halfdime
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Please help ID this relic from 1800's farm
It was the perfect plan: I awoke today to about 18 degrees, with a forecast for sunny and almost 50. Got the kids to school, threw some lunch in my pack and hopped in the truck for the trip over to my mother's house. From there, it's about a 15 minute hike back to an 1800's farm foundation I've been hunting. Because it was so cold last night, the hike in was easy; the ground was still frozen and I would only have to navigate mud on the way out. I got over to the site and did some clearing; you don't go out there and just turn on your detector! After about an hour, I had a good area cleared and it was time to search. Nothing, just a few square nails but they don't count out there. Went to eat my lunch and discovered that I had cut into my can of V8 with the bowsaw; this was disappointing, but fortunately I also had a bottle of water so I didn't suffer too badly! After I ate, I cleared another area and was again shut out; this place makes you work, and the old coins are scarce. They're there, just not every day. I got to the point where it didn't make sense to do any more clearing; by the time I was done it would be time to leave for the kids. So, I meandered. I came across a couple of springs and thought they might be promising. I got a pretty solid signal, but it was very shallow. It turned out to be an ancient hoe, which I will clean up and post a picture of later. I crossed the creek and found another spring. Here, I got the classic (for me) Buff signal. Digging turned up this copper/brass item. As you can see by the pictures, It's about the size of a silver dollar and has a little clip that slides into a piece in back. It's slightly concave/convex (depending on which side you're looking at) and I can't find any identifying marks on it. Maybe some of my astute colleagues on TNet can help? As expected, the walk out was muddy, but I got back to town in plenty of time to clean up a little and get the kids. Now I have to go get a V8.
It was the perfect plan: I awoke today to about 18 degrees, with a forecast for sunny and almost 50. Got the kids to school, threw some lunch in my pack and hopped in the truck for the trip over to my mother's house. From there, it's about a 15 minute hike back to an 1800's farm foundation I've been hunting. Because it was so cold last night, the hike in was easy; the ground was still frozen and I would only have to navigate mud on the way out. I got over to the site and did some clearing; you don't go out there and just turn on your detector! After about an hour, I had a good area cleared and it was time to search. Nothing, just a few square nails but they don't count out there. Went to eat my lunch and discovered that I had cut into my can of V8 with the bowsaw; this was disappointing, but fortunately I also had a bottle of water so I didn't suffer too badly! After I ate, I cleared another area and was again shut out; this place makes you work, and the old coins are scarce. They're there, just not every day. I got to the point where it didn't make sense to do any more clearing; by the time I was done it would be time to leave for the kids. So, I meandered. I came across a couple of springs and thought they might be promising. I got a pretty solid signal, but it was very shallow. It turned out to be an ancient hoe, which I will clean up and post a picture of later. I crossed the creek and found another spring. Here, I got the classic (for me) Buff signal. Digging turned up this copper/brass item. As you can see by the pictures, It's about the size of a silver dollar and has a little clip that slides into a piece in back. It's slightly concave/convex (depending on which side you're looking at) and I can't find any identifying marks on it. Maybe some of my astute colleagues on TNet can help? As expected, the walk out was muddy, but I got back to town in plenty of time to clean up a little and get the kids. Now I have to go get a V8.
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