Beautiful day in Upstate NY, clear skys and probably 70-75 degrees. Kids are off for Easter break and I called it quits for work @ 10:30 today. Went over to my daughter's track meet and watched her run around, took the kids to lunch and called up a buddy of mine who rec'd permission to hunt a real early farm (1790's) that now currently hosts a Farm festival every fall. Thousands of people come to watch rodeo, tractor pulls, farm animals, a saw mill and kid themed attractions. Back in the 40's and 50's the father and Uncles of the owner ran an Old Time Rodeo, flea markets and such.. So ------ my son and I headed up with great expectations. My friend Don introduced me to the owner who knew my Dad, Uncles, and Grandfather and we had a good time chit chatting about them. Eager to get started we surveyed the site which probably covers 5-6 acres of parking, event sites, rodeo arena, old time store center, and various outbuildings. We decide to start right up wher we parked and eventually swing over to the older 40-50's rodeo area which sites across the road from the main farm. First target Don hits in on is a great signal with his Minelab SE and has me check it out with my V3. Solid green bars w/ 86 VDI @ 4. We're both thinking silver quarter!! He goes to digging and pulls out an 1848 Lg Cent
. This is a great start and we are all feeling rather good about our prospects. We mill around the area and we find some newer clad and pennies, ok finds but not the old stuff. We angle a bit more before going across the road and check an area in front of the main barn. Some newer change here and a deep signal with my V3 has me hopeful. I let my son dig up this one and it yields a newer stop watch/pocket watch with chromed case and plastic jewel - cool newer relic. From here we head over to the rodeo area that is across the street and hit some newer clad until I hit the '42 Wheat and Merc. The Merc was bent badly but still in great shape and from the pics you can see I flattened it pretty well with some wood and persuasion from a hammer . All in all a great day in the beautiful outdoors and had a great start to what looks to be a great site. We will be hitting this site many more times due to its size. Special thanks to my friend Don for inviting my son and I. With some better finds my son will get the MD fever, had a slow day for him as his finds were few and far between but he hung in there. Thanks for looking and here is to a great weekend of treasure hunting!!!
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