{"id":1277,"date":"2012-11-12T18:34:33","date_gmt":"2012-11-12T23:34:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mapsurfer.com\/blog\/?p=1277"},"modified":"2012-11-12T18:34:33","modified_gmt":"2012-11-12T23:34:33","slug":"300-year-old-farmhouse-hunt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.puzzlemaze.org\/df\/blog\/archives\/1277","title":{"rendered":"300 Year Old Farmhouse Hunt"},"content":{"rendered":"

The other day I got permission to hunt the grounds of a 300 year old farmhouse, and today I did so.\u00a0 Hunting owner-occupied private property seems such a different experience than hunting parks and institutions; the latter being pounded so hard that all the high tone (and alot of other) trash has been pulled by the competition, the former having more trash (especially ferrous), not only for that reason, but cause its older.\u00a0 The deep high tone trash really slows me down and frustrates me, and you also seem a bit more self-conscience, especially with the owner watching you dig plugs on a manicured lawn.<\/p>\n

But, the hunt went ok.\u00a0 Started out really poorly, getting nothing but clad, and I mean deep clad, a 1962 memorial penny at 8 inches is one example.\u00a0 Are you kidding me?\u00a0 If I dig for that, I expect at least a copper.\u00a0 That’s the thing, deep high tone trash; generally much less of a problem at public parks.<\/p>\n

But, about 3 hours in, I got my first wheatie,\u00a0 I was wondering if I was gonna get any older coins.\u00a0 Some zones seemed to have a bit of coins, but some absolutely nothing.\u00a0 The owner used to own a landscaping company, so I imagine the evil fill and grade twins had spent a good bit of time in the yard, so it was a really hard site to read (usually you look for the greener grass; and it was true, the less green grass was more productive here).<\/p>\n

Eventually I got a rosie, and then the owner asked me to find a property marker for him.\u00a0 I thought this sort of thing would be hard, being a medium-sized ferrous object, which we are trained to reject, but I nailed it within 5 minutes, not bad.<\/p>\n

Back to the hunt, pulled a pair of Washingtons and another wheatie after that.\u00a0 Both Washingtons sounded like clad (the trash or mineralization was not allowing the cleanest signals).\u00a0 The wheaties were on the older side, a ’16 and a ’28.\u00a0 While visions of bust silver dance in your head when hitting a site like this, the results looked pretty much like a park hunt.\u00a0 But it was fun anyway; the prospect of something spectacular keeps you going.<\/p>\n

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As an aside, the property had a maypole on it.\u00a0 Are you kidding me?\u00a0 How cool is that?\u00a0 I haven’t seen a maypole in years.\u00a0 When I grew up, we celebrated May Day (Beltane) in grade school.\u00a0 This maypole was built in 1972, which is when I was in grade school.\u00a0 The site is also in the same township where I grew up and went to school.\u00a0 Maybe Beltane was a local thing back in the day where I grew up.\u00a0 Certainly haven’t heard of anyone celebrating it around here in years.<\/p>\n

Finally, I guess I should question my choice of sticking with the big 13 inch unit for a site like this.\u00a0 I have such confidence in it in trash that it didn’t faze me, but my lack of success with older coins at the site leaves a bit of doubt in my mind.\u00a0 I guess we’ll never know.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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