2016 Is Starting Off With Some Nice Finds

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It's been awhile since I've posted my finds here on T-Net but I thought I would start putting some up again. These are from 5 hunts over the past month. It took a lot of work at each site to come up with a few nice finds, but it was well worth the effort.

These are from an area that a map from 1857 says there was a store and a house. This is the best looking Large Cent I've found yet. The lead bail seal has a shield with three stars on it, any information on this would be greatly appreciated.





These two finds come from a property with a house built in the 1870's. Both the General Service Button and the Blinder Button, I believe are from the the WWI era.


These are from a local park. The item on the right is a wheat cent that's been hammered out to the size of a nickel.



Both of these came from the site of an old mill. The General Staff button is from the Civil War period.


These are from near a farm house built around 1920. Most of the brass or copper items came out of the farm fields nearby, so I'm thinking there may have been an earlier house. I found the coin bank buried behind an out building up against the foundation. I was really excited when I found it, hoping it was full of old coins, unfortunately it was empty.

 

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[trapperart]

Nice bunch of finds congrats

 

[digging440yrs]

Nice finds !

 

[K1DDO1979]

They are all great finds but loving the condition of that large cent! [emoji106]

 

[sutphin]

MAN THAT BANK SYURE IS NEEET.AND THE CENT IS , ONE BOLD LOOKING COIN ...

 

[PeteWmass]

if you get some oxalic acid (wood bleach or deck wash at the hardware store - or online) and put that license plate in it - you will clean the rust off without harming the paint - though - is that an aluminum plate or a steel one - only works on steel....it also works great on old tins you might dig up - tin toys - etc - I used to go dig beer cans that were totally brown and they would come out looking pretty good (and some were worth a lot...)

 

[462]

if you get some oxalic acid (wood bleach or deck wash at the hardware store - or online) and put that license plate in it - you will clean the rust off without harming the paint - though - is that an aluminum plate or a steel one - only works on steel....it also works great on old tins you might dig up - tin toys - etc - I used to go dig beer cans that were totally brown and they would come out looking pretty good (and some were worth a lot...)

Thanks for the tip! It's an aluminum plate.

 

[against the wind]

462,,
You really had some nice recoveries.
I love the bank. That would have been a Difribulator moment for me. The Large Cent is outstanding.
Congrats

 

[Trezurehunter]

That whole batch is just a great bunch of finds. I like that coin bank.

 

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