My first 7 months best finds

[Chief Mcchiefer]

Hi all im new to treasurenet and this is my first post so i was just going to share my best finds for my first 7 months of metal detecting . I started with a old Garrett A.D.S groundhog until i found enough clad and a gold ring to pay for a F2.This shows all my good finds with the F2 minus a gold bracelet i sold for more gas to detect lol. The crown jewel is the 1855 10D gold piece which i wrote a little story on in the Kellyco Treasure stories on May 1 2012 hope yall enjoy and HH.

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[cntrydncr1]

you might as well quit now! lol the gold coin is what we all hope to find someday! congrats

[Chief Mcchiefer]

Thanks all it has done is make me think about detecting 24/7 i think it was a curse LOL!

[dburdick]

What is the piece with all the holes in it? I have found several of them and have no idea what it is.

[Chief Mcchiefer]

I was told it was off a civil war boot heel but not 100% sure

[TNGUNS]

Hey......slow down.....the rest of us need to catch up.

[leprechaun]

Awesome gold coin,and ring finds lookgreat also.

[BaronH]

Wow, that coin is amazing!

[Chief Mcchiefer]

Thanks yall and i have a question the top right of the coin has a little missing and i didnt hit it because there was dirt in the gap when it poped out.When u look close there are file marks in the gap was this a common practice to pay someone or to test it?

[pl8man]

Love that gold ! Great finds
Glen

[silversweeper]

Dude! You've done VERY well for having been dirt fishing for such a short amount of time. I hope your luck holds continues. HH.

[silversweeper]

What is the piece with all the holes in it? I have found several of them and have no idea what it is.

That appears to be a Civil War era toe or heel tap, worn on the heels and toes of their shoes. I can't stop drooling over the gold coin though! I'd have heart failure if I dug that.

[silversweeper]

The piece to the left of the toe/heel tap is a US cavalry bit boss. There were two on a set of horse reins, one on either side of the bit that went into the horse's mouth. That also is Civil War and those are pretty hard to come by. I actually have a whole one that was my first ever Civil War find. If you found the bit boss and toe tap in the same area you should hunt that site carefully because there are probably a number of other Civil War relics in the ground there.

[Chief Mcchiefer]

Thanks silversweeper i found the bit boss, toe tap and the coin all in about a 40 yard radius in 3 afrernoons and i have the top part of the bit boss somewhere in one of my trash finds buckets ill have to look for it. I have not been back in about a month ive been saving my money for a AT Pro and then ill spend some full days hunting real slow.

[johnbarrow2001]

People used to file off some gold from coins figuring enough of it would add up, $10 was a lot of money back then. Some merchants would weigh gold coins, and make the buyer using the coin as payment make up the difference for the missing gold in some cases. Believe it's called "clipping". I'm not 100% sure that this was the case with your coin, but it's a possibility. Excellent find!

[DIGGING1971GUY]

I was there the day he found the gold coin ,the park we hunted gave up an amazing bunch of finds ,I pulled over 20 silver ,5 rings
hundreds of wheats and some civil war stuff to boot .

[DIGGING1971GUY]

Thanks silversweeper i found the bit boss, toe tap and the coin all in about a 40 yard radius in 3 afrernoons and i have the top part of the bit boss somewhere in one of my trash finds buckets ill have to look for it. I have not been back in about a month ive been saving my money for a AT Pro and then ill spend some full days hunting real slow.

Good luck my friend ,I have pounded that park LOL with an At pro ,little secret bud there was a civil war camp near by ,send me a message and we can talk

[Chief Mcchiefer]

All right digging1971guy ill sent u a message a little later P.S I read your old post about it and i hope u got threw it all right LOL.

[DIGGING1971GUY]

Good luck my friend ,I have pounded that park LOL with an At pro ,little secret bud there was a civil war camp near by ,send me a message and we can talk

I survived ,we should hook up I got some cool spots and we can discuss my thought on the camp that is near by .

[rossman85]

Thanks all it has done is make me think about detecting 24/7 i think it was a curse LOL!

Lol, I have been dreaming of metal detecting a lot lately myself