Well I Didn't Get Much But I'm Fine With It, Still On A Roll

[F350Platinum]

Beautiful day here in sunny VA, I was excited to get out early this morning to go to a place I haven't been to. Today I used the Deus 2 and 13", but now I have lowers for all the coils so I brought the 9" with me.

Little ol' 40 acre farm across from one I have hunted and didn't get much.

Followed all the hunting tricks I could, this field must have been cleared and managed by mechanized farm equipment, there was absolutely no sign of anything colonial or even Victorian.

Stayed there 3 hours and walked 3 miles, got nothing but some junk and a 22-250 bullet shell. I thanked the farmer for his generosity and left. 🙂

Next up the really big farm, I have to park about a half mile or more from where the farmhouse stood near an old barn and silos.

These two fields are side by side, part of the same plantation, and I have permission to both. The big one isn't too far from here but the house and barns are.

Well I never got there - again. 🤣 The minute I set foot in this field I got a great target, and I stayed in that area for the rest of the day.

Got a lot of trash today from both places, even some iron, as the ground is drying out despite the rain, and iron tends to false more or so it seems. 🤔

Guess I made ya wait long enough for the haul, only got 3 things today, after walking 2.3 more miles over 3 hours.

My first target was the Pistareen, a 1/4 cut silver 1720s-1740s 2 Reale:

Here's the reverse:

You can see the "II". It was an 85, thought it was a penny. This is what the whole coin looks like:

Walked along the line between the fields, got a 95 which shocked me, and dig this 1852-ish 🤔 large cent.

Here the reverse, certainly enough details on this one but it's not round:

Here's this one:

I wish it was that nice 🙄 

Got a fat flat button last. Keeping the silver streak alive, and this is the first 2 Reale bit I've found.

[jim tn]

Anytime you get a "piece" of silver, its a good day in my book. And a large cent is a great added bonus. Good hunting! HH Jim Tn

[F350Platinum]

26 minutes ago, jim tn said:

Anytime you get a "piece" of silver, its a good day in my book. And a large cent is a great added bonus. Good hunting! HH Jim Tn

Thanks Jim, not many finds up here, thought I'd go out and get some. 🤣 5 miles of walking for 3 things is a bit rough.

[rvpopeye]

Not much ?👁️‍🗨️👁️‍🗨️

My last hunt got me a pull tab , a screw and a blob of weld slag.......THAT's not much 🙄

You did just fine , might be getting "super spectacular site spoiled" there 350.... 🤔

Terrible situation !  

[F350Platinum]

5 minutes ago, rvpopeye said:

Not much ?👁️‍🗨️👁️‍🗨️

My last hunt got me a pull tab , a screw and a blob of weld slag.......THAT's not much 🙄

You did just fine , might be getting "super spectacular site spoiled" there 350.... 🤔

Terrible situation !  

Yeah, it sucks to be me 😎 thanks RVP. 🙂

Seriously though, it's hard to keep the adrenaline up enough to walk all that and get nothing, I wasn't feeling all that great today. Thankfully I got a great hit as soon as I got out in the second field, so it was all worth it. I would have been happy with the button! Just probably wouldn't have posted it. 🙄

[rvpopeye]

Yeah guess you can suffer through it....probably find a 12 pound hoard of 400 year old coins tomorrow anyway. 👍 

[Doc Bach]

That's a handsome Pistareen.

[F350Platinum]

6 minutes ago, Doc Bach said:

That's a handsome Pistareen.

Thanks, it's been quite a while since I found a cut 1 Reale, this 2 is my first I think. I have a few bits in my collection now. 🙂 I'd really like to find a whole one. 

[Jim Hemmingway]

I think you are doing well F350. Yes, we experience both productive and not-so-productive field excursions, but nonetheless, I feel that your persistence, enterprise, and effort in the field will pay dividends over the long haul. 

All the very best next time out. 🙂 

Jim.

[Valens Legacy]

Another nice hunt for you even though you think otherwise.

Wish I could get out there and find some of those nice items, but all I can do is work on projects around here and then it's to late to get out there.

Next month I head back to the Gulf area for more work, so I don't know when I will ever get back to detecting.

Good luck on your next outing and look for the old outhouses and follow the path to the house and barn.