First Find!

Feb 3, 2017
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Hey guys! Here is a few pictures of my first find!

A lid to a 1933-1960 Ball jar.


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Peyton Manning

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Dec 19, 2012
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happy to have you here

good things will come
 

smokeythecat

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Nov 22, 2012
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Good way to start. Those things are getting harder and harder to get.
 

relic lover

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Jul 4, 2006
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Yep and them things ring up like a silver dollar on my detector LOL

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OP
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Feb 3, 2017
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I think so too. My nephew ( the one who got me into this adventure ) told me that too xD
 

Brian C.

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Jan 14, 2011
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Find the jar, maybe full of nice surprize.
 

TRanegar36

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I can tell you're hooked already...

Enjoy this great hobby.
 

SusanMN

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Jun 1, 2007
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Those canning jar lids sound SO good.
 

JccEldreth

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Feb 8, 2017
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It is old, that tells you you are in the right spot! Good luck!
 

Diamondman307

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Sep 20, 2016
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Nice, you should save it, maybe have it restored and mounted. I wish I had saved my first find and could do that someday...it was a blade harrow plate for the Moore Equipment Company in Stockton (where I live). I think it is pretty old, from the 40s-50s.
 

trapperart

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Dec 12, 2015
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Welcome to the forum. Every time I dig one of those I am hoping for the jar full of coins. Congrats and good luck
 

neodetectorist

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Jan 4, 2016
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I love those porcelain lids. nice find
 

Tpmetal

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Jan 4, 2017
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Welcome to the forum. Every time I dig one of those I am hoping for the jar full of coins. Congrats and good luck

yup every time I get a lid I eagerly stab my pin pointer deeper hoping for something good, no luck yet though.
 

Trezurehunter

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Mar 22, 2003
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Congrats on your first find. If you stick with the hobby, that will be your first, of many canning jar lids to come !
 

Oct 5, 2014
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Congratulations on the nice relic find! :occasion14:
 

sutphin

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Oct 2, 2013
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YEP THE THE OLE PORCELAIN INSERT AND LEAD TOP HAVE FOUND MANY GIVE OFF A HECK OF A SIGNAL. NICE FIND NEW MEMBER AND WELCOME>
 

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