doninbrewster
Bronze Member
New Jersey Copper, LC's and Silver
Went knocking on doors last week to try and get a spot to detect. We spotted an older woman in her yard and pulled in. There was a date on the house of 1804. Spoke for a bit and her husband came out and gave us permission. They were going to be leaving in just over an hour and said we could detect until they left. Didn't find a whole lot of items, but for just over an hour I pulled up a toasted NJ and a sterling belt buckle. The buckle was made by Louis Stern & Co which was in business from 1871-1950. Pics of the NJ are quite poor as the coin is also. I could positively identify it by the reverse shield and some obverse detail. The street is named after the original owner of the house whose last name begins with G like the belt buckle. Could be a family member. They said we were welcome to come back as long as they were home. Fast forward and we went back yesterday and I pulled a couple of large cents, an 1803 Draped bust with although isn't very corroded, it's very warn. Also pulled an 1838. Spent 2 1/2 hours finding not much of anything and then these came 10 minutes apart. Owners were really nice and ended up giving us tomatoes from their garden. I should mention that in between visits I mailed them a personal note thanking them for letting us detect their property. Letting people know you appreciate the opportunity to detect their property goes a long way to getting other invitations. I can't wait to knock on the doors across the road where the post office and general store were 150 years ago.
Went knocking on doors last week to try and get a spot to detect. We spotted an older woman in her yard and pulled in. There was a date on the house of 1804. Spoke for a bit and her husband came out and gave us permission. They were going to be leaving in just over an hour and said we could detect until they left. Didn't find a whole lot of items, but for just over an hour I pulled up a toasted NJ and a sterling belt buckle. The buckle was made by Louis Stern & Co which was in business from 1871-1950. Pics of the NJ are quite poor as the coin is also. I could positively identify it by the reverse shield and some obverse detail. The street is named after the original owner of the house whose last name begins with G like the belt buckle. Could be a family member. They said we were welcome to come back as long as they were home. Fast forward and we went back yesterday and I pulled a couple of large cents, an 1803 Draped bust with although isn't very corroded, it's very warn. Also pulled an 1838. Spent 2 1/2 hours finding not much of anything and then these came 10 minutes apart. Owners were really nice and ended up giving us tomatoes from their garden. I should mention that in between visits I mailed them a personal note thanking them for letting us detect their property. Letting people know you appreciate the opportunity to detect their property goes a long way to getting other invitations. I can't wait to knock on the doors across the road where the post office and general store were 150 years ago.
Upvote
8
