

 

[F350Platinum]

7 hours ago, Valens Legacy said:

Another nice hunt again and nice save on the IH.

Good luck on your next hunt.

Thanks VL,

I brought the Equinox with me, but the cell tower was a nightmare in the place I was looking for stuff, so I had to use the Deus 2. It was silent all day after one noise cancel and ground balance.

[F350Platinum]

5 hours ago, CPT_GhostLight said:

Wow, congrats again, F350, very cool finds and that stirrup look very old. Well done!

Thanks Cap'n!

Kinda boring stuff after my spectacular find last week, I'm about to do a short tutorial on farm field hunting and testing my methods. It was great to have Chase there to bounce wild theories off of. 😀

In the ~half mile stretch of this field, there are hotspots where people gathered for horse shows or racing or both, I'm getting a really solid picture and intend to share it with the owner. It must have been very popular as I've dug over 100 buttons, horse tack, thimbles, drawer pulls, and other objects that indicate such activity. While others have hunted around the house, they completely missed a wealth of stuff in the other fields. Research and plain old ground pounding have paid off.

I'm told by a friend that the stirrup could be valuable, I'm contemplating restoration efforts along with a sword I found my first year detecting. 🙂

[CPT_GhostLight]

Your finds are not boring to me. I love seeing all the history you unearth and there's something about that stirrup that caught my eye.

I look forward to your farm hunting tutorial too!

BTW, if you want to post it, I'd love to see a photo of the sword.