North-Central MA Cornfield Yields Trime, Heel Plate, and More

[ajaj]

Swinging in a cornfield in autumn is fun! The VDI for the 1852 3 cent was 64 and the coin was about an inch under dirt...dig all those non-ferrous signals in the older spots! Really love the heel plate. Question: Did civilians use heel plates often? If mainly military, I’m thinking it could have come off a Civil War veteran in the field(?)

Also of note is the cuff/vest two piece button on the right. The image is of a primitive train.

aj

 

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[vpnavy]

Always love finding other similar

member finds with possible solutions...

looking for info in my first heel plate (Jun 25, 2018, 01:49 PM)

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[blugotti1]

very nice finds!!

 

[fishstick]

Nothing better than field hunting in the fall!!! That's a great group of finds. CONGRATZ...

 

[mikefromIllinois]

Congrats on the trime, that's a hard little coin to find.

 

[Tuberale]

Nice Indian and trime!

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Congrats on the very fine coin and relic hunt!

 

[Silvermonkey]

Great finds all around. Those trimes are hard to come by....nicely done.

 

[jt101319]

Nice finds!

 

[Digger RJ]

Awesome !!!! Congrats!!!! Bucket Lister!!! Sweet!!!!

 

[Trezurehunter]

Congrats on some excellent finds. I like that Trime and the Heel Plate.

 

[pa-dirt_nc-sand]

Congrats on the Trime!

 

[xcopperstax]

Congrats on the great finds and the trime!? Amazing. I still haven't found one and to be honest I think I would probably pass it by thinking the tone was trash. I think the heel plates where worn by military and civilian but I'm no expert!

 

[Ed (Upstate NY)]

Great finds. Those trimes are tough to find. I have only dug 2 in 32 years.