Need Some Rain Pleeeeease

[flinthunter]

My good field was planted last Tuesday and I have permission to keep hunting it. I went in right after planting and signals were all over the place. I think the loose ground and air pockets in it are messing me up. Even iron signals are bouncy LOL. Took a drive today and there is water standing in the fields just a mile east of us. We need the rain here to compact the loose dirt. Maybe the first part of this coming week will be better. Good hunting everyone.

 

[Larry (IL)]

You will have to talk Star into letting you use her V3i in loose dirt Daryl, it makes a world of a difference. I had the CTX out this afternoon hunting a field that was just planted in beans and had the same results, didn't find anything new there.

 

[flinthunter]

Thanks Larry. If we don't get any rain in the next couple days I'll give the V3i a chance at it.

 

[geodehunter]

In the last 6 weeks we have had over 12" of rain. We actually could use a few more dry day's. We are for casted for more rain in the next two days.

 

[Diggin' 4 Silver]

If you're detecting in a bean field you may be picking up on the Graphite used to drill the beans....
I'm stunned a farmer would let you detect a planted field, you'd get shot for that around here

 

[Nancy-IL]

Good luck and I hope you find some more goodies. Gotta love those old fields. HH, Nancy

 

[flinthunter]

If you're detecting in a bean field you may be picking up on the Graphite used to drill the beans....
I'm stunned a farmer would let you detect a planted field, you'd get shot for that around here

It was corn last year and corn again this year. They had just run the field cultivator over it so I think the problem was from the loose soil. The detector seems to be more stable now after the rain firmed the soil up a bit.

I had a good chat with the farmer while his son was getting the equipment ready to work the field. I think when I told him that I farmed since I could reach the pedals on the tractor he knew I wouldn't hurt his crops.

 

[flinthunter]

Good luck and I hope you find some more goodies. Gotta love those old fields. HH, Nancy

Thanks Nancy. I spent a few hours working over the first two sites that I've already hit. I found a few pieces but nothing to get excited about. I'm not finished hunting them yet, there has to be more that I missed the first time. I finally made it to the third house site for the first time yesterday evening. I hunted for about four hours and got one silver and eleven wheats. Most of the wheats are in the teens and 20's so I'm hoping for a couple indians. I need three more for my goal for this month. I know they are there, I just have to get my coil over them. Just ready to leave for the field now. I'm hoping to get about ten hours of hunting in today. The corn is just about too tall to swing the coil over.

 

[Nancy-IL]

Just saw this. WOW! You're going to be one tired man when you finish up for the day. I hope you come home with your pockets full. Full of good old coins. Nice finds so far and keep it up and HH, Nancy