A SILVER INDIAN HEAD
and Seated Handful!
Hello All!
Came back from vacation and in such a hurry to hunt that I forgot my video camera
so you'll have to make do with photos!
I wanted to post a photo first off of an item which got an ID a while back and I'm thrilled to dig--it's a hammer plate from a boxlock pistol!
So I went out and dug in the cane fields and turned up a nice Eagle "I" vest button. Also got a little pocket watch winder and a nice little flat button. (And of course, the ever-present V nickel)
Picked a nice high tone out of the iron and saw a flash of silver in the hole!
It was an 1858 Seated Dime!
Not long after that, near my parking spot in the turn row, I flipped out Seated #2, an 1848-O Seated Half Dime!
Then it started to get hot. Like 95 degrees hot! So I started to take breaks and sweat my @$$ off. The I got a clear, high tone again and saw Seated #3 in the clod! 1842-O Dime!
After that I was just amazed! What a handful!!!
Last of all I stumbled on a Louisiana Knights Templar badge! Had never seen one of these before so I had no idea what I was looking at when dug:
But I will update this thread with a photo of it toothpicked off--and I DID manage to find a photo of a non-dug one online! It is the "jewel" from the 31st Triennial encampment of 1910. Perhaps I can find the Louisiana shaped piece and the sword in that field too!
So after lunch I went to site #2, just out of curiosity to see if there was anything to be found there. I dug several Maynard carbine casings (the butt end of them, which you can always identify by the solder marks and the tiny hole in the center):
Shangalang joined me, and I won't tell ya what he found but he needs to post it! Here's a photo though
After that excitement we kept digging and I got a piece of a cast brass "oak leaves" item that I've dug a piece of before on the site (help is appreciated!)
Also got a "newer" tin soldier, and what I believe is a spur that fit into the boot heel. Again, I'd appreciate an ID, as this there isn't anything like this in my two spur books:
Shangalang dug a STUNNING 1888 Seated Dime which I hope he posts!
He also got what we *think* may be a little piece of GOLD:
Then I got a nice high tone, and dug carefully, expecting another silver dime. It was a silver Indian Head.
I have no idea what this is off of. (Help appreciated here as well!) But I sure do like it!
(marked "Sterling" on the reverse)
So I was SUPER pleased with the finds from these two sites!
1842-O Dime:
1858 Dime:
1848-O Half Dime:
Cheers,
Buckleboy
and Seated Handful!Hello All!
Came back from vacation and in such a hurry to hunt that I forgot my video camera
so you'll have to make do with photos!I wanted to post a photo first off of an item which got an ID a while back and I'm thrilled to dig--it's a hammer plate from a boxlock pistol!
So I went out and dug in the cane fields and turned up a nice Eagle "I" vest button. Also got a little pocket watch winder and a nice little flat button. (And of course, the ever-present V nickel)
Picked a nice high tone out of the iron and saw a flash of silver in the hole!
It was an 1858 Seated Dime!
Not long after that, near my parking spot in the turn row, I flipped out Seated #2, an 1848-O Seated Half Dime!
Then it started to get hot. Like 95 degrees hot! So I started to take breaks and sweat my @$$ off. The I got a clear, high tone again and saw Seated #3 in the clod! 1842-O Dime!
After that I was just amazed! What a handful!!!
Last of all I stumbled on a Louisiana Knights Templar badge! Had never seen one of these before so I had no idea what I was looking at when dug:
But I will update this thread with a photo of it toothpicked off--and I DID manage to find a photo of a non-dug one online! It is the "jewel" from the 31st Triennial encampment of 1910. Perhaps I can find the Louisiana shaped piece and the sword in that field too!
So after lunch I went to site #2, just out of curiosity to see if there was anything to be found there. I dug several Maynard carbine casings (the butt end of them, which you can always identify by the solder marks and the tiny hole in the center):
Shangalang joined me, and I won't tell ya what he found but he needs to post it! Here's a photo though
After that excitement we kept digging and I got a piece of a cast brass "oak leaves" item that I've dug a piece of before on the site (help is appreciated!)
Also got a "newer" tin soldier, and what I believe is a spur that fit into the boot heel. Again, I'd appreciate an ID, as this there isn't anything like this in my two spur books:
Shangalang dug a STUNNING 1888 Seated Dime which I hope he posts!
He also got what we *think* may be a little piece of GOLD:
Then I got a nice high tone, and dug carefully, expecting another silver dime. It was a silver Indian Head.
I have no idea what this is off of. (Help appreciated here as well!) But I sure do like it!
(marked "Sterling" on the reverse)
So I was SUPER pleased with the finds from these two sites!
1842-O Dime:
1858 Dime:
1848-O Half Dime:
Cheers,
Buckleboy
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