Popular Post F350Platinum Posted January 19 Popular Post Share Posted January 19 Chase and I had been discussing an opportunity to get out at least once more before the next La Niña polar plunge, so we picked yesterday to give it a shot because it was supposed to go up to about 48. My region of Virginia has had snow on it since 6 January, but generally the soil doesn't freeze too much, or it doesn't last. Here most of it has melted away, but many of my permissions are still covered with some. While Chase was on his way I scouted quite a few places, and most were still pretty snow covered except one, or so it looked from the road. That one has a decent entry and parking spot with a fairly short walk to where the hotspots are. Looks pretty clear, right? Well this is a ground view out in the field. Despite that, the ground under the snow was not frozen, it was delightfully saturated and easy to dig. It wasn't a fantastic hunt, but we both managed a few relics, and I was astounded by two of them, the first was a button I dug within inches of a large iron object, and the second a coin I hit at about 12" that had a solid ID from start to finish. Here are my finds: Got two pieces of a very large buckle, 4 buttons; one lead or pewter, a shattered tombac, the button I dug next to the iron (don't know what it was), and a perfectly round and flat shotgun shell end that I thought was a button until I saw the center dimple. A lock slide, and some small decorated piece. Under that is an assortment of lead, a flat piece with a hole in it, a chewed mid size ball, a perfect pistol ball, fused buckshot and a misshapen ball. The coin on the bottom is the one I found in the bottom of a 12" deep hole, it is unrecognizable and corroded, but I was impressed at the 13" coil being able to get and keep an ID at that depth from start to finish. It never wavered from 71. This place is pretty devoid of trash in the best spots, and loaded with can slaw and modern bullets in others. Didn't get a lot. Digging buckshot is like digging pull tabs for the chance of gold, it's what gets you the Tombacs which range from the mid 40s to the 60s. Overall it turned out to be a nice day, it got sunny and almost to 50, and because of the cover crop growth it was much less muddy than my last hunt. 🍀 10 Link to comment https://www.detectorprospector.com/topic/27533-muddy-boots-part-2-before-the-freeze/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
PI-Man Posted January 20 Share Posted January 20 I still think I can detect that area in shorts n bare feet 🦶. 😂 buuuuuurrrrrrrrrr. Congrats on your finds — they were earned in that weather. 1 2 Link to comment https://www.detectorprospector.com/topic/27533-muddy-boots-part-2-before-the-freeze/#findComment-289069 Share on other sites More sharing options...
rvpopeye Posted January 20 Share Posted January 20 PI Man It's much easier to find things here , if it's not white , pick it up !😜 If it's brown , leave it down , on the ground . *&^%*^$ dog walkers ! 🙄 3 Link to comment https://www.detectorprospector.com/topic/27533-muddy-boots-part-2-before-the-freeze/#findComment-289100 Share on other sites More sharing options...
F350Platinum Posted January 20 Author Share Posted January 20 1 minute ago, rvpopeye said: PI Man It's much easier to find things here , if it's not white , pick it up !😜 If it's brown , leave it down , on the ground . *&^%*^$ dog walkers ! 🙄 I tend to avoid the yellow as well, unless it's underground. 😏 4 Link to comment https://www.detectorprospector.com/topic/27533-muddy-boots-part-2-before-the-freeze/#findComment-289102 Share on other sites More sharing options...
rvpopeye Posted January 20 Share Posted January 20 Yup yup on the yellow underground ! And def watch out where the huskies go. THAT ain't gold ! Or spilled lemonade..... 2 Link to comment https://www.detectorprospector.com/topic/27533-muddy-boots-part-2-before-the-freeze/#findComment-289103 Share on other sites More sharing options...
F350Platinum Posted January 20 Author Share Posted January 20 It's not one of the better hunts I've had lately, but the mangled deep coin turned out to be an IHP. 18 something. 5 1 Link to comment https://www.detectorprospector.com/topic/27533-muddy-boots-part-2-before-the-freeze/#findComment-289104 Share on other sites More sharing options...
rvpopeye Posted January 20 Share Posted January 20 You HAVE been staring at that coin ! I have a lifelong friend(our mom's were besties) whose dad owned a coin shop. He can look at roached out coins like that and tell me exactly what it is in a few seconds , well sometimes the date is off by a year or two.. He's the owner of that 1700s property I was detecting last summah ! Putting in a septic system next spring , Mr. 800 will be there checking dirt behind the excavator.🤑 4 Link to comment https://www.detectorprospector.com/topic/27533-muddy-boots-part-2-before-the-freeze/#findComment-289105 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lodge Scent Posted January 20 Share Posted January 20 Amazing you got an ID off of that coin F350! I hear you about digging those little buckshot. Same for the .22 lead. You know it is going to be lead but you can't pass it by because it could be a small tombac. 1 Link to comment https://www.detectorprospector.com/topic/27533-muddy-boots-part-2-before-the-freeze/#findComment-289125 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geologyhound Posted January 20 Share Posted January 20 Wow, that is perhaps the most toasted IHP I have ever seen. What are the odds the only legible spot would be over the date? Are you sure it is an IHP and not a flying eagle? 1 Link to comment https://www.detectorprospector.com/topic/27533-muddy-boots-part-2-before-the-freeze/#findComment-289128 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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