BuckleBoy
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Hello All,
Went out for a marathon two-day dig with Shanegalang and DiggerGirl. We'd been covered up with work and not had a chance to do what we love in way too long, so we finally got out to play in the dirt.
Here's the video of the hunt:
Day one was really slow for hours until I walked up on a Russian Blue trade bead poking out of the dirt:
Then things started to heat up, as we began to make finds. I saw a complete pocket watch where it had washed out (farmer dropped).
Then, walking way away from where we were finding, I got in a patch of outlying finds, and was stoked when I saw a two-piece button come up. I said a little prayer hoping for it to be military and turned it over. Sure enough, it was a CW Louisiana Pelican button!
Then at the end of the day, DG came up to me excitedly. She'd just dug half of an antebellum silver "twin hearts" ring! That is a great find!
On day two, DG and I slept in a bit, and when we got to the site, Old Shangalangalangalang had already dug himself a nice handful of finds, including a dropped three-ringer, 1887 Seated Dime, and some other nice bits. Well, DG and I got right to work!
Eventually I got a dropped Burnside bullet that had been carved. Shang and I both dug nickels, but I won the nickel contest with a worn Shield Nickel and he had to settle for a Beefalo.
Eventually I got a nice brass button reading and to my surprise out popped a half dime! The coin was really worn and holed, but sure enough it was an 1860 Seated Half Dime!
Then not 20 minutes later, Shangalang answered with a beautiful 1853 With Arrows Seated Half Dime! And I mean BEAUTIFUL.
I got a real shock when I dug a hole about an hour later and out popped GOLD!
I was SO convinced when I got down on my knees to look closely, that I'd have just about bet my F75 on it being gold. But it was a thick plated piece of jewelry of some sort.
The day ended nicely with DG digging a figural horse-head shaped spur!
Here are the finds photos:
Happy Hunting,
The CaneField Bandits
Went out for a marathon two-day dig with Shanegalang and DiggerGirl. We'd been covered up with work and not had a chance to do what we love in way too long, so we finally got out to play in the dirt.
Here's the video of the hunt:
Day one was really slow for hours until I walked up on a Russian Blue trade bead poking out of the dirt:
Then things started to heat up, as we began to make finds. I saw a complete pocket watch where it had washed out (farmer dropped).
Then, walking way away from where we were finding, I got in a patch of outlying finds, and was stoked when I saw a two-piece button come up. I said a little prayer hoping for it to be military and turned it over. Sure enough, it was a CW Louisiana Pelican button!
Then at the end of the day, DG came up to me excitedly. She'd just dug half of an antebellum silver "twin hearts" ring! That is a great find!
On day two, DG and I slept in a bit, and when we got to the site, Old Shangalangalangalang had already dug himself a nice handful of finds, including a dropped three-ringer, 1887 Seated Dime, and some other nice bits. Well, DG and I got right to work!
Eventually I got a dropped Burnside bullet that had been carved. Shang and I both dug nickels, but I won the nickel contest with a worn Shield Nickel and he had to settle for a Beefalo.
Eventually I got a nice brass button reading and to my surprise out popped a half dime! The coin was really worn and holed, but sure enough it was an 1860 Seated Half Dime!
Then not 20 minutes later, Shangalang answered with a beautiful 1853 With Arrows Seated Half Dime! And I mean BEAUTIFUL.
I got a real shock when I dug a hole about an hour later and out popped GOLD!
I was SO convinced when I got down on my knees to look closely, that I'd have just about bet my F75 on it being gold. But it was a thick plated piece of jewelry of some sort.
The day ended nicely with DG digging a figural horse-head shaped spur!
Here are the finds photos:
Happy Hunting,
The CaneField Bandits
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