paleomaxx
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Is it just me or do certain finds come in streaks? This wasn't the same yard (or even town) as the first FE I found a few days back and I absolutely wasn't expecting to find another anytime soon since it was such a long time before I found the first. Really strange, but absolutely welcome!
The condition is more like how I expect copper-nickel coins to come out of the ground; although the eagle has some good detail with the proper angle and it's definitely another 1857. The reverse is nearly toasted though. Shockingly this wasn't the best find from the hunt; that award goes to this beautiful and mysterious piece:
Unfortunately no maker's marks or anything else engraved, but I suspect it's broken off from a larger piece. There is a small hole for attachment in the middle along the bottom and one side clearly looks like it snapped off a larger piece. Any thoughts on what this came from? It was a wealth family that lived on the property from the late 1700's to 1850's so it could be any sort of decorative item I guess.
There were tons of other relics in this yard too; including some standard late 1700's fare like a dandy button, pewter spoon fragments, and musket ball:
And then a bunch of 1850's to 1890's type relics:
The harmonica was actually whole with the wooden comb and both reed plates, but as soon as it was unearthed it crumbled. The suspender clip was found within a few feet of the harmonica, an iron horseshoe, and this ring:
Not sure what to make of that, but a neat little grouping. I did find two other coins besides the FE cent, an 1860 fatty IHP, and a 1904 IHP.
All in all this yard was amazing and I'm really hoping to find more there with future hunts. The owner said that someone found a reale on the property next door so fingers crossed one will surface here too!
The condition is more like how I expect copper-nickel coins to come out of the ground; although the eagle has some good detail with the proper angle and it's definitely another 1857. The reverse is nearly toasted though. Shockingly this wasn't the best find from the hunt; that award goes to this beautiful and mysterious piece:
Unfortunately no maker's marks or anything else engraved, but I suspect it's broken off from a larger piece. There is a small hole for attachment in the middle along the bottom and one side clearly looks like it snapped off a larger piece. Any thoughts on what this came from? It was a wealth family that lived on the property from the late 1700's to 1850's so it could be any sort of decorative item I guess.
There were tons of other relics in this yard too; including some standard late 1700's fare like a dandy button, pewter spoon fragments, and musket ball:
And then a bunch of 1850's to 1890's type relics:
The harmonica was actually whole with the wooden comb and both reed plates, but as soon as it was unearthed it crumbled. The suspender clip was found within a few feet of the harmonica, an iron horseshoe, and this ring:
Not sure what to make of that, but a neat little grouping. I did find two other coins besides the FE cent, an 1860 fatty IHP, and a 1904 IHP.
All in all this yard was amazing and I'm really hoping to find more there with future hunts. The owner said that someone found a reale on the property next door so fingers crossed one will surface here too!
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