Driftwoood
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- Mar 31, 2016
- 188
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- Detector(s) used
- Ace 250, AT Pro
- Primary Interest:
- All Treasure Hunting
Finds From Early-Late 1800's Church & House Site
I've been detecting this site for a month or so now and have recovered enough items for a pretty full post... maybe too full. The site is a Dutch Reformed church that was built around 1800 (still standing) and a few houses that are no longer there. One of the houses, I am told, was an Inn. I have been using a Garrett Ace 250... not the best, I know, but all I have for now. I look forward to getting a better detector and seeing what I have missed. There are one billion nails at this place!
First, the coins:
My son (the lucky dog) found the 1781 1/2 Real and the 1785 'Constellatio Nova' copper.
I dinged the 1845 LC with my shovel... arrgh.
Civil War 'DIX' token (1863 -this one has no date)
1865 Two Cent Piece (I love these coins!)
1891 IH Cent was found inside of a neat old match safe (I'll post it in the next section)... looks like it wasn't circulated for very long.
Well-worn 1893 IH Cent.
The most modern coin from the site -1945 'war nickel'.
...and there were a half-dozen wheats that were from 1910-1946. Since I don't know how many photos are allowed per post, I'll put this up and continue in a moment.
I've been detecting this site for a month or so now and have recovered enough items for a pretty full post... maybe too full. The site is a Dutch Reformed church that was built around 1800 (still standing) and a few houses that are no longer there. One of the houses, I am told, was an Inn. I have been using a Garrett Ace 250... not the best, I know, but all I have for now. I look forward to getting a better detector and seeing what I have missed. There are one billion nails at this place!
First, the coins:
My son (the lucky dog) found the 1781 1/2 Real and the 1785 'Constellatio Nova' copper.
I dinged the 1845 LC with my shovel... arrgh.
Civil War 'DIX' token (1863 -this one has no date)
1865 Two Cent Piece (I love these coins!)
1891 IH Cent was found inside of a neat old match safe (I'll post it in the next section)... looks like it wasn't circulated for very long.
Well-worn 1893 IH Cent.
The most modern coin from the site -1945 'war nickel'.
...and there were a half-dozen wheats that were from 1910-1946. Since I don't know how many photos are allowed per post, I'll put this up and continue in a moment.
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