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I have been hunting an around an old farm house for awhile now and the finds are now becomming far and few between.
do you think if i moved out to the fields i would would have any success?
Im mostly looking for coins,and i just don't want to waste time hunting a field that might not produce.
I guess im asking if anybody else had luck with this same situation.
Thanks...
Hit or miss. I found a lot in fields last year's that will keep me going back to them in the spring. But it takes patience.
On the other hand a few other fields produced nothing.
Patience i have.
Looking to buy a new coil before spring. 15" coiltek for my minelab 705.
This should help with any deeper targets. Ive cleaned up with the digger coil there.
Just when you think there isnt anything else there, BAM another coin or relic.
Absolutely benzo. Farm fields do produce some of the best finds, especially on an old site. Not as concentrated as they usually are, closer to the home. Less junk in the ground and is a more relaxing hunt.
Get out there and report back to us....good luck!
Here are some goodies from a field I decided to hunt because it was next to a one room school house that is now somebody's home. All flat buttons so pre 1850. The LC's range from 1811 to somewhere in the 1850's
Some have no date visible. I found too many for them to be random drops based on other homesteads/fields I've hunted. The farmer plowed the field just before the ground froze this fall so I am hoping much more is revealed under the carpet of iron.
Records of a home are not on any historical maps, but more recent maps 1895, shows a town hall was on the site at one time. Once you get away from the road front trash, the finds (if there) tend to be interesting.
However the road front can be a good location for old coins. Bottom line, you never know till you try.
The larger coil is definitely one of my top recommendations for field /woods hunting. Since I bought the CTX 17 inch coil I haven't taken it off because it helps me cover so much ground.
Thanks for the info.
Im hoping to get myself a few LC's myself this spring.
I just learned how to do overlays with google earth using historic topo's.
OMG i cant believe all the door knocking i get to do when the weather breaks.
Old schools and homes that are no longer there but just farm fields now. Woohoo!
I sure do love this hobby!
Old home sites in fields are one of my most favorite places to hunt. There will be a great variety of targets in the ground at these sites. The great thing is no modern trash to contend with.
One thing I have noticed on Google Earth is the old home sites show up a couple shades darker than the crops in the corn fields sometimes....Good luck and HH..........
A lot of the old long gone home/school sites now corn fields i've searched have deep corroded nails and more nails. One long gone old one room school site i searched last Fall had a nail just about every foot or so. Going back there with my Sharpshooter coil next Spring.
Some, maybe most of those old structures were either burnt down with the nails falling to the ground... or taken apart for the lumber with most pulled bent nails just tossed. Re-cyclicable lumber back then was valuable especially in areas where the population was dirt poor.
However now the good news, moving entire buildings from one place to another was also common back then which left minimal to no junk or nails at the original site.
