BuckleBoy
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Hello All,
Been a while since I posted, but the Bandits have had two great hunts. Here's the video compilation, with a Big Bug Surprise that that is a video-only bonus.
The first hunt, Diggergirl (my wife) went along and she totally showed me up. I mean, I wasn't just surpassed--I was skunked! Quindy was right when he said she'd be a "Holy Terror" with her new Tesoro Tejon.
We'd decided to have a nice romantic metal detecting trip, so we got out in the cane fields at first light. The hunt started out with me digging what I thought was a gun part with a bench number on it, but it turned out to be agricultural junque. Then she dug a large copper that I didn't recognize. Folks, she has never dug a Large Cent, but she's already dug a 1700s French copper--and now as it turns out she's got a King George III. This one is a Half Stiver from 1813, coined for the territories in Guyana of Essequibo and Demerary. (I have never dug a KG, strangely enough!)
Then not long after she comes up to me smiling and holding what appears to be a small cannonball. If I didn't love her I'd have broken my F75 over my knee. For her to find TWO items that I'd never ever dug in 22 years... and in one hunt to boot. So of course, we had to get this verified--because I've seen too many iron balls come from mixed occupation sites to believe that every one is a cannonball. But the weight and diameter were right, and Cannonballguy verified that this is a 1 pound Grape Shot. This is either pre-CW (less likely) or was outdated ordinance that was taken from the arsenals in Baton Rouge or New Orleans by the Confederates when Louisiana seceded. Here is a before/after electrolysis photo:
I dug a plain flat button, then a barrel tap. Then she comes over with a wax fob seal made out of SILVER. Great find there! Again, something I've never dug one of--and in silver instead of brass to top it off.
Here are photos of her and my finds, as well as close-ups of the half stiver and fob seal. (P.S. note the wheat cent that was shot with a pistol her finds photo).
OK so then the next day I decide to go out with Shanegalang to see if my luck had turned around. It had.
I walked right out in the cane field and dug a semi key Barber Dime! 1894-O!
Then not long after I got another silver!
This one turned out to be a Spanish Silver! 1811 Half Real in nice shape!
Nice to add to the spanish silver totals for this 2014 (this is #8). After recovering close to 30 spanish silvers last year, it's been a bit of a slump in 2014 for many reasons--but the good finds are still being made.
Happy Hunting,
Buck and the Bandits
Been a while since I posted, but the Bandits have had two great hunts. Here's the video compilation, with a Big Bug Surprise that that is a video-only bonus.
The first hunt, Diggergirl (my wife) went along and she totally showed me up. I mean, I wasn't just surpassed--I was skunked! Quindy was right when he said she'd be a "Holy Terror" with her new Tesoro Tejon.
We'd decided to have a nice romantic metal detecting trip, so we got out in the cane fields at first light. The hunt started out with me digging what I thought was a gun part with a bench number on it, but it turned out to be agricultural junque. Then she dug a large copper that I didn't recognize. Folks, she has never dug a Large Cent, but she's already dug a 1700s French copper--and now as it turns out she's got a King George III. This one is a Half Stiver from 1813, coined for the territories in Guyana of Essequibo and Demerary. (I have never dug a KG, strangely enough!)
Then not long after she comes up to me smiling and holding what appears to be a small cannonball. If I didn't love her I'd have broken my F75 over my knee.
For her to find TWO items that I'd never ever dug in 22 years... and in one hunt to boot. So of course, we had to get this verified--because I've seen too many iron balls come from mixed occupation sites to believe that every one is a cannonball. But the weight and diameter were right, and Cannonballguy verified that this is a 1 pound Grape Shot. This is either pre-CW (less likely) or was outdated ordinance that was taken from the arsenals in Baton Rouge or New Orleans by the Confederates when Louisiana seceded. Here is a before/after electrolysis photo:
I dug a plain flat button, then a barrel tap. Then she comes over with a wax fob seal made out of SILVER. Great find there! Again, something I've never dug one of--and in silver instead of brass to top it off.
Here are photos of her and my finds, as well as close-ups of the half stiver and fob seal. (P.S. note the wheat cent that was shot with a pistol her finds photo).
OK so then the next day I decide to go out with Shanegalang to see if my luck had turned around. It had.
I walked right out in the cane field and dug a semi key Barber Dime! 1894-O!
Then not long after I got another silver!
This one turned out to be a Spanish Silver! 1811 Half Real in nice shape!
Nice to add to the spanish silver totals for this 2014 (this is #8). After recovering close to 30 spanish silvers last year, it's been a bit of a slump in 2014 for many reasons--but the good finds are still being made.
Happy Hunting,
Buck and the Bandits
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