Beans Are Better Than Corn

[miserman]

I was able to get out to a farm field that I hunted once last fall. The field is the site of a former one-room schoolhouse and is about an hour and a half drive from home. When I hunted it last fall it had been planted in corn. The stubble and chaff was somewhat difficult to hunt then, but I was still able to find two Indian Heads and a couple of Wheat Cents. I was sure that I had missed several coins because of the hunting conditions. When I arrived at the field this time, I was glad to see the very flat bean field with a greatly improved hunting surface. The coins began to show up right away and several hours of detecting produced four Indian Heads along with two Wheat Cents from the early teens.The 1867 Shield Nickel was a nice surprise that was several feet from the 1902 V-Nickel. The last coin of the day was the 1906 Barber Dime. These coins were found in the same corner of the field that I hunted last year. The field being planted in beans made all the difference which is usually the case when hunting the farm fields.....Thanks for looking.

 

[MuddyMo]

SILVER, congrats. Nice write up.

 

[JimmyCT]

Very nice coins!

 

[Ted S]

Congrats! I love hunting bean fields! If they are dry....

 

[laplander]

Most farmers do a corn / bean rotation for multiple reasons. The farmers have cut the beans really short this year because beans podded close to the ground making the stubble abnormally short. Great job on the return hunt!

 

[floodplaindetector]

Thats a great day of hunting. Nice job!
That field is nice and flat. Bet that was fun.
Dave

 

[fwcrawford]

Nice finds and looks like you are at a 10/1 ratio of silver verses pennies which is not bad, and those IH’s aren’t nothing to frown about along with those two nickels!!
Looking forward to seeing what else you find there!!