romeo-1
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I made the trip to Iron Patch’s territory for another weekend of relic hunting and as usual I was not disappointed. The highlight was crossing off an item which I have been wanting to find since I started detecting! We stuck to the sights which have been hunted before but by no means hunted out. The first day was spent travelling to the more distant sites. The conditions were not ideal at the first stop as the grass was long and it was difficult to get the coil to the ground. We tried another site on day one and found several tombac buttons and I found the large copper coin which someone had drilled out to a washer. We finished the day at a favourite spot where several more tombacs were recovered. Day two brought on some great hunts in not so great weather. It rained all day but we were ready for that with our rain suits. One of the fields we were in was like quicksand so we did not spend too much time there. My first find of note was the French Marines button. This dates to the mid 1700’s. This is my first French Marines button so I was very pleased to find it. We finished the day at the spot where IP found his belt plate last year. I got a couple more crusty coppers and the first silver of the hunt…and what a silver!!!
At first glance it appeared to be just a silver Victoria dime. I actually thought it was a half reale at first before I got a good look at it. IP looked at it and stated it was an 1872. We did both comment on the great condition it was in. We didn’t think much more of it until we got back to his place. At IP’s place I checked his coin book and could not believe my eyes. The 1872 Victoria dime is a key date with a value of $100 in G4 condition. My dime is far better than a G4…at least an EF or higher! We figure that given the fact that it has been in the ground it is still a $400 - $500 dime! Not too shabby! Before I knew what it was I actually accidentally dropped it into a murky creek TWICE while cleaning my detector. Thank god for the Sunray probe!
Day three found us back at another familiar site to IP…the Cossack Cob site. As the name indicates, this is where Canadian Cossack found his Spanish Cob last year. We buzzed around for a couple minutes when IP got a good signal and pulled out a Liard copper. He then went to check another field while I decided to remain on this one…and I am so glad that I did. I wasn’t finding much but when IP returned from scouting the other field I was just pulling a target! “I think I just found a half reale” I stated to IP as he approached (Spanish on the mind). I knew it was a silver coin but it was badly bent…I handed it to IP and he exclaimed it to be a Billon! Since I started metal detecting I have always wanted to find French silver…and this was it! It is a 1749 Paris mint Sol billon coin! Unfortunately it is bent but it is also very easily identified. The fox figure, the date and the crowns are as clear as day! Apparently the Paris mint 1749 coin is somewhat rarer than most.
Thanks again to my host Iron Patch…as always it was a great time!
At first glance it appeared to be just a silver Victoria dime. I actually thought it was a half reale at first before I got a good look at it. IP looked at it and stated it was an 1872. We did both comment on the great condition it was in. We didn’t think much more of it until we got back to his place. At IP’s place I checked his coin book and could not believe my eyes. The 1872 Victoria dime is a key date with a value of $100 in G4 condition. My dime is far better than a G4…at least an EF or higher! We figure that given the fact that it has been in the ground it is still a $400 - $500 dime! Not too shabby! Before I knew what it was I actually accidentally dropped it into a murky creek TWICE while cleaning my detector. Thank god for the Sunray probe!
Day three found us back at another familiar site to IP…the Cossack Cob site. As the name indicates, this is where Canadian Cossack found his Spanish Cob last year. We buzzed around for a couple minutes when IP got a good signal and pulled out a Liard copper. He then went to check another field while I decided to remain on this one…and I am so glad that I did. I wasn’t finding much but when IP returned from scouting the other field I was just pulling a target! “I think I just found a half reale” I stated to IP as he approached (Spanish on the mind). I knew it was a silver coin but it was badly bent…I handed it to IP and he exclaimed it to be a Billon! Since I started metal detecting I have always wanted to find French silver…and this was it! It is a 1749 Paris mint Sol billon coin! Unfortunately it is bent but it is also very easily identified. The fox figure, the date and the crowns are as clear as day! Apparently the Paris mint 1749 coin is somewhat rarer than most.
Thanks again to my host Iron Patch…as always it was a great time!
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You guys cleaned house! 
