halfdime
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I've been known to almost kill myself to get to and clear a potentially good site for detecting. Last Halloween, I stumbled onto a site in the neighborhood where I grew up and it's very easy to get to and relatively easy to clear. It was a homesite until about 1920, when the first house in our neighborhood was built to replace it. Today was beautiful, with temps in the mid 60's; I took my radio and my detecting gear down to the homesite in search of treasure. Last spring, I found an Indian head penny and V nickel here, and I know there is more. Today's mission was to find it and listen to the return of Steeler QB Ben Roethlisberger. His mission was a success, and so was mine. My first good target was what appears to be a windup key of some sort. Shortly after that, I found this badge (probably more like a fob) with the word Jacksonville at the top, No. 196 on the next line, some sort of symbols in a circle that I can't make out altogether (one appears to be an arm), then the text "33rd GRAND DIVISION O.R.C on a ribbon. Finally, at the bottom, it says MAY 1911. In a little picture at the bottom, it looks like a figure wearing tropical dress, a palm tree and possibly a ship with mountains in the background. On the back, the number 2294 is stamped, as long as tiny print identifying the manufacturer. It's the WHITEHEAD & HOAG CO. in Newark, NJ. In a tiny shield reminiscent of the Canada Dry logo, there is script too small for me to read even under magnification. HELP! Also managed a silver plated spoon and finally, sadly, a 1947D wheat. Given the age of the site, I really expected an older wheat, quite frankly! A very interesting assortment and a nice day of exercise to go with a Steeler win!
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