I had the chance to return to a few of my favorite spots. Both are former farm fields but are very different. The first one dates back to colonial times and is a young forest, the other was a soy bean field that dates to the early-mid nineteenth century and is still a wide open field, which makes for easy detecting year round.
I had a hunch that the soy bean field had been detected before by others that were using pre-set coin mode. Nearly all of the targets found are mid-range targets, with no copper or silver signals. Apparently I was correct, as a person came by and said that it had been detected before. That is OK with me! I can dig old CW era relics all day long! Some of the mid range targets missed were three cent pieces (the field has given up 5 so far!) and a half dime, not to mention all of the other relics and buttons including what I am posting today.
The "Double Gilt" button appears to be much older than most of the other relics. I would say it is late 18th to early 19th century. The marine button has the back mark "HORSTMANN PHILADELPHIA" which makes it post CW, although I doubt it is 1893-1930's as some websites state for that particular back mark. Another four hole button was also dug, this one marked "NAGEL & SIEGLING / NY". I cannot find any info on this back mark.
No outing to this field would be complete without at least one "D" buckle and a circa 1850 spoon marked "ROGERS NICKEL SILVER".
Many other unidentified relics were also unearthed including the Native American headdress, a round object that looks like it may have been a mount for a gauge of some type, a clasp and an odd rectangular object with two lines on it. I have found these before in other fields and have always wondered about them. Any help with ID is appreciated!!!
Re: The old fields are still giving up some goodies!
Nice finds Neil. I have found a couple of blocks like your rectangular objects with two lines on them. I don't have them any more to show but I think they were made of aluminum. Are yours aluminum?
roger
Re: The old fields are still giving up some goodies!
Those are nice finds Neil.
Have you been finding most of your stuff with the V3. It's a good unit. I am getting close to a few hundred hrs on it. I gotta send mine in and get the upgrade also.
Re: The old fields are still giving up some goodies!
Originally Posted by JerV3
Those are nice finds Neil.
Have you been finding most of your stuff with the V3. It's a good unit. I am getting close to a few hundred hrs on it. I gotta send mine in and get the upgrade also.
HH Jer
Jer, it is the only detector I have been using. I replaced the D2 coil with the 950 eclipse and I am enjoying it a lot more. It gets down real deep, even on tiny buttons.
Originally Posted by rodgerdodger
Nice finds Neil. I have found a couple of blocks like your rectangular objects with two lines on them. I don't have them any more to show but I think they were made of aluminum. Are yours aluminum?
roger
They may be aluminum, but I am not sure.
Originally Posted by Acejeckel
Wtg... great finds. What numbers you getting on the detector from those 3 cent pieces?
I only found one of the three cent pieces in the field. The other four were found by two others. Mine is in the best shape out of the four, however.
Mine is .750 silver, .250 copper. It sounded very much like a small, deep button. It was bouncing up from the teens to the 50's. Once it was on the ground it stayed in the 30's if I remember correctly. These coins are extremely thin, hence the bouncy signals. A few of the others found were the .900 varieties and they VDI's a bit higher, but not much.
All I can say is if it is not iron, dig it, and if you are not sure, dig it!
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