Hello All,
After surpassing our 100th Seated silver in 8 years digging in Louisiana earlier this year, we just made our milestone 100th SPANISH silver during these hot, sticky, mosquito-filled summer hunts! The video is a compilation of several hunts, but I'm going to give you a sampling of finds below. Too much to write/type to sum it all up, but so many milestones and Firsts dug! Lots of scouting in a new area, but all I've dug is some war nickels and junk in the area where I dug half an eagle breastplate earlier this spring. Eventually we will find the sweet spot there. If you wanna see my digging buddy get tased, watch the video!
One of many scout hunts. Silver religious medal, WW1 Marines button, Silver war nickel
Now some good stuff. Weird silver lizard/salamander and my first US post office Letter Carrier button (1893 to WWII):
Conestoga wagon bell (watch the video for a historical photo of these in a horse team pulling a wagon):
Coin silver spoon made by Alexander McGrew of Cincinnati Ohio, 1805-1836.
Pamplin Clay Pipe Mfg Co (Virginia) made late 1800s/early 1900s.
Barber Quarter surprise dug in a site where we hadn't found a big silver before:
Which was a sweet 1906-O:
Also got a blackened and battered but lightly worn 1839-O half dime, and a decent 1848-O half dime:
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A 1700s large sized religious medallion (Immaculate Conception) almost the size of a Baby US buckle! Also pictured is a comparable, non-dug example. The loops on these being perpendicular to the plane of the medal is a sign that they are 1700s (although the loop on mine is broken, which is probably why it was lost...I have a hunch it was turned into a "pocket piece" due to its large size, then eventually (mistakenly?) discarded in the trash pit).
Perhaps the FINEST early seated I've ever dug--this BLAZING 1839-O (after careful cleaning)
And sticking out of the top of the ground, this 1874 Seated Dime!!
A summertime pano of our hunting conditions:
A sweet 1781 Half Real (spanish silver #98 for us)
I walked up on a high HIGH tone and it was a screaming Seated Quarter less than an inch deep!
Turned out to be an 1876-CC, my first Carson City Quarter.
Shangalang got his First ever Civil War pelican--a BEAUTIFUL cuff button with an intact shank!
I got a nice half real, 1807 (our 99th spanish silver!!):
MORE PHOTOS IN THE FIRST REPLY BELOW!
After surpassing our 100th Seated silver in 8 years digging in Louisiana earlier this year, we just made our milestone 100th SPANISH silver during these hot, sticky, mosquito-filled summer hunts! The video is a compilation of several hunts, but I'm going to give you a sampling of finds below. Too much to write/type to sum it all up, but so many milestones and Firsts dug! Lots of scouting in a new area, but all I've dug is some war nickels and junk in the area where I dug half an eagle breastplate earlier this spring. Eventually we will find the sweet spot there. If you wanna see my digging buddy get tased, watch the video!
One of many scout hunts. Silver religious medal, WW1 Marines button, Silver war nickel
Now some good stuff. Weird silver lizard/salamander and my first US post office Letter Carrier button (1893 to WWII):
Conestoga wagon bell (watch the video for a historical photo of these in a horse team pulling a wagon):
Coin silver spoon made by Alexander McGrew of Cincinnati Ohio, 1805-1836.
Pamplin Clay Pipe Mfg Co (Virginia) made late 1800s/early 1900s.
Barber Quarter surprise dug in a site where we hadn't found a big silver before:
Which was a sweet 1906-O:
Also got a blackened and battered but lightly worn 1839-O half dime, and a decent 1848-O half dime:
View attachment 1860353
A 1700s large sized religious medallion (Immaculate Conception) almost the size of a Baby US buckle! Also pictured is a comparable, non-dug example. The loops on these being perpendicular to the plane of the medal is a sign that they are 1700s (although the loop on mine is broken, which is probably why it was lost...I have a hunch it was turned into a "pocket piece" due to its large size, then eventually (mistakenly?) discarded in the trash pit).
Perhaps the FINEST early seated I've ever dug--this BLAZING 1839-O (after careful cleaning)
And sticking out of the top of the ground, this 1874 Seated Dime!!
A summertime pano of our hunting conditions:
A sweet 1781 Half Real (spanish silver #98 for us)
I walked up on a high HIGH tone and it was a screaming Seated Quarter less than an inch deep!
Turned out to be an 1876-CC, my first Carson City Quarter.
Shangalang got his First ever Civil War pelican--a BEAUTIFUL cuff button with an intact shank!
I got a nice half real, 1807 (our 99th spanish silver!!):
MORE PHOTOS IN THE FIRST REPLY BELOW!
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