New Permission = Lots of Finds!!

[Steve in PA]

Set out this past Saturday to do a little door knocking. Had two places in mind, and if I struck out at both, I could fall back on one of my pounded permissions. First door - nobody home. Second door -bingo! There were two houses on this property. One was an abandoned tenet house and the other an occupied late 19[SUP]th[/SUP] century farmhouse. Farmer said I could hunt both, but said the abandoned house had been hunted before. I started at the abandoned house and the first ten targets were either pull tabs, aluminum screw on bottle caps, or foil balls. I was about ready to leave when I dug another hole and out pops a beautiful crossed cannons artillery insignia! Then a 1904 IHP, a Pittsburgh trolley token, and a wheat back. I figured I could come back to this place later, but I was curious what was in the farmhouse yard. The farmer’s yard was also productive. I spent several hours there Saturday and again Sunday.

The crossed cannons insignia was the find of the weekend. It is for the 5[SUP]th[/SUP] Regiment of Artillery, Battery C, and dates from 1905 to 1917, so it would have been in use during WW I. Here is the site where I got this information: http://hglanham.tripod.com/usartillery/usartillery1.html




Here are the better finds off this property. The skeleton key has already been claimed by a girl I showed it to. She wants to wear it around her neck The item above the key is a sash buckle.






Here are the coins I found. Some Indian Head pennies and early wheats, but silver was not showing up.





I found three pins. One had Canada on a maple leaf, one had some little glass stones in a white background, and this one from the Fort Necessity Battlefield



Here is the rest of the junk I dragged home - padlock face cover, reins guide, pocket knife, spoon, and piece of clay pipe bowl. I also found a marble that I forgot to include.

 

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[washingtonian]

Wow, productive indeed. Great job scoring a new site and bringing home the bacon!

 

[Inspector]

Wow that's a great permission with some very cool saves, the cannons are beautiful condition as well as the FNB pin. Big congratulations on all

 

[pa-dirt_nc-sand]

Excellent results from your door knocking! So many high tones there, surprised a silver dime did not pop out. Congrats!!

 

[Steve in PA]

Excellent results from your door knocking! So many high tones there, surprised a silver dime did not pop out. Congrats!!

I left a lot of high tones in the ground that read in the mid 70s on my Deus. I had dug about 10 shotgun shells which read in that range, so I just quit digging those signals. I'm sure some of the aren't shotgun shells though....

 

[MetalArchSC]

Hi Steve,
I’m originally from Pittsburgh and I have a great memory of the trolley system there.

My grandmother’s house, which I grew up in, was within eye shot of a trolley stop. My grandmother practically raised me as her own. She died when I was 16 years old. Anyway, I remember her holding me in her arms by the back window of her bedroom. Although I was no more than 4 years old, I remember the trolly making the stop at the top of the hill when she said “ There goes a beep beep”. I guess anything with wheels to me was considered as such. Lol. It is the earliest memory I can recall of my childhood and of my grandmother.

I was wondering if you would be willing to part with it for a reasonable price. I would love to take it to a jeweler and have them add a type of locket frame. I would absolutely cherish it.

Let me know. It’s ok if the answer is no. No harm in asking in fact is actually something she taught me.
Thanks

*****
Steve replied and is kind enough to offer it to me free of charge!!!

 

[Steve in PA]

Hi Steve,
I’m originally from Pittsburgh and I have a great memory of the trolley system there.

My grandmother’s house, which I grew up in, was within eye shot of a trolley stop. My grandmother practically raised me as her own. She died when I was 16 years old. Anyway, I remember her holding me in her arms by the back window of her bedroom. Although I was no more than 4 years old, I remember the trolly making the stop at the top of the hill when she said “ There goes a beep beep”. I guess anything with wheels to me was considered as such. Lol. It is the earliest memory I can recall of my childhood and of my grandmother.

I was wondering if you would be willing to part with it for a reasonable price. I would love to take it to a jeweler and have them add a type of locket frame. I would absolutely cherish it.

Let me know. It’s ok if the answer is no. No harm in asking in fact is actually something she taught me.
Thanks

*****
Steve replied and is kind enough to offer it to me free of charge!!!

I have found five or six of these tokens. I'll pick out one of the nicer ones to give you when you visit Pittsburgh in April.

 

[A2coins]

Great post those are some really cool finds those cannons wow

 

[Switchblade]

Nice finds!

 

[HighVDI]

Nice finds, Steve!

 

[dirtlooter]

totally awesome cannon insignia and way cool on the gifts. you made several people happy as well as yourself

 

[BLK HOLE]

What a cool hunt, you got some real keepers for sure

 

[Calabash Digger]

WOW!

 

[against the wind]

Well done Steve,,
It's way too cold up here in the Wilds.
Congrats on your finds

 

[Relicific]

Very cool military pin

 

[MadTom]

You did really well Steve!

 

[Digger RJ]

Very Nice!!! Congrats!!!

 

[Whyme]

Wow looks like an awesome place to dig! Congrats on the finds!

 

[Kona Koma]

Nice variety of finds. Good job.

 

[Trezurehunter]

Nice finds Steve. I like that 5th Regiment military pin.