This wasnt even on my bucket list... military hat badge.

[BigWaveDave]

This wasn't even on my bucket list... military hat badge.

I got a great permission this afternoon while I was beeping my neighborhood street tear-out... small yard, house built in the 30's or so... very clean, only a few targets. I was cherrypicking the tones, looking for silver, I was rocking the 5X8 coil, only getting clad, the deeper targets are secured for another hunt... Lightning getting a lot closer, I called "one more keeper" then I doubled back to an earlier penny signal, or so I thought! While it was ringing up as a 75 - 76, it pinpointed bigger than a coin... on its side, this popped out of the hole....


I am totally stoked about this find!

I have seen hat badges posted in the past, but I never expected to find one, and call it my own!

 

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[Msbeepbeep]

Wow! Awesome the unexpected! I love it!!! Good you paid attention to the lighting.
No "fried" BigWaveDave! K!

 

[bowser]

excellent find congrats

 

[relic nut]

Great find Dave. Looks like it is in great shape. I would love to find one.

 

[Loco-Digger]

Congrats on the military badge. That will display nicely. Hope to see other great finds form that permission.

 

[CoinandRelicMan]

Very nice Military Item, think hat badges are my most favorite items. They do seem to get lost infrequently too, Pretty sure that I've only found three so far.

 

[Gridwalker306]

Congrats on the beautiful badge! Do you know how old it would be?

 

[NOLA_Ken]

Nice badge, it's got me wondering though... Does it look like anything is broken off the top? I ask because it should have a wreath with 13 stars over the eagle, unless it's ROTC in which case it would have those letters in an arc over the top. It doesn'r look broken in your pic, but I really can't tell

 

[treblehunter]

Nice badge Dave sweet find.

 

[deershed]

Sweet find!! Congrats!!

I'd like to find one of those..

 

[I-DIG-IT]

Nice digs.

 

[Zee]

Very nice. A great display piece.

 

[BigWaveDave]

Congrats on the beautiful badge! Do you know how old it would be?

Ummm. Yea, no clue! Anytime I pull a military item from the turf I chalk it up to WW2... been told it could be from 40's till current day.... so yea, definitely WW2!

 

[BigWaveDave]

Nice badge, it's got me wondering though... Does it look like anything is broken off the top? I ask because it should have a wreath with 13 stars over the eagle, unless it's ROTC in which case it would have those letters in an arc over the top. It doesn'r look broken in your pic, but I really can't tell

Not broken t all... it was however dropped by the homeowner when I showed it to her... I was thinking. "yea, that's how you knock the dirt off of it" but yea, only parts broken are 2 of the 3 prongs on the reverse are gone... that's it.

 

[BigWaveDave]

Thanks guys and gals... I cant stop looking at this piece.... my favorite find ever!

 

[pepperj]

Got to love a butter fingers. Great looking badge, congrats on the find.

 

[CoilyGirl]

It's a beauty Dave!

 

[Garrett424]

That's a really sweet find.
Looks to be in really great shape too.

What's it made out of anyway??

 

[BigWaveDave]

That's a really sweet find.
Looks to be in really great shape too.

What's it made out of anyway??

It is likely brass, although it looks like copper... could be copper I guess.

 

[cambria09]

Hello BWD. That is one far-out and solid find!! I hope you find even better on the deep tones and yes the lightning is back. Good luck C9.