Day Four

Things were pretty tense around here these last 24 hours. Remember the itty bitty hammered silver I found (which turned out to be a James I half penney)? Well, Clarence dropped it and it was lost for a while. He found it on the floor and the marriage was saved. There was danger of a British divorce happening.

This morning, as soon as the fog burned off, it was a beautiful sunny day. Then the fog rolled back in and the wind came up. It was just like a typical winter day on the Oregon coast. All four of us got skunked today. We dug some greenies (copper coins that come out of the ground green), lots of chunks of lead, tons of buttons and a few other misc. goodies. Nothing to write home about (literally). To make things worth...the other house of seven guys from Chicago who are here with us this week, went back to the field we were at yesterday and I had found the itty bitty hammered silver. The other guys managed to find ten more hammered silvers and a silver Saxon sceat. Dang! Why couldn't we find them yesterday? Sometimes that's just the way things go. Tomorrow will be another day.