Final relics for '09 -- 12/07

[Michiganne]

Hi all:

With the snowy weather forecasts and Christmas looming, I knew this past weekend would be my last chance to hunt for quite a while. On Sat. I hit my new wheat field. It was a bit bleaker than last hunt, but at least the clover has finally died. The wheat stubble was still troublesome and proper gridding will have to wait until spring. I did find my first (huzzah!) thimble, even though it had lost the fight with the plow. I reshaped it later but it still isn't pretty. I also found another nice suspender buckle.....or as my 3YO daughter called it, "A hooker for farmer pants."

On Sunday I didn't have a lot of time but I wanted to hit my "relic field" at a local farm house once more. I had a good signal that pinpointed big and figured it was yet another mason lid. But since I was in the relic field I knew I had to dig and was happy to pull out a state farm insurance plate. This is the second one I've found so I know they can't be rare. I also found another dome button (several at this site) and a cool piece of coal. And my final .02 of clad for the year.

It's been a fun year of MDing!
HH,
Michiganne

pic 1 - Sat.: wheat field
pic 2 - first thimble and what's-it at top left
pic 3 - Sun. finds, what is the top left item, part of a light switch?
pic 4 - insurance plate
pic 5 - coal and button

[Michiganne]

interesting damage on that thimble.. hay rake maybe?

I wanted to spare you the "before" picture of the thimble but since you brought it up.....

Isn't it sad?

[Rookie2]

Hey,interesting finds and congrats on your first thimble. I still have not found one. You did a good job of straightening it out

[Mike from MI]

Neat finds, and beautiful sunset pic.
Too early to hang em up girl!

[Brentallica]

Interesting finds and congratulations to a great year!!

[michigan michael]

Nice final Anne! I have fender damage to my Monte Carlo...... After seeing the work you did on that thimble you may be able to help me! lol .

Can you post a pic of the LC you dug this year? I did not end up with one so I have to admire yours.

Watch them snow plows everyone! See where they transport and dump the overflow snow. Found a lot of clad at the beginning of the year doing that. Just my research tip of the day....

~MM

[Michiganne]

Nice final Anne! I have fender damage to my Monte Carlo...... After seeing the work you did on that thimble you may be able to help me! lol .

Bring her over, Mike. LOL I'll have to tell you about the time I disassembled our Outback's dashboard to find my SLQ that had slipped down inside. I have a second career ready if need be!

I think the thimble is aluminum so it was pretty easy to tweak although it did tear a bit. ffd set the bar pretty high with that beauty of a thimble he found a while back.

Will post my LC pic again.

[Michiganne]

Here she be....I have yet to top this coin. Found in a corn field, researched by Wallhangers, where homes had been back in the 1860's at least. I felt very fortunate to find it, as this spot had been hunted before.

HH,
Michiganne

[Mich. Wolverine]

Nice finds Anne. That's a very nice L.C.

Wolverine.

[mcmich]

Bring over the Monte Carlo...that was a good one....

so was "a hooker for farmers pants" come to think of it....

[fistfulladirt]

Well Anne I'm jealous of that LC find, I have never hunted an open field. Sure would like to try tho....nice relic finds you made....I think you are right about that thimble being aluminum, I found one like that, it was smashed. Here's to a great season next year, tons of great finds to be had! HH, ffd

[michigan michael]

She sure is pretty Anne! congrats! That truly is a remarkable find!

I laughed out loud over you pulling the dashboard off looking for that SLQ. The day I dug that Marine medal I also recovered my one and only military button....... Well it went down the drain of the slop sink and I had the elbow, and straight pipe off and was heading to the craw space when my wife put a stop to it. LOL. She asked if I was crazy. My only response was I dont think so, why? lol The button was never seen again.

[Wallhangers]

Sad to see the year coming to a close. One of my highlights of this year was watching you find that LC.

[postalgriff]

great relic finds Anne, and a good end to a great year! SLQ and LC were the 2 majors on my wish list that will carry over to next year I guess. I got a feeling its gonna be a short winter

[Mr Ripley]

Very nice stuff Anne!

Dug my first LC this season, identifiable only by the faintest outline of the head. Your coin is in outstanding condition!!

Congrats!

[Giant056]

Awesome old large cent Anne

[BandB1]

Nice finds, beautiful LC!

Looking at the before pic of your thimble my first thought was, I'd probably ofthrown that out not even knowing what it was.

Good luck,
HH.

[vayank54]

I just saw this and saw no one had Id'd the two items. The one it the top pic is what the wick to a lantern went through. The two slots on the side were toward the bottom. There were 2 gear like pieces on the shaft to adjust the wick. The gear like pieces went in the holes and when you turned the shaft they would dig into the wick and turn it up or down.
The piece in the second pic is part of a clock that held the gears and things.