Day Five

It rained enough at night to make our day quite the mess. All the freshly plowed and rolled land was sticky with wet, clay mud. This is the stuff that sticks to your boots and the bottom of your coil. I had to stop every few minutes to scrape the inch or two of mud off the bottom of my coil or it got too heavy to swing. I didn't want to wear my arm out with more detecting days still ahead. Clarence and Marilynn both found James 1st hammered silver coins, Mindy a 1709 bale seal and we all had greenies, buttons and junk. Marilynn found her first ever thimble and later discovered a hole in her coin purse where she stashed her good finds. She lost a coin and some musket balls somewhere in that muddy field. Clarence, once again, had the find of the day. I thought he had a 1950's era clip on earring with some decorative stones. I could just picture the lady of the house out plowing the fields in her Sunday best when she lost it. Turns out, it is much older, probably 1800's or earlier, and a decorative brooch with a silver back. It has tiny little pearls and some unidentified stones. This will be one for the museum to ID. On the walk back to the van, Mindy and I stopped to visit with four Alpacas standing near the fence. Sorry Mindy. I really didn't think Alpaca's would spit at you like Llamas. At least we had a good laugh about it.