40 degree weather last weekend and I was foaming at the mouth to get out. I sent Tim a text message that I was leaving out early to go detecting and he was welcome to join me. He said he was coming whether his wife liked it or not...I think he's getting divorced now....:lol: There was still snow and ice on the ground in MA, so we headed south to CT. We were in completely unknown territory. I didn't care what I was detecting, just HAD to detect:detecting:. So I punched in parks near me on the GPS and started driving to them, once we hit an area that looked like we could dig. We checked out a few parks until we decided on one that looked promising. Could barely get our shovel into the ground...VERY frustrating.
On the way to this particular park was passed though an area that looked like it had some future promise, so we decided to scope it out a bit more. Without giving up too much info (as it IS in some other member's backyards) We came across a particular field that had a plaque denoting it's history, and appears to be "public" land. So we decided to give it a shot.
Digging was EXTREMELY frustrating. You'd get in easily for the first inch, then 3-4 inches of frozen ground, then after that was easy digging. However...I bent my relic shovel trying to dig!
After digging a lot of canslaw and trash, my back hurting, my hands freezing I started back across the field towards the car. Got a solid 12-46 hit. I said that it was going to be a good one. Tim came over to watch me dig. And what should POP out of the ground...an 1807 LC:happy:
We decided to stay a bit longer, needless to say. There were other diggable signals, but unless it was singing, I let them rest until spring...when I wouldn't mind digging a bit more trash, instead of breaking my back for canslaw. That was my only find...but definitely made the day!
The first pic, Tim took...and yes the second horrible pic I took....:lol:
On the way to this particular park was passed though an area that looked like it had some future promise, so we decided to scope it out a bit more. Without giving up too much info (as it IS in some other member's backyards) We came across a particular field that had a plaque denoting it's history, and appears to be "public" land. So we decided to give it a shot.
Digging was EXTREMELY frustrating. You'd get in easily for the first inch, then 3-4 inches of frozen ground, then after that was easy digging. However...I bent my relic shovel trying to dig!
After digging a lot of canslaw and trash, my back hurting, my hands freezing I started back across the field towards the car. Got a solid 12-46 hit. I said that it was going to be a good one. Tim came over to watch me dig. And what should POP out of the ground...an 1807 LC:happy:
We decided to stay a bit longer, needless to say. There were other diggable signals, but unless it was singing, I let them rest until spring...when I wouldn't mind digging a bit more trash, instead of breaking my back for canslaw. That was my only find...but definitely made the day!
The first pic, Tim took...and yes the second horrible pic I took....:lol:
