New and Old - Tale of 3 hunts

[McCDig]

Had some extra time off this week and got out a couple hours on Thurs, Fri and the better part of Saturday, Dec. 14. Raining today - so we're inside.

From Dec. 12 I dug what I thought was auto related and in watching RelicHuntingFlorida on YouTube today, my find was identified - Schrader Universal Valve.


On to Friday afternoon and my first stop was a median strip in Baltimore; this yielded modern coins but nothing old, so I headed north to Druid Hill Park and hunted a spot I hadn't spent much time at before. Not long in I got my first IHC, and 1892 .
About 3 feet away came another, this one in much better shape .

About 30 feet from the IHCs, a much lower tone on the Equinox (about a 14) turned out to be the front half of a copper/brass charm .
In the field I could make out the horse shoe part but cleaning revealed the jockey's cap and the nails in the shoe, seven in all.

Back to Herring Run Park on Saturday and made mad clad money, over 12 dollars, that included these two dollar coins:
The first came from the same street corner where I dug two the week prior, same year, but D mint .

A couple blocks south I got another dollar .

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[GB1]

nice finds i have dug one of those valves before

 

[McCDig]

Thanks gold boy! First for me, I think. You know how it is with finds.

 

[GB1]

Thanks gold boy! First for me, I think. You know how it is with finds.

your welcome your lucky you can still detect i live in the woods and its deer season here.Which really hurts my hobby

 

[Rookster]

Nice finds. Congrats

 

[smokeythecat]

How come your Indians come out nicer than mine. But seriously, I did get out and got over 50 colonial bits and pieces but just haven't had the time to do anything with them. Maybe in a little while.

 

[A2coins]

Well done my friend glad to see your getting the good stuff Happy Holidays to you and yours. Tommy

 

[Yak1366]

Great finds, Congrats!!!

 

[lenmac65]

Love those pennies. Congrats.

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Congratualtions on the nice finds!

 

[ToddsPoint]

Our Susan B. Anthony coins don't look like they are going to last long in the dirt. Only minted 2 yrs. Another failed design by the mint. Actually, the dollar coin was supposed to have Lady Liberty instead of Anthony. It was changed at the last minute by...um, "politics". Here is what the dollar coin was supposed to be. Gary

 

[Whyme]

Nice finds! Nice IHP's and a really nice horseshoe/jockey charm! Congrats!

 

[treblehunter]

Nice post and pix, glad to see your still finding good stuff

 

[GB1]

Our Susan B. Anthony coins don't look like they are going to last long in the dirt. Only minted 2 yrs. Another failed design by the mint. Actually, the dollar coin was supposed to have Lady Liberty instead of Anthony. It was changed at the last minute by...um, "politics". Here is what the dollar coin was supposed to be. Gary

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that is way better looking

 

[washingtonian]

Well done on those IHPs. Those are nice.

 

[Jamie1993]

Congrats on the IHPs, they're in great condition. Hopefully you'll be able to get out next week. Looks like the weather will nice until Friday.

 

[xcopperstax]

Druid Hill? There has to be treasure there!

 

[McCDig]

Xcopperstax, there was 'treasure' there. It's a challenge now to pull much other than square nails. It is the nail graveyard; you can find some excellent specimens.

 

[McCDig]

Thanks Jamie! Got back for 2 hours this afternoon and got a '35S Buff, 1918 wheat, 2-piece button with gilding both sides, and an incidental marble.

 

[McCDig]

Thanks Washingtonian! The 1906 cleaned up well.