Sunny Sun. in a new field - Nov. 1

Michiganne

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Today I hunted a new farm field that I just received permission to hunt. The weather was night and day different from Sat. and I was actually hot due to the layers I wore. The field has wheat stubble and quite a bit of clover has grown up around it making for very tough swinging. I had to hunt hit or miss where the vegetation was lower. In a tractor track I unearthed an 1880 IH, beating my oldest IH by a year. That made my day but a half hour later I pulled out a small ring, 14K gold-filled. Gotta love it!

Can anyone give me an idea on how old the ring might be? There was a house here at least back to 1873. I can't wait to do some serious gridding here come spring.

HH and thanks for looking,
Michiganne

pic 1 - new field
pic 2 - IH and ring
pic 5 - iron what's it :dontknow:
 

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Justice70

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I should try to focus my attention more on farm fields :thumbsup:
 

postalgriff

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great finds, and nice job on finding a new field to hunt. that IH looks good, hope it cleans up nice I can read the liberty from here. that ring is very nice looking too. the whats it looks a little bit like a rusted out key maybe. great hunt, congrats! :hello2:
 

Mike from MI

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WTG Anne!!!!! :thumbsup:
Nice finds, congrats on the new oldest coin, and the ring. I bet the rings is from the early to mid 1900's.
 

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Nice injun and ring Anne, looks like you have a good spot there. That will keep you busy for awhile.
 

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Nice, Congrats on the IH, and that gold filled ring is a nice old one. :thumbsup:

Good luck,
HH.
 

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Nice on that IH Anne, neat old ring too. I've never hunted a farm field before. Good luck there! ffd
 

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Great IH. That iron whatsit is neat too. Would like to see it cleaned up. It looks like a piece of ornamental trim from something, maybe?

HH,
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Michiganne

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Rusted_Iron said:
Great IH. That iron whatsit is neat too. Would like to see it cleaned up. It looks like a piece of ornamental trim from something, maybe?

HH,
Rusted

I scrubbed it as best I could but I don't have an electrolysis tank set up. It looked like a flower to me. :icon_scratch: Maybe a piece off an old stove?

HH,
Michiganne
 

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