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    Late Date One-Room Schoolhouse

    I spend a lot of my hunting time searching farm fields that once had one-room schoolhouses on them. Most of the schools were consolidated in the early 1920's and the schoolhouses were either torn down or in some cases used as storage buildings for hay and corn. These sites are great spots for...
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    BPOE Badge

    TuesdayI found what I think is an Elks Convention Badge at an 1860-1920's house site in what is now an Indiana bean field. It rang up in the mid 70's on the Fisher F75. The upper loops held another piece that probably showed the year and location. I have not been able to pin down the exact date...
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    Beans Are Better Than Corn

    I was able to get out to a farm field that I hunted once last fall. The field is the site of a former one-room schoolhouse and is about an hour and a half drive from home. When I hunted it last fall it had been planted in corn. The stubble and chaff was somewhat difficult to hunt then, but I was...
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    Some May Be Lost Forever?

    I like going back to the farm fields year after year hoping to find a few targets that have been turned up after another season of being plowed. As most hunters realize coins can be moved around enough to then be detected. After several seasons of detecting,most of the fields seem to dry up. The...
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    Sun Glare

    I use a dust cover on my detector when detecting. It's great for protecting the screen,but on sunny days it can reflect the sun and make it quite difficult to see the numbers while swinging the detector. Has anyone experienced this issue and found a fix.
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    Lucky Half Cent

    It took over 40 years, but I finally found my first Half Cent yesterday. The site was a circa 1850 one-room schoolhouse field. The 150+years in the ground was not kind to the coin. After getting it home and cleaning it very carefully,I could tell that it was a Classic Head but seeing a date was...
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    2nd Colt Open Top Pocket .22 Cal.

    I hunted a farm field yesterday that was the site of a former 1860's church. Although I only found a couple of Indian Head Cents, the best find of the day was my second Colt Open Top Pocket Model .22 cal. Revolver. The first was found at a schoolhouse field site in April 2022 and had a serial...
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    Confederate Heart Breaker

    I was able to detect a former one-room schoolhouse site this week. Toward the end of the day the owner stopped by to see what I had found and I was able to show him several Indian Heads and a couple of Wheat Cents. As we were talking, he shared the history of the farm that has been in his family...
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    Hunted Out Fairground Field ?

    I hunted a fairground field fifteen years ago that was the sight of a one mile horse track that was used for harness racing from the 1870's to about 1925. When I hunted it back then I was able to find my first Silver Three-Cent Piece along with a couple of Barber Quarters and Dimes and assorted...
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    Another Schoolhouse Site Today

    I took another trip today to the area I've been detecting the last two weeks. I had to visit several schoolhouse fields before I found one that was huntable and I could get permission. Sometimes if the field was planted in corn instead of beans, it can be "somewhat" unhuntable. The field that I...
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    One-Room Schoolhouse Sites

    I have been able to hunt several one-room schoolhouse sites this month with the F75 before the farmers started getting into the fields. It's a little early yet for planting but many fields are getting fertilized and they have now become dry enough to start turning the soil. I have been locating...
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    Large Cents at 1800's Potter Shop

    Last Friday I drove to the area of a one-room schoolhouse site that was on an 1865 map. Comparing the old map with a present day aerial view showed that the road was no longer there. After talking with the land owner I was informed that there was still an access lane that could be walked to get...
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    F75 Factory Reset After Coil Change ?

    When the coil is changed on the F75 (or any detector) do you need to do a factory reset ? I see no place in the manual where this is brought up. I have always done this after every coil change but I am not quite sure where I picked up this habit. Does anyone have a technical explanation as to...
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    FA Process Made The Difference At School Site

    I researched a one-room schoolhouse last year that was on the 1863 map. When I visited the site last December, it had the heavy remains of last seasons corn crop so I decided to hold off hunting it hoping the farmer would rotate his field to beans this year. After getting permission to hunt it...
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    A Farm Field Untouched By Time

    These coins and relics were found in a farm field at the site of an 1870's one-room schoolhouse. The Indian Head has green patina but the others a do not show any ground damage. The coins have not been cleaned in any way. The relics are also in good shape. The brass saddle strap and silver...
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    A Flat Button That's More Than A Flat Button

    Today I was looking over the flat buttons that I have been fortunate to find this spring. Most of the flat buttons that I find have wording such as "Imperial" - "Orange" -"Gilt"-"London" and a few words. I came across this one that said "Jackson's Victory" around the outside rim, with "Standard...
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    Schoolhouse On Wrong Side Of The Road

    Today I drove to the site of a one-room schoolhouse that an 1877 map showed on the southwest side of the road. With the owners name in hand I stopped at his farm house to ask for permission to hunt. He was somewhat surprised that the old map showed it to be on his property. He informed me that...
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    Loss Of Depth In Fertilized Farm Fields ?

    While hunting the farm fields in my area,it seems that many of the targets that I recover are in the 4-5 inch range. Very few "coin like" targets are recovered in the deeper 6-10 inch range. I realize that the uneven ground of the fields can come onto play and cause a loss of depth. Does...
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    1865 Schoolhouse Gives Up Vintage Colt Revolver

    I hunted an 1865 one-room schoolhouse site that I was able to locate on an old plat map. The long gone school site is now a farm field, and after gaining permission from the owner, I hunted it for about six hours this week. After finding several Indian Heads and Wheat Cents, I hit a target that...
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    A Six Indian Head day

    After doing some research I was able to locate the site of a long gone 1865-1920 one-room schoolhouse that was about an hours drive away. After gaining permission, I drove to the site and as soon as I stepped into the field I spotted a large amount of broken brick and pieces of glass scattered...
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