Another Great 2024 Hunt

[F350Platinum]

Conditions were optimal for a hunt today, despite another big storm coming I managed to get Chase to come down. Rain wasn't expected until the evening.

High winds after the last storm quickly dried out the field surface, but the targets were hot. We've been to this place in the past and didn't think some of the stuff we found would be there, it turned out to be a really good day. We both ended up with quite good finds!

I had the D2 and 13". Today I was experimenting with Silencer settings, since V1 it was changed dramatically. I was using my modified General program, but incrementally increased Silencer to eliminate iron falsing, there is iron everywhere in patches. Ended up at 6, thought reactivity was too low at 0, so I bumped it to 2.

The day went well. I would hear the iron in the same pass, but the target stood out. Happened again and again, no loss of depth either. Many of the targets were co-located with iron up to 10" deep.

I'll run this backward, here's the trash:

A crazy mix of stuff, a bit more than a handful.

Next are the things too big for a display box:

Some kind of drain thingy, a brass leg, and other bits of brass. The shell I believe is a .45/70. Big round.

Here's everything going to the Riker case:

3 buckles, one really old huge brass cast one. It was at least a foot deep.

Got a silver plated thimble, sadly crushed, but I got all the parts. 7 buttons, 3 Tombac , one with gold plating still on it, 8 if this green stone thing is actually a button:

 

And one with a very delicate design in gold:

Use water to rinse those buttons! Don't thumb or brush them. 🤔

Got a watch key, various bits of unknown metal, and one of the strangest things I have ever found:

It has a threaded casting in the back for a bolt.

Here's my killer find, it was an 83 and at first I thought it was junk or a pull tab, but then I saw the Spanish cross:

Here it is with a penny, it's really small. I'm thinking Half Reale Cob from the late 1600s.

Only walked a little over 4 miles and it took 7 hours. What a day. 😅

[ColonelDan]

Yet another outstanding job my friend!  Congratulations.  I salute you…

[Doc Bach]

What a day? Heck that's a what a years worth of finds for some of us! Love the large cast brass buckle and the button with the green setting.And that silver Cobb....Nuff said! You guys really knocked it out of the ballpark.

[matt]

Sweet! Thanks for sharing your finds.

[kac]

Congrats!

Wasn't that the spot Chase was hunting the last time you guys were out? :)

[F350Platinum]

44 minutes ago, ColonelDan said:

Yet another outstanding job my friend!  Congratulations.  I salute you…

Thanks Colonel, Silencer worked for me here, I see the logic of turning it off some places but here it really helped get around the iron and under it 😀 it amused me to find the target in the hole and hear the iron in the plug.

We've been through this place before, didn't find many buttons. For some reason, probably soil moisture, they lit up today.

[F350Platinum]

32 minutes ago, Doc Bach said:

What a day? Heck that's a what a years worth of finds for some of us! Love the large cast brass buckle and the button with the green setting.And that silver Cobb....Nuff said! You guys really knocked it out of the ballpark.

Thanks Doc,

I think Chase got more buttons than me, and believe he got some of the shiny stuff too. 🤔 We left some spots to have something to come back to! 😀

[F350Platinum]

42 minutes ago, matt said:

Sweet! Thanks for sharing your finds.

Thanks Matt,

I hope I influence some to get out there. Some live vicariously if they can't. Granted I am in the middle of a very old area, so like others who do this a lot of it is informational. 🙂 Helps to recognize finds.

Yeah there's some bragging rights too, I'm not gonna lie 😎

[F350Platinum]

35 minutes ago, kac said:

Congrats!

Wasn't that the spot Chase was hunting the last time you guys were out? :)

Heh I doubt it. We tend not to follow each other around. 🤣

[George Kinsey]

Nice cob.