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!!

 

[Jason-ks]

Congratulations on all of you great finds on your old school house property. If you haven't yet you should think about hunting that ground along the roadway on that section. I bet there will be some great finds waiting.

 

[Silverbackbob]

WTG!! My favorite sites to hunt. Nice finds!!

 

[miserman]

Congratulations on all of you great finds on your old school house property. If you haven't yet you should think about hunting that ground along the roadway on that section. I bet there will be some great finds waiting.

Yes, you're right, I have found coins right next to the roadway in the past at the schoolhouse sites, but it gets very trashy next to the roads. Also sometimes these old roads have been shifted slightly from the original road and I'm sure there are old coins buried beneath gravel that has been laid down.

 

[goldnugget]

Yes, you're right, I have found coins right next to the roadway in the past at the schoolhouse sites, but it gets very trashy next to the roads. Also sometimes these old roads have been shifted slightly from the original road and I'm sure there are old coins buried beneath gravel that has been laid down.

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.

Great Collection of Coins, the soil look's Favorable for coin's I like to see how many Covered Wagon's have gone along this Field or for Picnic's gathering's

 

[still looking 52]

Way to go Miserman, always exciting to get to hunt an old site like that.
You never know you may find a seated coin in that field the next time you go out.