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Three Days In Ohio Fields.
Sunday afternoon was a nice day here in our part of Ohio so we decided to go out for a short hunt. First stop was the field where I had got the Large Cent and Flying Eagle a few days before. We did not find any coins this time but did turn up some interesting “partifacts”.
We decided to move on since we only had an hour left and the sun was in its setting phase. We stopped at the plowed bean field that has given us quite a few nice relics and a lot of old coins. We had an unusual occurrence there, I was just starting to dig a nice signal when Diane called out that she had just dug a Large Cent, I asked her to bring it over for me to see since I said “I think I have one too” and I did. We decided it was time to leave as the sun was on the horizon. Imagine our surprise when our Large Cents “born” at the same moment turned out to be twins, both nice Braided Hair 1846’s! So we became the proud “parents” of twin girls!
Monday was again a nice day so we ventured out to a new site on which an old school house once sat. There were not a lot of signals and Diane scored the only coin here a very toasty 1865 Indian.
I then turned up an interesting relic, a corroded brass plate that has U.S. on it, with a help of a Civil War relic expert I learned it is a “bit boss” that goes on the bit harness of U.S. Cavalry bits. He said it was Civil War era.
We then moved on to the plowed bean field to see if we could squeeze some more from it. It did not disappoint us. I have been hunting fields for four years and for some reason I have never found an old nickel in one, lots of other nice items in fact that morning I said that to Diane, well that changed for I got a nice 1910 V Nickel!
Our friend Doug was off on Tuesday so we all went out together, first stop was our good old plowed bean field, I wanted Doug to have his turn here but alas he did not find anything, Diane got a nice flat cuff button that had an intact shank. I got a nice 12-41 12-42 signal and from just a couple inches down a nice 1868 Two Cent piece emerged! A bit later I got a 12-25 and when I turned over the dirt and broke open a clod there sticking right in the clod was a intact flat button. I just put the whole clod in my pouch and did not unveil it until I got home.
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We then went to another site that was a distance out in a cornfield after the long hike we found it and proceeded to hunt in some of the most tenacious corn stubble you can find. I found a button back and a brooch that was missing the pin and then Doug called out he had a coin, well if we were in England he could of said he had a “hammy” because his 1891 Seated Dime looked as though some one took a hammer to it, sort of bedraggled but he was glad to get it.
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After awhile we were looking for another site in this field we did not find it where we thought it should be but on the way out we found signs of another possible site on the edge of the field. This will be for a future hunt. We decided we needed some fuel so we moved on and had our snack in the car and went to an old field we have hunted for several years and has always been productive. We were pleased to see that it had been plowed and disked so that made for easier walking and swing of the coils. Diane was the only one that had not found a coin but she soon took care of that when she found the most crusty 1864 Indian Head. It took us about five minutes looking at it in the field to determine that indeed it was an Indian.
So that wrapped up our three days in the fields
[video]http://youtu.be/C_4ixOG0-iY[/video]
Sunday afternoon was a nice day here in our part of Ohio so we decided to go out for a short hunt. First stop was the field where I had got the Large Cent and Flying Eagle a few days before. We did not find any coins this time but did turn up some interesting “partifacts”.
We decided to move on since we only had an hour left and the sun was in its setting phase. We stopped at the plowed bean field that has given us quite a few nice relics and a lot of old coins. We had an unusual occurrence there, I was just starting to dig a nice signal when Diane called out that she had just dug a Large Cent, I asked her to bring it over for me to see since I said “I think I have one too” and I did. We decided it was time to leave as the sun was on the horizon. Imagine our surprise when our Large Cents “born” at the same moment turned out to be twins, both nice Braided Hair 1846’s! So we became the proud “parents” of twin girls!
Monday was again a nice day so we ventured out to a new site on which an old school house once sat. There were not a lot of signals and Diane scored the only coin here a very toasty 1865 Indian.
I then turned up an interesting relic, a corroded brass plate that has U.S. on it, with a help of a Civil War relic expert I learned it is a “bit boss” that goes on the bit harness of U.S. Cavalry bits. He said it was Civil War era.
We then moved on to the plowed bean field to see if we could squeeze some more from it. It did not disappoint us. I have been hunting fields for four years and for some reason I have never found an old nickel in one, lots of other nice items in fact that morning I said that to Diane, well that changed for I got a nice 1910 V Nickel!
Our friend Doug was off on Tuesday so we all went out together, first stop was our good old plowed bean field, I wanted Doug to have his turn here but alas he did not find anything, Diane got a nice flat cuff button that had an intact shank. I got a nice 12-41 12-42 signal and from just a couple inches down a nice 1868 Two Cent piece emerged! A bit later I got a 12-25 and when I turned over the dirt and broke open a clod there sticking right in the clod was a intact flat button. I just put the whole clod in my pouch and did not unveil it until I got home.
[/URLWe then went to another site that was a distance out in a cornfield after the long hike we found it and proceeded to hunt in some of the most tenacious corn stubble you can find. I found a button back and a brooch that was missing the pin and then Doug called out he had a coin, well if we were in England he could of said he had a “hammy” because his 1891 Seated Dime looked as though some one took a hammer to it, sort of bedraggled but he was glad to get it.
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After awhile we were looking for another site in this field we did not find it where we thought it should be but on the way out we found signs of another possible site on the edge of the field. This will be for a future hunt. We decided we needed some fuel so we moved on and had our snack in the car and went to an old field we have hunted for several years and has always been productive. We were pleased to see that it had been plowed and disked so that made for easier walking and swing of the coils. Diane was the only one that had not found a coin but she soon took care of that when she found the most crusty 1864 Indian Head. It took us about five minutes looking at it in the field to determine that indeed it was an Indian.
So that wrapped up our three days in the fields
[video]http://youtu.be/C_4ixOG0-iY[/video]
