funkman
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Had jury duty this week and got out a little early on Tuesday so naturally I grabbed my detecting equipment and hit the trails. This time I decided to become more methodical in my searching and did what most of you have said before....work in a grid pattern....so thats what I did. I hit the actual paths and mostly the grassy areas working in a straight line in one direction and then when I got to the end, swung 180 degrees and step over a little and started swinging again. This insured that I overlapped my paths so I hopefully would not miss anything.
We had rain all day on Mondayand the ground was nice and wet so I think this also might have helped me recover items I missed before. I stayed near the bottom section of my area since I think it is still deer hunting season here and did not want to risk getting mistaken for a deer.
Anyway I hit all areas that I had detected before but not using this gridding pattern. I manged to pick up a few more relics, some unknown but some I recognized since I had found some of these items before.
I found the back cover to an old alarm clock which I had found a duplicate on a prior hunt. Also found another back plate to a pocket watch that was made by the Waterbury Watch Co. It says it is Series J. I had found other pocket watch parts in the past near this same section so possibly they are all of the same watch.
Went to another grassy section and found a couple of clad quarters but the best was when I got that nice coin tone and thought another dime or penny (clad) but an Indian Head cent came out of the hole instead. I have never found an old coin in this particular section but had found some flat buttons in the past. Naturally this was a nice surprise when I rubbed some of the dirt off and saw the familiar shield on the back of an Indian Head cent. I flipped it over to get an idea on the date and a little more rubbing showed 1866. That is my oldest IH to date!! The other surprise for me is that it is also in the best condition of any I have found. After cleaning it a little I can see cleary the detail of the feathers on Liberty's headdress and also I can see all the letters of "LIBERTY"! Going to a coin grading site to get information on what grade it could be tells me that it might be in XF condition if not close to AU but you coin collectors could tell me better I am sure. PCGS website has this coin for quite a pretty penny...no pun intended... so I am thinking about bringing to a coin shop near me and seeing what they think it is worth. Would this be smart or could the coin shop possibly tell me that they would give me $5 for it and then turn around and sell it for $100 or so? Anyone of you ever bring a coin to a coin shop fro appraisal and felt it was correct?
Anyway after that nice find I went to another section and got the coin signal again and dug a bigger sized coin than I was expecting. It seems it was a souvenir coin from the Kissin Cuzzins Pancake Inn. Possible age is the 1960's I imagine. Thought it was an old token but it is still a nice find.
After finding really nothing much and noticing that I was out there for about 4 hours I decided to start heading back to the entrance and went to another section where I have found beer cans and modern trash but since I ahd pretty good luck so far wanted to try again. DId dig up the can slaw but got another coin tone and was nicely surprised to see the buckle! It seems in great shape and I have seen a few of these on this site before. Can anyone tell me roughly what age this could be? Would it be safe to say it is from the 1800's or could it go to the 1700's?? Not much of a buckle expert but I know a few of you are.
Well enjoy the pics and let me know what you guys and gals think of the:
- grade and value of the 1866 Indian Head
- should I trust the judgement of a coin shop on the appraisal of the IH.
- age and type of buckle
Thanks in advance for the help
Funkman
We had rain all day on Mondayand the ground was nice and wet so I think this also might have helped me recover items I missed before. I stayed near the bottom section of my area since I think it is still deer hunting season here and did not want to risk getting mistaken for a deer.
Anyway I hit all areas that I had detected before but not using this gridding pattern. I manged to pick up a few more relics, some unknown but some I recognized since I had found some of these items before.
I found the back cover to an old alarm clock which I had found a duplicate on a prior hunt. Also found another back plate to a pocket watch that was made by the Waterbury Watch Co. It says it is Series J. I had found other pocket watch parts in the past near this same section so possibly they are all of the same watch.
Went to another grassy section and found a couple of clad quarters but the best was when I got that nice coin tone and thought another dime or penny (clad) but an Indian Head cent came out of the hole instead. I have never found an old coin in this particular section but had found some flat buttons in the past. Naturally this was a nice surprise when I rubbed some of the dirt off and saw the familiar shield on the back of an Indian Head cent. I flipped it over to get an idea on the date and a little more rubbing showed 1866. That is my oldest IH to date!! The other surprise for me is that it is also in the best condition of any I have found. After cleaning it a little I can see cleary the detail of the feathers on Liberty's headdress and also I can see all the letters of "LIBERTY"! Going to a coin grading site to get information on what grade it could be tells me that it might be in XF condition if not close to AU but you coin collectors could tell me better I am sure. PCGS website has this coin for quite a pretty penny...no pun intended... so I am thinking about bringing to a coin shop near me and seeing what they think it is worth. Would this be smart or could the coin shop possibly tell me that they would give me $5 for it and then turn around and sell it for $100 or so? Anyone of you ever bring a coin to a coin shop fro appraisal and felt it was correct?
Anyway after that nice find I went to another section and got the coin signal again and dug a bigger sized coin than I was expecting. It seems it was a souvenir coin from the Kissin Cuzzins Pancake Inn. Possible age is the 1960's I imagine. Thought it was an old token but it is still a nice find.
After finding really nothing much and noticing that I was out there for about 4 hours I decided to start heading back to the entrance and went to another section where I have found beer cans and modern trash but since I ahd pretty good luck so far wanted to try again. DId dig up the can slaw but got another coin tone and was nicely surprised to see the buckle! It seems in great shape and I have seen a few of these on this site before. Can anyone tell me roughly what age this could be? Would it be safe to say it is from the 1800's or could it go to the 1700's?? Not much of a buckle expert but I know a few of you are.
Well enjoy the pics and let me know what you guys and gals think of the:
- grade and value of the 1866 Indian Head
- should I trust the judgement of a coin shop on the appraisal of the IH.
- age and type of buckle
Thanks in advance for the help
Funkman
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