teotwawki12
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Have been waiting patiently for the harvest to come (and for the fields to be fair game). Finally a few of my wheat fields are harvested and being plowed..
I worked on a field with a fresh chisel plow job that shows a home in the late 1800's that I missed before on the map. Found the site (iron everywhere) on the rise in the field (as is normal). Didn't find anything remarkable besides bits of a pocket watch, oil lamp, harmonica, etc.., but it has promise. Detecting on the rise and fall of the fresh chisel plow is tough going; hopefully they will put beans there next year!
Decided to check a yard nearby (not doing many yards right now due to the extreme dryness, but the house is still being renovated and therefore vacant, so what the heck). I found a bunch of cool old coins and trinkets under the remains of a swing (on an old maple tree limb) last time I detected there. Picked up a few keepers that I missed last time.
Very excited to find a civil war token; I seem to have very good luck finding those around this area. The only downside, if one can call it that, is that I have already dug this particular token. But this one has two holes in it, so I guess it qualifies as a "whizzer" or a "whirligig". I actually put a string through it when I got home and it does...whizz. The kid was less than impressed with my new toy. Oh well. Back to the Ipad.
The 1919 S wheat cent was a treat as I don't get a lot of old "S" mint marks around here.. And the company on that flat key seems to be a maker of locks and trunks, so maybe its an old steamer trunk key?? And I think "Hiawatha" is a new one for me in the shotgun headstamp collection....
Anyway....the beans are getting nice and brown out there...….soon....
I worked on a field with a fresh chisel plow job that shows a home in the late 1800's that I missed before on the map. Found the site (iron everywhere) on the rise in the field (as is normal). Didn't find anything remarkable besides bits of a pocket watch, oil lamp, harmonica, etc.., but it has promise. Detecting on the rise and fall of the fresh chisel plow is tough going; hopefully they will put beans there next year!
Decided to check a yard nearby (not doing many yards right now due to the extreme dryness, but the house is still being renovated and therefore vacant, so what the heck). I found a bunch of cool old coins and trinkets under the remains of a swing (on an old maple tree limb) last time I detected there. Picked up a few keepers that I missed last time.
Very excited to find a civil war token; I seem to have very good luck finding those around this area. The only downside, if one can call it that, is that I have already dug this particular token. But this one has two holes in it, so I guess it qualifies as a "whizzer" or a "whirligig". I actually put a string through it when I got home and it does...whizz. The kid was less than impressed with my new toy. Oh well. Back to the Ipad.
The 1919 S wheat cent was a treat as I don't get a lot of old "S" mint marks around here.. And the company on that flat key seems to be a maker of locks and trunks, so maybe its an old steamer trunk key?? And I think "Hiawatha" is a new one for me in the shotgun headstamp collection....
Anyway....the beans are getting nice and brown out there...….soon....
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