09-28-2017, 07:09 PM
I've been meaning to get back to this spot for the past three years. Last time I was there I found about a half dozen wheats and had to leave because it was getting too dark to see and it's a real bear trying to get in and out of the place because it is COMPLETELY surrounded by huge bogs and tall grasses. The only way to get in and out is to follow deer trails through the tall grasses and once you get through them figure out which way is where and hope for the best.
Anyway, after I get in and to what I think is the general area of where I found the wheats, I'm there maybe 15 minutes and up comes a whopper high tone reading 88 thru 91 and SCREAMING, "Dig ME!". I thought I had it targeted pretty well but to my surprise it was only about a half inch down and fell out onto the ground next to the plug when the plug fell apart. A 55 Washington!!!! I thought to myself I must be in the right spot! So I spent the next two hours scouring the entire perimeter of where the Washington popped out. Came up with 6 more wheats and a 1948 Jeff. Wheats range from 1928 to 1951.
And then I had to leave. At times, when I get in a rush leaving the truck for the location, I forget to take off my prescription, polarized and very dark sunglasses. And I really don't realize the fact until after I've spent a half hour getting to the location. Well with the sun getting low and me going blind in the woods, at 4:30 p.m. I start heading for the deer trails back through the grasses. During the hunt I found (More like smelled) 3 large dead deer, Doe's, and saw 2 pretty big snakes. One a Northern Ohio Water snake, which are kind of a black and gray and he/she was pretty thick and about 3 feet long, and a common ribbon green snake about 30 inches long who was in a real hurry when it saw me coming out of the grass on my way in. This area is not really what I would call remote as it's surrounded by suburbia pretty much on 2 sides and the river and parkway on the other two. But it's a helluva remote spot for someone who would want to disappear for a few days because it's so hard to get to. Other than that the one real surprise I noted was the lack of trash. I was constantly looking at my screen to see if the machine was working. Very little of anything other than a few shotgun head stamps and a couple of bullets. Real quiet except for that one spot.
Have fun out there and HAPPY HUNTING!
Ed
Anyway, after I get in and to what I think is the general area of where I found the wheats, I'm there maybe 15 minutes and up comes a whopper high tone reading 88 thru 91 and SCREAMING, "Dig ME!". I thought I had it targeted pretty well but to my surprise it was only about a half inch down and fell out onto the ground next to the plug when the plug fell apart. A 55 Washington!!!! I thought to myself I must be in the right spot! So I spent the next two hours scouring the entire perimeter of where the Washington popped out. Came up with 6 more wheats and a 1948 Jeff. Wheats range from 1928 to 1951.
And then I had to leave. At times, when I get in a rush leaving the truck for the location, I forget to take off my prescription, polarized and very dark sunglasses. And I really don't realize the fact until after I've spent a half hour getting to the location. Well with the sun getting low and me going blind in the woods, at 4:30 p.m. I start heading for the deer trails back through the grasses. During the hunt I found (More like smelled) 3 large dead deer, Doe's, and saw 2 pretty big snakes. One a Northern Ohio Water snake, which are kind of a black and gray and he/she was pretty thick and about 3 feet long, and a common ribbon green snake about 30 inches long who was in a real hurry when it saw me coming out of the grass on my way in. This area is not really what I would call remote as it's surrounded by suburbia pretty much on 2 sides and the river and parkway on the other two. But it's a helluva remote spot for someone who would want to disappear for a few days because it's so hard to get to. Other than that the one real surprise I noted was the lack of trash. I was constantly looking at my screen to see if the machine was working. Very little of anything other than a few shotgun head stamps and a couple of bullets. Real quiet except for that one spot.
Have fun out there and HAPPY HUNTING!
Ed