I met up with my buddy Ted who I hadn't hunted with in a while. The plan was to hit some bottle dumps I had located recently while detecting. The dump I choose first only because it was closest to his house paid off.....though all the rains we had made the dump a muddy mess when you dug down over a foot, I was able to pull out this very nice CARTERS master ink bottle from the muck somehow. It's a 3 part mold & a killer green color. I'll post another picture after it's done cleaning......
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I had 2 more dumps lined up, but Ted suggested detecting & trying that same cornfield again that I shot the first F75 LTD video at. So, we took a lunch break and headed to the farm. Mainly it had been producing only buttons, but that was about to change....
Walking across the field, the first thing I saw was right on top. I knew right then I had the oldest find of the day by far....the rains had exposed an awesome Indian arrowhead that had been plowed up. Some of these go back to 10,000 yrs old
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So after the bottle & now an arrowhead, Ted said "You just need a coin to complete the trifecta".....
That was a great thought, but this farm had been wacked hard by us already, & most of the coins were dug already & all's we'd been finding in the last few times here were flat buttons......
I fired up the F75 LTD & skipped around finding a couple flat cuff buttons. I was running my usual "hot" settings of high 90's sens, & BP & 0 disc. There was lots of chatter, but on a hard worked colonial site you have to push the envelope. Plus, with those settings I can shorten the rod & keep the coil above the cut stalks & still get deep. I switched to 2F tones after awhile, & that made it alot less of a headache & I noticed a good target sing right out in it's higher pitch.....
Ted said he had to leave, so we decided to take our time & work our way back to the farm house. In mid-field I got a solid high tone that read & locked in at 79 from every angle. I knew this was either a beer can or the "trifecta" Ted mentioned. I called him over & he checked the signal with his ID-Edge. He figured coin too, so I dug a big plug.....
The mud broke open & this is what I saw. A sight for sore eyes
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Ted snapped this picture with his I-phone holding up the plug revealing a large cent dated 1827. Trifecta complete
The last one the LTD got at that cellar hole was 1828.....(maybe the next will be 1826?).
Now Ted was determined to get a coin & said he was going to stay now
The sun was setting but he was determined.....so I scanned some more. Not as meticulous as usual as I wanted him to bag a coin. I tried a corner I had never had much luck in & got another 79 solid signal. I told Ted, I was sorry, but I think it's another large cent being the same number ID. He came over and I dug another big plug. This time in the dug dirt we saw another round, big penny sized disc....just like I thought, large cent. I let Ted bend down & he called out, "Silver!". I grabbed it & brushed off a Spanish 2 Reales dated 1800. [attachment 144495 TrifectaReal2sm.jpg]
The plows had put a couple scratches in it over the years, but I wasn't gonna throw it back These are hard to come by....probably about my 5th maybe. They were the equivalent of 30 copper coins I believe....so losing one of these was a major loss in those days.
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I just had one of those days where every place I dug I could do no wrong. I felt bad for Ted, but last time we went he got 2 silver coins, so I reminded him of that......
It was a fun day I'll remember for awhile.....
Thanks for looking,
Bill
PS. Ted just e-mailed me a picture.
He WAS determined to get a coin & left work early to try the same farm again.......well....all's I can say is I no longer feel bad for him
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1829 Half dime
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I had 2 more dumps lined up, but Ted suggested detecting & trying that same cornfield again that I shot the first F75 LTD video at. So, we took a lunch break and headed to the farm. Mainly it had been producing only buttons, but that was about to change....
Walking across the field, the first thing I saw was right on top. I knew right then I had the oldest find of the day by far....the rains had exposed an awesome Indian arrowhead that had been plowed up. Some of these go back to 10,000 yrs old
[attachment 144498 Trifectapoint1sm.jpg]
So after the bottle & now an arrowhead, Ted said "You just need a coin to complete the trifecta".....
That was a great thought, but this farm had been wacked hard by us already, & most of the coins were dug already & all's we'd been finding in the last few times here were flat buttons......
I fired up the F75 LTD & skipped around finding a couple flat cuff buttons. I was running my usual "hot" settings of high 90's sens, & BP & 0 disc. There was lots of chatter, but on a hard worked colonial site you have to push the envelope. Plus, with those settings I can shorten the rod & keep the coil above the cut stalks & still get deep. I switched to 2F tones after awhile, & that made it alot less of a headache & I noticed a good target sing right out in it's higher pitch.....
Ted said he had to leave, so we decided to take our time & work our way back to the farm house. In mid-field I got a solid high tone that read & locked in at 79 from every angle. I knew this was either a beer can or the "trifecta" Ted mentioned. I called him over & he checked the signal with his ID-Edge. He figured coin too, so I dug a big plug.....
The mud broke open & this is what I saw. A sight for sore eyes
[attachment 144492 Trifectaclump1.jpg]Ted snapped this picture with his I-phone holding up the plug revealing a large cent dated 1827. Trifecta complete
The last one the LTD got at that cellar hole was 1828.....(maybe the next will be 1826?).Now Ted was determined to get a coin & said he was going to stay now
The sun was setting but he was determined.....so I scanned some more. Not as meticulous as usual as I wanted him to bag a coin. I tried a corner I had never had much luck in & got another 79 solid signal. I told Ted, I was sorry, but I think it's another large cent being the same number ID. He came over and I dug another big plug. This time in the dug dirt we saw another round, big penny sized disc....just like I thought, large cent. I let Ted bend down & he called out, "Silver!". I grabbed it & brushed off a Spanish 2 Reales dated 1800. [attachment 144495 TrifectaReal2sm.jpg]The plows had put a couple scratches in it over the years, but I wasn't gonna throw it back
These are hard to come by....probably about my 5th maybe. They were the equivalent of 30 copper coins I believe....so losing one of these was a major loss in those days. [attachment 144493 Trifecta1sm.jpg]
I just had one of those days where every place I dug I could do no wrong. I felt bad for Ted, but last time we went he got 2 silver coins, so I reminded him of that......
It was a fun day I'll remember for awhile.....
Thanks for looking,
Bill
PS. Ted just e-mailed me a picture.
He WAS determined to get a coin & left work early to try the same farm again.......well....all's I can say is I no longer feel bad for him
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1829 Half dime
