Field hunting questions

[douglaslefler]

Hi,this is my first year field hunting and I have some questions. I have access to a few different fields some are plowed some are no till and some have been just chisel plowed. I have found flint and artifacts in all of them but the plowed fields are not producing as much as I thought they would. Is that because they need more rain? And also if a field has been chisel plowed in the fall will it also be disced in the spring? I am just confused about why some fields are plowed some are chisel plowed and some are no till. It seems like it would be hard to plant anything without turning the field up some how. Thanks in advance, Doug.

[Scotto]

A lot depends on the farmer, the ground, and the crops to be planted. After years of planting corn and turning the ground over in the fall, a lot of the topsoil was being blown off of the fields. The best dirt up there is usually along the fencerows, where the blowing/drifting dirt hit the weeds and became stuck. And the ground also became very hard as well.
With the price of oil sky high and the big tractors that guzzle lots of gas, farmers tend to run the fields as little as possible. Usually regular plowing will be disced to smooth it out so it can be planted, but a small chisel plow, maybe not. Depends.

Obviously you won't find much with a no-till situation, but after the planter runs thru it, it may pop out some artifacts. Chisel plowing will turn up more, but it's hard on the points. But with any of it, you need good, hard pouring rains to wash stuff out. Look on top of the rows as well on the sides of the furrows. Good luck.