Two pre-1880s sites - 5 hours - some stuff

[hoosierfinds]

Two pre-1880's sites - 5 hours - some stuff

The first site no longer had a farm house from back then. A state highway runs where it used to be, but some rock foundation out buildings are still there and a mobile home - long used for storage. Didn't find out about the old house location until I had been there a few hours. That cut back on prime hunting grounds, but I did find the 1924 wheatie and the Hotel Adair Annex 5-cents in trade token. Also 16 memorial pennies and most of the brass scrap in the photo. So, I got done there early. What next?
I headed home on the county roads and did a "watch-for-an-old-looking-house-with-someone-home-and-ask-permission" drive. This one had a football field-sized front yard, but not much out back or to the sides. The old man said he used a cheap metal detector several years ago and only found some pennies, but I was welcome to look. With a lot of ground and little time, I set my XLT on the factory coins program with the preamp gain at six and started swinging fast. Found 41 cents - all clad. Also got the Wyatt Earp badge and the buttons. Thought I had an indian arrow head - but it had given a signal? Ends up it has "electra" engraved on the side. Oh well

 

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[willie d]

Re: Two pre-1880's sites - 5 hours - some stuff

The site sounds promising. Cool group of finds. Good Luck in your future hunts there. Can't wait to see more good stuff.

 

[Cannonman17]

Re: Two pre-1880's sites - 5 hours - some stuff

That Marshall badge is SWEEEEET!

 

[PBK]

Re: Two pre-1880's sites - 5 hours - some stuff

Neat stuff, Hoosierfinds! Here's a link to an old "Ask Mark Parker" column that has some info on the badge. Scroll down to "The Wyatt Stuff," near the bottom of the page:

http://www.treasurenet.com/westeast/current/askmarkparker/

 

[birdman]

Re: Two pre-1880's sites - 5 hours - some stuff

Really neat finds,That badge should display real nice.

 

[suzyqdogs]

Re: Two pre-1880's sites - 5 hours - some stuff

Really like the badge!

 

[lucky1777]

Re: Two pre-1880's sites - 5 hours - some stuff

Congratulations on you finds, that badge is very nice.

 

[Nana40]

Re: Two pre-1880's sites - 5 hours - some stuff

Great badge and token!

 

[hoosierfinds]

Re: Two pre-1880's sites - 5 hours - some stuff

Neat stuff, Hoosierfinds! Here's a link to an old "Ask Mark Parker" column that has some info on the badge. Scroll down to "The Wyatt Stuff," near the bottom of the page:

http://www.treasurenet.com/westeast/current/askmarkparker/

Thanks for the info. That's good to know. I had thought of doing some on-line research on it so you saved me a lot of time. Had a long day at work today so I appreciate that!

 

[romeo-1]

Re: Two pre-1880's sites - 5 hours - some stuff

Cool badge!