First the Excavator, then the Arkies… lastly the dozer!

[ANTIQUARIAN]

This is what I found today after a heavy excavator, 18 archeologists and finally a John Deere 450J bulldozer dug, screened and graded this site for almost 3 months! I’ve been detecting this site for the past 3 years prior to the land being sold for residential development last fall. After the Arkies started to excavate this summer, I actually stopped by and spoke to the supervisor to see what they’ve been finding at the site.

Well last week I noticed the Arkies were gone and a bulldozer had started grading the site making it ready to hopefully be planted again for one last season. Right away I found a 1901 Vickie LC, which was followed by a King George V silver dime. I then found a 1918 LC, a crotal bell and at the time what I thought was going to be a silver thimble… wrong, aluminum.

What I at first thought was a bent piece of scrap brass turned out to have writing on it. It reads, ’MARINE BAND, USA PATENT AUG. 24, 1887. At one end of the tag it says, “MADE IN GERMANY”. Unfortunately, I could find nothing similar in the patent records on either the date of the name ‘Marine Band’.

Thanks very much for looking!
Dave

 

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[A2coins]

jeese o weeze wow great lost thanks for sharing that

 

[RJGMC]

The Marine band part is a side plate, not a reed, to a harmonica. Now look for Marine band harmonica. Nice finds! RJGMC

 

[RJGMC]

Auto check is not much help, Marine band harmonica side plate

 

[DirtDigginDan]

That's a bunch O cool finds, congrats!

 

[adit]

Interesting finds.
Do you know what the site was originally ?

 

[TomW244]

You kinda just breezed through what would have been a year's worth of great finds for me. So, ummm....WOW!!!! Excellent work and congratulations!

 

[Whyme]

Nice finds!

 

[Trezurehunter]

Very nice variety of finds. Hope you have more time there.

 

[Rookster]

Awesome finds.Congrats

 

[Aureus]

Some great finds! Congrats!
I'm wondering what the archies were doing there...pre-contact artefacts?

 

[GB1]

nice finds i found one of those marine band pieces. it was the top off a harmonica

 

[Underwonder]

Just goes to show there is always something to find! Nice recoveries. I hope you get more before it is built up again.

 

[Relicific]

Nice finds

 

[Westfront]

What I at first thought was a bent piece of scrap brass turned out to have writing on it. It reads, ’MARINE BAND, USA PATENT AUG. 24, 1887. At one end of the tag it says, “MADE IN GERMANY”. Unfortunately, I could find nothing similar in the patent records on either the date of the name ‘Marine Band’.

Thanks very much for looking!
Dave

Luckily were T-Net. Just ask and someone knows.
It's part of a Hohner Harmonica from the 1920s. http://www.patmissin.com/ffaq/q38.html

Great finds Dave!

 

[washingtonian]

Cool stuff, no doubt. A fun collection of old coins. Hope you get some good stuff there before the site is gone!

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Very nice collection of finds!

 

[ANTIQUARIAN]

jeese o weeze wow great lost thanks for sharing that

Thank you Tommy, as always I appreciate your support my friend.
Dave

The Marine band part is a side plate, not a reed, to a harmonica. Now look for Marine band harmonica. Nice finds! RJGMC

Thanks very much for the info RJGMC, I appreciate your post and the info.

Best of luck to you,
Dave

Auto check is not much help, Marine band harmonica side plate

Thanks again.

That's a bunch O cool finds, congrats!

Thank you D., I appreciate your support!
Dave

Interesting finds.
Do you know what the site was originally ?

Thanks for your interest adit.
This was an early pioneer settlement site in my area.
To-date I've found close to 60 pre-1920 coins and early Canadian Token.
Dave

You kinda just breezed through what would have been a year's worth of great finds for me. So, ummm....WOW!!!! Excellent work and congratulations!

Thanks for your post Tom, these are the kind of relics we find all the time on sites here in Ontario.
Thanks very much for your support!
Dave

Nice finds!

Thank you Sir.
Dave

Very nice variety of finds. Hope you have more time there.

Thank you Trezurehunter, so do I.
But what I'd really like is for the rock hard soil to be turned.
Dave

Awesome finds.Congrats

Thank you Rook.
Dave

Some great finds! Congrats!
I'm wondering what the archies were doing there...pre-contact artefacts?

Thanks for your question Anton.
This was one of the original family settlement sites in our area.
As the supervising archeologist told me, "it was of enough interest that it needed to be fully documented".
I'll post a couple of pics of the Arkies dig results at the end of this thread.

Hope you're getting out there before the freeze-up,
Dave

nice finds i found one of those marine band pieces. it was the top off a harmonica

Thank you for the info gold boy.
I've found tons of harmonica reeds over the years, but never one of the side covers.
Of course, maybe I have but just didn't know it.
Dave

Just goes to show there is always something to find! Nice recoveries. I hope you get more before it is built up again.

Thank you for your post Kim.
I plan on heading back again on Sunday, but we'll have to see as they're calling for snow here by weeks end.
Dave

Nice finds

Thank you Sir.

Luckily were T-Net. Just ask and someone knows.
It's part of a Hohner Harmonica from the 1920s. http://www.patmissin.com/ffaq/q38.html

Great finds Dave!

The folks here are definitely a great resource Art.
It's members like yourself that make this site great... thanks again for your help.
Dave

Cool stuff, no doubt. A fun collection of old coins. Hope you get some good stuff there before the site is gone!

I hope so too washingtonian.
My biggest fear is that the construction crews will show up after the corn is harvested to break ground for the houses.
Dave

Very nice collection of finds!

Thanks for your post and for your support Professor.
Dave


PS. This is what the site looked like at the beginning of September.

 

[park pirate]

Wow awesome hunt congrats...

 

[DigToChina]

Congratulations on the excellent finds Antiquarian. They sure are filling those spaces in quick since the highway went it.