BigWaveDave
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So it turns out this site that I hit w/ a buddy back in March still had some secrets! The chic who lives there is getting foreclosed, her last day at the permission is the 25th, so I said yup, I better hit it one last time before new owners get it...boy am I glad I did! Let me tell you that this is the same place that I found my WW1 infantry ring, along w/ 8 wheats, my bud found 10 wheats, neither of us had found silver, which had bothered me. My last hunt, like I said, was in March...our dry season...now, it is hardcore rainy season, the ground is wet, was hoping this would work to my benefit, the ACE 350 did me right. Targets galore!!! Tally was 14 wheats, 1935 Wash, 1943D Merc, 1923 Buff...17 keeper coins, compared to 15 clad coins!!!
Also found some sort of what I think is a token...toasted beyond anything I have ever seen. The hunt also included a couple of firsts for me as well....My first military button, an awesome little buckle, intact and operational. The business part of some sort of musical instrument, and some other relics for my keeper box
I need an ID on the button, not too familiar with them. My guy is smaller than a dime, and reads "buttonworks NY city" ... is it WW1 or WW2? The shank is perfectly intact, and I am so happy to have found it! Finally, I found an interesting little relic.... At first I thought it was maybe a modern arrowhead, put it in my ditty bag, thinking it was junk. Cleaned it up, has writing? I don't recognize it, looks to be foreign, looks like it had enamel on it originally...wait what is that up top? A hammer and sickle? HOLY SHIZNET!!! It is a Soviet ...thing. A medal of some sort? its kinda beat up, maybe someone can ID it..All in all, this hunt really surprised me. I thought that my buddy and I hit this place pretty hard, truly amazing what a wet ground can do! Oh, and to top it off, the lady says to me that if I want the staghorn fern hanging in the tree, I can have it if I can get it down!!!
To buy one that size its like 200 bucks!!! Total score..awesome day!
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