Back to the Nature Park - Some Older Finds!

ANTIQUARIAN · Jul 27, 2014

Back to the 'Nature Park' - Some Older Finds!

I headed back to a park for 3hrs today that I've been hunting every Sunday morning for the past month. This is a park which very few children play in except for in winter to go tobogganing here. I'm finding a a few relics left over from the farm that was here back in the late 1800's, as well as, some more modern finds. I am gridding the park carefully as not to leave any ground uncovered. I feel strongly that there has to be a silver coin or a ring hiding somewhere here, this is what keeps me coming back! :thumbsup:

Finds for the day ...

Broken Horseshoe, Brass Buckle w/Heart, Suspender Clip, a 'Whatsit' piece :icon_scratch:

, a 1940, '43 & '67 Penny + $2.36 in coinage!

Thanks for looking and best of luck to you,
Dave

pl8man · Jul 27, 2014

Dave you always find some very cool stuff ! Your collection must be huge by now ! Do you display your pieces of history ? They would look great in an office ! Congrats
Glen

Argentium · Jul 27, 2014

Man , I'm envious of your access to that beautiful park - what an amazing place to chill out with the detector for a while !

vpnavy · Jul 27, 2014

Nice finds! Thanks for sharing...

Old Dude · Jul 27, 2014

Dave that little ornate buckle is beautiful! I think I would have a hard time putting the detector away there. Very nice looking place.

Sobo · Jul 27, 2014

Nice relics, thought I'd post a pic of the suspender clip...I found...looks just like yours! Don't see that too often.

ANTIQUARIAN · Jul 27, 2014

pl8man said:
Dave you always find some very cool stuff ! Your collection must be huge by now ! Do you display your pieces of history ? They would look great in an office ! Congrats
Glen

Thanks for your kind words Glen! :occasion14:

I'll be honest with you ... I don't display my finds, although I do categorize them in labelled drawers.
I have drawers labeled 'Special Keepers', Pre-1900 Buttons, 'Bullets', 'Silver Coins & Rings', 'Junk Jewelery' etc.
You and Carson are doing well this year too my friend, :thumbsup:

Dave

Argentium said:
Man , I'm envious of your access to that beautiful park - what an amazing place to chill out with the detector for a while !

Thanks for your post Arg! :hello:

The weather this morning was perfect for detecting too ... 75F with a nice breeze.
It doesn't get much better then that buddy, :laughing7:

Dave

vpnavy said:
Nice finds! Thanks for sharing...

Thank you Sir! :icon_salut:

Old Dude said:
Dave that little ornate buckle is beautiful! I think I would have a hard time putting the detector away there. Very nice looking place.

I hear you buddy, but my wife only lets me detect from 8am - 11am on Sundays! :laughing7:

Any other time I detect it's on 'work time', so hopefully my boss never finds out!
Dave

Sobo said:
Nice relics, thought I'd post a pic of the suspender clip...I found...looks just like yours! Don't see that too often.

Thanks very much for the picture Sobo, your clip is definitely a match and it's in much better condition too! :notworthy:

Best of luck to you,
Dave

Pointman · Jul 27, 2014

The one piece looks like an elevator sight for a military rifle.

ANTIQUARIAN · Jul 27, 2014

Pointman said:
The one piece looks like an elevator sight for a military rifle.

That's a very interesting theory Pointman. :icon_scratch:

This piece is made of spelter or possibly pot metal, I have it in the tumbler along with the 'Heart Buckle'.
I'll post a picture of both tomorrow night after a 24 hour run. :thumbsup:

Thanks again for your suggestion,
Dave

favored papa · Jul 27, 2014

rifle sight for sure. Possibly an 03 springfield. or that era I have seen tones like that. someone will know for sure.

46Wheat · Jul 27, 2014

Nice digs and thanks for the pics

ANTIQUARIAN · Jul 27, 2014

favored papa said:
rifle sight for sure. Possibly an 03 springfield. or that era I have seen tones like that. someone will know for sure.

Thanks for your input papa . . . how old would that make the 'rifle sight' then? :dontknow:

Dave

ANTIQUARIAN · Jul 27, 2014

46Wheat said:
Nice digs and thanks for the pics

Thank you sir! :thumbsup:

Dave

ANTIQUARIAN · Jul 27, 2014

I just discovered this about the 'Heart Buckle' ... :icon_thumleft:

"Although it's often listed as a horse harness buckle, this heart-embossed item is really a buckle shield, made to fit on top of the actual buckle.
Recent finds suggest that some of these harness buckle shields were in use in Civil War time. However, they were a civilian item, not military issue.
There is generally no direct evidence (mfgr.'s marks, etc.) which can be used to prove that they are CW or postwar.
They were still widely used in the early 1900's".

MackDog · Jul 27, 2014

I hit the park I doing now 7 or eight times and the best I would get was the early wheats from the ten years. Now I'm hitting v-nickels, buffalos, Barber dimes and Indian heads. It's like when it starts to give it up it keeps going. Remember go slow, use pro zero and the 9 x 11 coil. Then almost scrub the ground with your coil. My barbers and indians are from the 7 to 9 inch range. Most of all keep going you'll start scoring soon.

Happy hunting with many deep signals
Mack Dog

Gotta love the Pro

ANTIQUARIAN · Jul 27, 2014

MackDog said:
I hit the park I doing now 7 or eight times and the best I would get was the early wheats from the ten years. Now I'm hitting v-nickels, buffalos, Barber dimes and Indian heads. It's like when it starts to give it up it keeps going. Remember go slow, use pro zero and the 9 x 11 coil. Then almost scrub the ground with your coil. My barbers and indians are from the 7 to 9 inch range. Most of all keep going you'll start scoring soon.

Happy hunting with many deep signals
Mack Dog

Gotta love the Pro

Thanks very much for the info Mack! :thumbsup:

I started hunting the park a few weeks ago using the 5" x 8" coil, as I found the soil to be very trashy around the trees in certain areas. But today I switched to the 8.5" x 11" as I'm now hitting more of the open areas.
I find the larger coil adds considerably more weight to the AT and takes a bit longer to pinpoint the targets, but I feel I get more depth from it.

I'm currently use the AT in Pro '0' with Iron Discrimination at 35 and the Sensitivity is at 7 of 8.

Thanks for your post and good luck to you,
Dave

dirtlooter · Jul 27, 2014

nice rear sight

johnnyblaze · Jul 27, 2014

Nice pictures and variety as always man

Buckle is pretty unusual..

Blaze

ANTIQUARIAN · Jul 28, 2014

dirtlooter said:
nice rear sight

Thanks for the confirmation dirtlooter! :thumbsup:

Dave

johnnyblaze said:
Nice pictures and variety as always man

Buckle is pretty unusual..

Blaze

Thanks Johnny, best of luck to you my friend! :occasion14:

Dave

HISPAN · Jul 28, 2014

Nice Buckle and pics ! :thumbsup:

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