Went to a new site today, a 30s era baseball field. I’m always leery about new sites — is it dead, is metal detecting allowed, are the locals @$$holes, and so forth.

Well, as the late great Meat Loaf said, “2 out of 3 ain’t bad”; too bad the site was pretty dead. Did manage to squeak a merc out on the edge of the site, but I was struggling to find clad and wheaties, and while I don’t like those things and don’t dig them too much, they offer great tells about how well the site has been hunted in the past.

I always give a site 2 good hunts before forming an opinion. Today’s hunt was 2.5 hours, which is a bit below the benchmark of 1.5 to 2 hours per silver, but a bit short. I owe the site about 4.5 more hours to form an opinion, but for now, it is tabled.

Back to the Field of Dreams yet again, and pulled a couple more dimes, including my 10th barber of the season, and a 1916 merc (no D, too bad). Also pulled a vintage sterling ring which I believe is from a Chester County high school.

They finally hayed the Field of Dreams for this first time this season, and I was back. Pulled yet another barber quarter, and silver spoon. Sadly, the barber is quite abused. It is a 1909D.