Back to the Field - 1857 LC & a 10K Ring!

[ANTIQUARIAN]

(This was my hunt from last Sunday) I headed back for 2hrs to the field I hunted twice this past week. I felt sure there had to be more keepers left to find. Last week all my 'early' finds came out of the north section of the field, so this is where I started today. For the first hour, I found very little, then the winds picked up, the clouds rolled in and it started to snow! So, I took refuge in my truck for 15mins while it passed. Did I mention that the grass was a foot high in this field! Getting back to the field, I got a great shallow signal in the 89 - 91 range and out popped the 1857 Upper Canada Bank Token. About a half hour later, I got a signal in the 92 - 93 range at 5" and out came the 10K gold and silver ring! The ring is stamped Sterling, as well as, 10K. So I'd assume the cartouche set into face of the ring is 10K, while the body is silver.

This is the first gold ring I have found on a farm and my first gold ring in 2 years!

History behind the Property

Granny Cock's House
Part of what was once the Windfields Industrial Complex; this farmstead sits abandoned on Winchester Road in Oshawa, waiting for the 407 to plow through it. The house has been purged of anything of value, including copper pipes, and sits sadly waiting for the wrecking ball.

The one and a half story vernacular farmstead was built in the 1840s, on property that belonged at the time to a Mrs. Harriet Cock. Harriet Trevithick was born in 1791 in England. On January 26, 1818, Harriet wed William Cock. Poor Willy died in 1819, a prosperous grocer. He left Mrs. Cock a rich woman. Cock immigrated to Canada from England in 1842, along with her only child, her daughter Harriet, and her manservant. She bought three pieces of land in Whitby East, as well as some property on Georgian Bay. The 1871 census finds Mrs. Cock an 80-year-old widow, living in the house with a farmer, her 23-year-old grandson William Guy, and 17-year-old Farm Servant Joseph Vallant. At the time, Mrs. Cock also had residing with her 19 year old Elizabeth Graham who was employed as her house servant. Elizabeth was the daughter of Henry Graham, who farmed nearby on the 6th concession.

Thanks for looking,
Dave

 

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[tinpan]

Hi ,Thanks for sharing your "whole story" ,history and finds. Wish a few of the big guns would

tinpan

 

[ANTIQUARIAN]

Hi ,Thanks for sharing your "whole story" ,history and finds. Wish a few of the big guns would

tinpan

I hear you mate! I've always been a firm believer in giving as much information as I can in each post. If you're going to take the time to read it, than I want to make it as interesting as possible!
It's been a number of years since I've posted on this site, it's nice to be back . . . so far!

Cheers, Dave

 

[Zodiacdiverdave]

Very nice post, love reading about the history and seeing your great finds.
Nice going eh.
ZDD

 

[Wildcat1750]

Thank you for the historic background of your hunting site! It makes the finds all that more special!

 

[pong12211]

Great finds... Thanks for sharing.. Congrats,

 

[pepperj]

Great recovery on the ring and the token from the soon to be expressway, it's a cry shame of what happens to the history of the greater GTA and the ever expanding need for expansion. Also the history that lays in the expropriated airport lands might one day be accessible again for those that want to save a piece of the history instead of burying it with earthmovers. Great write up on the site and congrats on the find.

 

[tngirl]

Great story and finds! Thank you for sharing, and HH!

 

[g-olden years]

Wonderful! I feel as though we were all walking behind you as you explored and detected this area. Love the in-site pics of your unique, beautiful ring & coin. If you want to detect in that high grass, I suggest putting a small herd of hoofed creatures on it for a while! I guess cattle & sheep clip grass the closest, though people in some areas rent goats to clear out brushier areas. After the beasties nibble and bite the grass into submission, then you're good to detect there, lol. Maybe fabulous historical stuff under that lovely grass! Keep us posted on your next discoveries! Andi

 

[BuckleBoy]

A beautiful find, and some great photos! You know, when we relic hunt or farm field hunt, we aren't going to get that many pieces of jewelry...but when we do, they are going to be something special!

Cheers,

Buck

 

[pl8man]

Sweet ring !

 

[CASPER-2]

 

[Back-of-the-boat]

Nice finds and thank you for the history of the property sad they are going to pave over it will lose a bit of history.

 

[ANTIQUARIAN]

Very nice post, love reading about the history and seeing your great finds.
Nice going eh.
ZDD

Thanks very much for your post Dave!
I always try and give you guys your money's worth when I make a post eh!

Dave

Thank you for the historic background of your hunting site! It makes the finds all that more special!

Thank you for saying so Wildcat!
I'm pretty sure that most of us here on Tnet have a somewhat 'mild' interest in history.
So, I feel it's my duty to provide you with as much in-site into each site that I detect as I can.

Thanks again,
Dave

Great finds... Thanks for sharing.. Congrats,

Thanks very much for your post Pong!
Dave

Great recovery on the ring and the token from the soon to be expressway, it's a cry shame of what happens to the history of the greater GTA and the ever expanding need for expansion. Also the history that lays in the expropriated airport lands might one day be accessible again for those that want to save a piece of the history instead of burying it with earthmovers. Great write up on the site and congrats on the find.

Thanks very much for taking the time to post such a detailed response pepperj!
It is a shame that the GTAA - Pickering Airport 'heritage' homes are simply left to rot on their foundations! The fact that the expropriation for this airport started back in 1972 and that nothing has become of it yet is a crying shame!

Thanks again for your input my friend,
Dave

Great story and finds! Thank you for sharing, and HH!

Thank you for posting Tngirl!
I try to make all of my posts an interesting read!
Dave

Wonderful! I feel as though we were all walking behind you as you explored and detected this area. Love the in-site pics of your unique, beautiful ring & coin. If you want to detect in that high grass, I suggest putting a small herd of hoofed creatures on it for a while! I guess cattle & sheep clip grass the closest, though people in some areas rent goats to clear out brushier areas. After the beasties nibble and bite the grass into submission, then you're good to detect there, lol. Maybe fabulous historical stuff under that lovely grass! Keep us posted on your next discoveries! Andi

I want to say thank you very much for your kind words on my post g-olden years! I feel that if you're going to take the time to read one of my hunts, then I want it to at least be 'time well wasted'!

All kidding aside though, this is exactly the feeling that I'm trying to achieve when I post a hunt. "I feel as though we were all walking behind you as you explored and detected this area". I feel that a 'picture speaks a thousand words', so why not post as many as possible right!

Thanks again for your words of support my friend!
Best of luck to you,
Dave

A beautiful find, and some great photos! You know, when we relic hunt or farm field hunt, we aren't going to get that many pieces of jewelry...but when we do, they are going to be something special!

Cheers,

Buck

Thanks for posting Buck! I've been a big fan of you and your finds posted here on Tnet ever since I became a member. You guys in the US have really inspired me to 'look outside the box' when I detect, as this is only my 3rd year detecting and I'm still learning!

Best of luck to you,
Dave

Sweet ring !

Thanks Glen!

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Thanks Casper!

Nice finds and thank you for the history of the property sad they are going to pave over it will lose a bit of history.

I completely agree with you Back-of-the-boat!
I'm not against progress, but 'they' should at least make the effort to sell and move some of the older buildings!
Up until 3 years ago I was on the Executive Committee of our local Heritage Society for the preservation of these older structures. But we had absolutely had no power or say over what the 'developers' wanted to do and it sickened me! This is one of the main reasons why I gave up my position there and started metal detecting!

Dave