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Why We Hunt Fields

02/21/16

<p><strong>We have used our E-TRACs in many settings, parks, private homes and other venues.</strong> One of our favorite places is in farm fields where old houses, schools or churches once stood. If you have not tried this, I heartily recommend you giving it a try. On this day we had hunted one field and did not find much, so we went out to check another site I had found on the 1874 map and I could see the brick in the field from the car.</p> [split] <p>Since this was in another county I was not sure who owned it but had a hunch that it was the same farmer who gave us permission for a lot of his fields. A quick drive back took us back to his equipment barn to check if anyone was there and fortunately his son was. I talked to him and he told me yes they owned that field too and ā€œto have at itā€. We did not have much time left so we quickly drove back and I quickly found two wheat cents and some artifacts but after 45 minutes we had to go.</p> <p>So a few days later we got back to it and the farmerā€™s son was disking the field but had already done the area we wanted to hunt, as he made another pass close to us I asked if it was a problem and he laughed and said ā€œgo aheadā€ so we started.</p> <p>Within a couple of minutes I got another wheat cent, a crusty 1917. Making another line I got a bouncy 12-37 which turned out to be a very nice 1904 Indian. Diane had found a wheat cent a bit earlier.</p> <p>I found some buttons and some neat relics when Diane called me and gave me the silver signal. I went over and she had dug a nice 1907 Barber Dime! After a while with just more buttons I got a good 12-46 13-47 signal and I was digging it when Diane called out and said she had a token or something. I went over leaving my stuff and saw she had a copper disc with a figure of a Standing Woman and the word ā€œLibertadā€ above her. Looked amazingly like a version of the Standing Liberty Quarter, Diane came over to see what I had and out popped a silver disk the size of a quarter.</p> <p>I laughed and said Oh it is probably one of those Shell Tokens. She bent over for a closer look and said No that is definitely a Silver Quarter. Well, she was right. A beautiful Standing Liberty Quarter is what it was, clear date which at first almost looked like the rare 1918 over 1917 and I could tell it had a mint mark but could not see it clearly. The 1918 over 1917 is an S mint mark. It turns out to be the a very nice semi key 1918-D.</p> <p>Unfortunately a couple of scrapes slight mar the finish of this Extremely Fine condition coin but nevertheless it is still a beauty and I am glad to have it!</p>

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