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Now that Winter......................

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Elton

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Is fast closing down hunting for the Majority of State side detectorists.... I hope all you Southern States, and any other State Hunters that has warmer conditions spend some time posting about you great finds..
Looks like I am pretty much done in my neck of the woods till about March. "So for the next 4 months"...will be looking for your posts!
 
Elton sorry to hear you are done . I got one last hunt in the woods were it has not frozen yet .
I am lucky in that i can always hit the beach as cold as it might be .But i prefer the old stuff
My second to last good target was the button and the last target was a large 1844
Good luck . We will have plenty of time to do research
 
Elton, the hard part down here (North Alabama) is finding places that are not in the woods or near enough to a woods that might have deer hunters in it. Deer season is over at the end of January and I'm real leery of relic hunting with a bunch of trigger happy guys that will often shoot at most anything that moves.
 
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Canewrap! It is the same here in Ms. I read in the paper a week or so ago where a hunter had been killed already. My relic hunting in the woods is done on private land and we most times know when there are hunters about, but even then you never know who may have crept in and are snooping about. I always wear all the "orange " I can put on and then "jaw" back and forth with my detecting buddies so we can even further alert anyone that may be there on the sly.I will never forget my first (and last) deer hunt in Ark. when I was 15 years old. I came within a heartbeat of shooting a man on a buckskinhorse, He was running the dogs, who had swam all the deer across the river, and he had turned and rode back to shut the hunt down. By the time he and the horse cleared the underbrush and I could see what the situation was, I had for awhile had a bead on the noise comming at me, I have to admit I almost shot a second before I saw the mans leg astradle the horse. To make matters worse. I found that there were 2 other hunters less than 40yds from me, one to the left and one to the right. We had gone in before daylight, put on our "stands"(frosty stump) and by time the deer and dogs had swam the river and the hunt was over it was just barely light enough see anything. I never said a word to anyone about just how close I came to killing a man, or a horse, or likely both with that 12 ga.full of buckshot, but I decided right then I wanted no part of deer hunting. And from what I have seen of some deer hunters I have known in the 57 years since, I do my best not to be in the woods when they are. A good friend says when he gets the " Blood Lust" he jets the shakes real bad and just wants to "kill something". It's a good thing they are not all like him, but you have to wonder how many are ? And that kind can kill you!
 
I, like you, went gunning for deer only once. My experience was of being the one that almost got shot. I had gone into the state run gameland before daylight and found a seat under a tree, near what looked to be a good deer run and in full sight of a clearing. I was wearing full blaze orange as well. This was over 20 years ago, but I remember it like it was yesterday. Just as it got light and the legal hour of hunting began I heard shouts all around me, yelling things like, there he goes, then bang. All of a sudden a gun goes off from across the clearing and the bark on the tree I was leaning against, right above my head, gets shredded. There was no deer in front of me or in the immediate area. If I had been standing instead of sitting beneath that tree, I wouldn't be here today. I crawled away from that scene, got in my car and left. I grew up in a hunting crowd and we were always taught to never shoot unless you have a good clear view of your target. Its potentially dangerous this time of year, anywhere near the woods and blaze orange doesn't guarantee anything. It gets my goat that I have to avoid these areas, because right now would be the perfect time to relic hunt because the vegetation is already showing signs of thinning out. But, my safety is more important to me.
 
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Absolutely my friend !!!
 
When its cold out we can cozy up and dream about the next detector we want, or can't wait to use the one that fell off santa's sled or us unbelivers the good ole UPS truck,got to love em when they come a knockin!:clapping:
 
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Not much to show for it, but have been swinging every day this week. A couple of chilly mornings, upper 20's, but if the wind is not blowing by mid morning it is pleasant enough. Almost a week since my last silver, but know one is about to see the light of day. My wheatie string since the last silver is now up to 15, about my ratio, so I'm due. HH jim tn
 
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Started my hunt this morning with the hopes of silver, of course, and pretty promptly dug 2 more wheaties followed by 5 or 6 pre 82 Memorial cents and a dime size heart that has a goldish tone, but is gp, at best. A short while later I hit a small coin spill that resulted in my recovering 5 clad quarters, 4 clad dimes and 4 Memorial cents, all in about a 6" dia. plug. The coin spill was followed by a couple of clad dimes and a anchor and globe Navy device and then I hit silver, a 51D Rosie. Upon checking the hole and clod again, got another hit in the clod and that coin recovery started my wheatie string, again. HH jim tn
 
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Hey canewrap. That jerk was just trying to get rid of you so he could have your spot. It's amazing what some people will do.......especially if they have a gun in their hands. I'm a bird hunter, but I stay OUT of the woods during Bow and Gun deer season. Have a Holly Jolly Christmas, it's the best time of the year. :wiggle:
 
I'm new to the site but have posted a few finds in the relic and bottle hunting forum. If it doesn't bore you too much I can post some older finds.
 
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Here are some finds. The 1840 o dime came out of the dirt from a hole my buddy dug the day before. I found it about a month back.He found a piece of brass but didn't recheck the spot. He won't forget to go over a hole again!
The second picture shows a carved button next to an Indian Wars period eagle coat button. I found the carved button at a camp in Hagerstown, Md. about twenty years ago. The other button came from a Spanish-American war camp here in Albany, Ga. I found it about two years ago.
And the last pic is two buttons, again from the Hagerstown area about twenty years ago. I also found an eagle breast plate, in poor condition, when I kicked a dry cow pattie out of the way. It was laying on top of the ground in a heavily hunted spot! I don't have a picture of it at this time.
 
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