pa-dirt_nc-sand
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Decided to head back to the 1800's homestead site were I was attacked by yellow jackets while barrel roll detecting the field a couple weeks ago. Game plan was to avoid the bee's nest and explore some new areas. Lots of hacking and rolling, but not a single good target after 90 min, so headed to the main site and location of the bees. Saw a big hole and my initial thought was, man could I really have left such a huge hole unfilled?
So I went over to inspect the hole and noticed chunks of honey comb everywhere. (Zoom in) Some possum, raccoon, honey badger or possibly black bear totally took care of the bee problem for me. This lead to some nice targets.
The little domed button with pattern and the one with a lot of gilt were nice. Here is the other handful of oldies.
Complete but mangled suspender buckle, miners-farmer tag, knob thingy, mouse steering wheel. Only one coin today and it was on the surface, detected the mid tone, swept the leaves with my pinpointer and it was there. Hard to believe potentially sitting there for 150 years..
I could see the Roman numeral III and having found another one about 100 feet away at this site I new it was another 3 Cent Nickel! This guy was a bit rough vs my first 3 Center, so decided to make it look like a proper nickel. Vinegar/Peroxide bath.
Here it is.
I'm reading 186X. Here they are.
I've found a number of War Nickels, a buffalo, a Shield Nickel and a half dime, but never a V Nickel, but see them posted all the time. Strange how this hobby goes.
Good luck out there!
So I went over to inspect the hole and noticed chunks of honey comb everywhere. (Zoom in) Some possum, raccoon, honey badger or possibly black bear totally took care of the bee problem for me. This lead to some nice targets.
The little domed button with pattern and the one with a lot of gilt were nice. Here is the other handful of oldies.
Complete but mangled suspender buckle, miners-farmer tag, knob thingy, mouse steering wheel. Only one coin today and it was on the surface, detected the mid tone, swept the leaves with my pinpointer and it was there. Hard to believe potentially sitting there for 150 years..
I could see the Roman numeral III and having found another one about 100 feet away at this site I new it was another 3 Cent Nickel! This guy was a bit rough vs my first 3 Center, so decided to make it look like a proper nickel. Vinegar/Peroxide bath.
Here it is.
I'm reading 186X. Here they are.
I've found a number of War Nickels, a buffalo, a Shield Nickel and a half dime, but never a V Nickel, but see them posted all the time. Strange how this hobby goes.
Good luck out there!
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