SweepingAcrossAmerica
Greenie
- Oct 31, 2015
- 10
- 12
- Detector(s) used
- Whites Classic 5ID, Minelab E-Trac
- Primary Interest:
- All Treasure Hunting
I have a small blog that isn't really running full steam ahead yet. I am really looking for some more topics and thoughts. I would love to interview anyone who would like to be mentioned! Like I said, it's really small now. But once it starts to grow more and more people will know about you. PM me if you are wanting to be interviewed.
As metal detecting enthusiasts we always assume that the coins we find are from the year in which a building or a piece of land was founded. Truth is, coins may have been dropped before or after that initial beginning date. What I mean by the Modern Influence Hypothesis, is that you may find a locating that has a house build around the 1890’s, but you find a coin from 1920. Sure that’s not really a “uncommon thing”, but you have to consider was that coin really dropped in that exact year it was minted? Was it really dropped in 1920? What if a person, from 1970 dropped that coin by accident. What if that coin was given to him in change and without that person realizing what he had, lost it to the ground.
It has been a question, how can we tell if that coin had been dropped exactly at the time or the “approximate time” of the land? There can be a number of things such as how many people still roam around on the property. Whether it has been mowed or plowed has a pretty good impact on how quickly coins and relics can sink into the ground. This question came up when I found a buffalo nickel at my high school that was built in 1964. How did a buffalo nickel get onto the football field? One of two things could be true.
It had once been farm land and someone from around that time had dropped it. Or someone hunted there if it was woodland.
Someone from not that long ago accidentally dropped it and did not realize what they had.
So, I used an old map overlay to show where all the old houses were at my school. It seems that no old houses or farm land was there. Option 1 could still stand though, considering someone from around that time hunted there. I think it’s safe to say modern influence helped that buffalo nickel find a nice home in the ground.
Another thought is, what if land that in considered really old, gets re-occupied my modern people once again. Those people living on the now re-occupied land drop and leave modern coins and do-dads. This I have seen happen to an old colonial house I metal detected at. Luckily I had gotten there and found most of everything before the new occupants trashed up the yard. It was sad to see the place in such shambles, but maybe one day it will be cleaned up and I can hunt it again!
Modern Influence Hypothesis | Our Travels
As metal detecting enthusiasts we always assume that the coins we find are from the year in which a building or a piece of land was founded. Truth is, coins may have been dropped before or after that initial beginning date. What I mean by the Modern Influence Hypothesis, is that you may find a locating that has a house build around the 1890’s, but you find a coin from 1920. Sure that’s not really a “uncommon thing”, but you have to consider was that coin really dropped in that exact year it was minted? Was it really dropped in 1920? What if a person, from 1970 dropped that coin by accident. What if that coin was given to him in change and without that person realizing what he had, lost it to the ground.
It has been a question, how can we tell if that coin had been dropped exactly at the time or the “approximate time” of the land? There can be a number of things such as how many people still roam around on the property. Whether it has been mowed or plowed has a pretty good impact on how quickly coins and relics can sink into the ground. This question came up when I found a buffalo nickel at my high school that was built in 1964. How did a buffalo nickel get onto the football field? One of two things could be true.
It had once been farm land and someone from around that time had dropped it. Or someone hunted there if it was woodland.
Someone from not that long ago accidentally dropped it and did not realize what they had.
So, I used an old map overlay to show where all the old houses were at my school. It seems that no old houses or farm land was there. Option 1 could still stand though, considering someone from around that time hunted there. I think it’s safe to say modern influence helped that buffalo nickel find a nice home in the ground.
Another thought is, what if land that in considered really old, gets re-occupied my modern people once again. Those people living on the now re-occupied land drop and leave modern coins and do-dads. This I have seen happen to an old colonial house I metal detected at. Luckily I had gotten there and found most of everything before the new occupants trashed up the yard. It was sad to see the place in such shambles, but maybe one day it will be cleaned up and I can hunt it again!
Modern Influence Hypothesis | Our Travels