Bad Day Turned Into A Good Day

[miserman]

On Friday I drove to church site about an hour and a half from home only to find that it had been heavily hunted by other detectorists. After a couple hours without a single good find,I decided to head towards home. I then remembered that there was a farm field on the way home that was once the location of an 1850's one room schoolhouse. I had to stop hunting the farm fields a couple of weeks ago because most of them are now planted. I had the maps with me that I had researched over the winter so I decided to drive by the area to see about hunting it after the crops were picked this coming fall. The site was located on a gravel road next to an old cemetery which made it fairly easy to locate. I was quite surprised to see that it had not yet been planted, so I drove on down the road to ask permission from the farm owner. It turns out the farmer was also having a bad day because a piece of his planting equipment had been broken down for several days and he wasn't able get that particular field plowed and planted. Though it was late morning, I asked for and got permission to hunt it for the day. The site was bounded on three sides by two roads and the cemetery and once I started hunting, it was quite obvious I was at the right location because of the many pieces of brick and colored glass. After about 4 hours of hunting, the farmer stopped by and parked his tractor next to my car on the side of the road and I thought that was my cue it was time to quit. After showing him the Indian Heads and Wheats along with a few relics he invited me back on Saturday. Although the coins are not in very good shape because of the fertilizer, it was a nice two days of hunting that I feel very fortunate to have had. A bad day that turned into a good couple of days and also an invite to come back in the fall.....Thanks for looking.

 

[jim tn]

Love those injuns and some other neat recoveries. Maybe a nice ole Barber coin, maybe a walker, still hiding out there? HH jim tn

 

[Ronstar]

I love the story and pics to back it up!!! Looks like crossed rifles for infantry? Maybe a powder flask? Play, play, play.......

 

[miserman]

Love those injuns and some other neat recoveries. Maybe a nice ole Barber coin, maybe a walker, still hiding out there? HH jim tn

Towards the end I began thinking that a silver was going to show up at any time. Should be a couple in there. The kids back then probably didn't bring silver coins to school very often. An old nickel or two would also have been nice. Maybe next time. Thanks for the response.

 

[miserman]

I love the story and pics to back it up!!! Looks like crossed rifles for infantry? Maybe a powder flask? Play, play, play.......

Yes Ronstar,I didn't think about a powder flask adornment. The rifles look somewhat like the 1903 Springfield and if so, may date it somewhere between 1903 and about 1936. Thanks for the suggestion.