Question on fields..

[Brandon/ny]

i know Brian gave me some great tips, but me memory is shot
I have a few corn fields to hunt, by a good size river in CT, that dates to 1720's. i hit a raised area in the middle of the field where a CT copper was found years back by a guy arrow head hunting. Donnie and I found some relics and it seemed like a decent amt. of activity there. No coins, buttons, or buckles tho. We hit it in the fall. Do the finds sink real deep, pretty fast? Also where do most of the finds turn up? On the edge of the field, near the rd, etc? The field we hit, we only spent 1.5 hours. is it normal to spend the whole day in this type of field and get only a few good finds? I'm just asking because I hunt mainly with my buddy Donnie when I head to CT and we don't have the finds yet to keep him in the fields

 

[Art SC]

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[Ed SW Fla]

.... you can't really judge a field that was used since the 1700's by how it looks and lays today. What was woods may now be fields and what was fields may now be woods. Roads today may not be where the old dirt roads used to be.

If it's a plowed field, relics can be any depth .... In England I've found Roman stuff right on the surface down to the max depth of the machine I was using. Fields that were never plowed (pastures) here in the USA and in the UK will have most relics usually 2" deep minimum to as much as 6 to 10" depending on how much plant vegetation has rotted and built up the soil.

Field edges in the UK seem to produce as much as field centers so its a toss up as to where you spend your time. I usually detect from corner to corner making a X across the field on my first two passes looking for hot spots ... then X the X. if you are detecting a large field with more than 2 people, its easier to locate hot spots since all of you can spread out.

High ground near water (pond / creek / stream / river / lake) is also a good starting point.

 

[John M (Ct)]

When in a field keep an eye out for pottery shards or even pipe stems.This can help locate if a dwelling was near buy or even in the field at one time.Also keep in mind that a corn field gets plowed once or twice a year and things on the surface could get buried and buried things get brought to the surface.Returning to a field that has produced can be rewarding after each plow cycle for quite sometime.I have one field I return to with some good results in the Spring and then in the Fall when it gets harvested.Another thing to keep in mind is you can spend a bunch of time with no targets and in a farm field if it beeps, dig it.

Take Care, John

 

[Craig in Alabama]

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[Brandon/ny]

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