DirtFlipper
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Howdy,
Well, been shut down here for nearly the last three weeks following ten inches of snow, cold temps, and some freezing rain here and there. Last year I was able to hunt right until the end of November, when the ground finally froze, but we didn't have any snow. This year it was kind of a sudden shut down, so didn't have a chance to ease on out gradually. That kinda bummed me out, so I've been watching the weather to see if there might be one more shot - and today was the day. We hit above 40 degrees, and I was hoping the ground wasn't frozen in at least some spots.
So, out I went for the final two hours of the season. I found that the ground underneath three-four inches of snow wasn't too bad actually, but the ground that was bare, or with only a couple inches of snow was ice hard already. Guess the deeper snow cover acted as an insulator for now. Once I figured that out, I focused my searching on spot that had the deeper snow cover, and just cranked up the sensitivity to 29 on the SE.
It was slow going, and I held out for better signals since it was still kind of time cosuming to recover a target. Had to first clear the layer of snow, and then make a neat plug. Reminded me of ice fishing. It was easier to see where I'd searched though, so I could run neater lines for coverage. However, hard to not leave a trail in the snow (and an odd looking one at that).
Anyway, with the extra depth loss due to the snow, I was listening for even fainter signals and light chirtps, trying to hook one that would repeat on the 90 degree. Finally got one towards the end of the hunt. It had some depth and I was thinking maybe a Wheat. But as I flipped the dirt and used the probe, I got a really nice high pitched tone in the ground. After brushing away a little bit more to get deeper, I caught the sweet glimpse of silver and saw the stalks on the back as it was face down in the hole. I gave it a liberal scoop from underneath and let it ride up in the dirt pile to resurface again after 100 years in the ground.
I figured that was as good as it was going to get in these conditions, so packed it in to end the season. Time to tumble the clad and cash it in, and start the research for next season.
Thanks for looking.
HH,
DirtFlipper
Well, been shut down here for nearly the last three weeks following ten inches of snow, cold temps, and some freezing rain here and there. Last year I was able to hunt right until the end of November, when the ground finally froze, but we didn't have any snow. This year it was kind of a sudden shut down, so didn't have a chance to ease on out gradually. That kinda bummed me out, so I've been watching the weather to see if there might be one more shot - and today was the day. We hit above 40 degrees, and I was hoping the ground wasn't frozen in at least some spots.
So, out I went for the final two hours of the season. I found that the ground underneath three-four inches of snow wasn't too bad actually, but the ground that was bare, or with only a couple inches of snow was ice hard already. Guess the deeper snow cover acted as an insulator for now. Once I figured that out, I focused my searching on spot that had the deeper snow cover, and just cranked up the sensitivity to 29 on the SE.
It was slow going, and I held out for better signals since it was still kind of time cosuming to recover a target. Had to first clear the layer of snow, and then make a neat plug. Reminded me of ice fishing. It was easier to see where I'd searched though, so I could run neater lines for coverage. However, hard to not leave a trail in the snow (and an odd looking one at that).
Anyway, with the extra depth loss due to the snow, I was listening for even fainter signals and light chirtps, trying to hook one that would repeat on the 90 degree. Finally got one towards the end of the hunt. It had some depth and I was thinking maybe a Wheat. But as I flipped the dirt and used the probe, I got a really nice high pitched tone in the ground. After brushing away a little bit more to get deeper, I caught the sweet glimpse of silver and saw the stalks on the back as it was face down in the hole. I gave it a liberal scoop from underneath and let it ride up in the dirt pile to resurface again after 100 years in the ground.
I figured that was as good as it was going to get in these conditions, so packed it in to end the season. Time to tumble the clad and cash it in, and start the research for next season.
Thanks for looking.
HH,
DirtFlipper
Nice dime..congrats !!
