SandyBottoms
Jr. Member
- Sep 16, 2014
- 24
- 35
- Detector(s) used
- Xcal 1000, II, ATPro
- Primary Interest:
- Beach & Shallow Water Hunting
First Civil War Relic + 18k Gold !
The past few days have been a hunting binge (a bit obsessively, really) fueled by low-tide mornings and by my excitement about purchasing a new detector (thanks "thedaddy"! — who, by the way, is a totally great and upstanding guy and I couldn't be any more pleased about dealing with him on the purchase. He went to great lengths to demo the detector for me, pack it well, and ship it promptly. It arrives this Thursday and I can't wait.)
Anyway, the beach has been a vending machine of great finds — countless bottle caps and pull tabs, lots of clad, cool old trinkets, a mood ring, a few 925 silver rings, a 925 Tibetan God and Goddess pendant, one nice 14k bracelet with Madonna and Child pendant, and an 18k white gold necklace (5 grams, stamped 750).
As if all that weren't enough, I found my first Civil War relic! On the beach! In NYC!
It's a Goddard & Bro. New York State Coat Button from the 1860's...What it was doing on a beach in 2015, who knows. Perhaps it was sitting on the bottom of the bay for all those years and got dredged up when the Army Corp. replenished the beaches after Hurricane Sandy. Didn't think much of it until I got home and took a closer look. The front depicts the state seal of NY, eagle over shield with rising sun and stars and stripes, the rim has 13 stars and "Excelsior", and the back reads "Goddard & Bro — Extra". Intended for NY units. Really cool.
Does anyone know if I'm supposed to hand it over to the Parks Dept., or just list it as a "significant object" when I apply for a permit next year?
Thanks for looking and Happy Hunting y'all!
The past few days have been a hunting binge (a bit obsessively, really) fueled by low-tide mornings and by my excitement about purchasing a new detector (thanks "thedaddy"! — who, by the way, is a totally great and upstanding guy and I couldn't be any more pleased about dealing with him on the purchase. He went to great lengths to demo the detector for me, pack it well, and ship it promptly. It arrives this Thursday and I can't wait.)
Anyway, the beach has been a vending machine of great finds — countless bottle caps and pull tabs, lots of clad, cool old trinkets, a mood ring, a few 925 silver rings, a 925 Tibetan God and Goddess pendant, one nice 14k bracelet with Madonna and Child pendant, and an 18k white gold necklace (5 grams, stamped 750).
As if all that weren't enough, I found my first Civil War relic! On the beach! In NYC!
It's a Goddard & Bro. New York State Coat Button from the 1860's...What it was doing on a beach in 2015, who knows. Perhaps it was sitting on the bottom of the bay for all those years and got dredged up when the Army Corp. replenished the beaches after Hurricane Sandy. Didn't think much of it until I got home and took a closer look. The front depicts the state seal of NY, eagle over shield with rising sun and stars and stripes, the rim has 13 stars and "Excelsior", and the back reads "Goddard & Bro — Extra". Intended for NY units. Really cool.
Does anyone know if I'm supposed to hand it over to the Parks Dept., or just list it as a "significant object" when I apply for a permit next year?
Thanks for looking and Happy Hunting y'all!
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