Steve in PA
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- Jul 5, 2010
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- Fisher F75, XP Deus, Equinox 600, Fisher 1270
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- All Treasure Hunting
Saturday I talked myself out of staying home and watching my West Virginia Mountaineers take on the Texas Longhorns. Had a bad feeling about that game and I made the right decision going metal detecting for 2.5 hours Saturday afternoon. I went to one of my stand by spots where three mid-19[SUP]th[/SUP] century home sites sit close to one another in a cow pasture. The ground is infested with iron, coal and hot rocks, and the use layer is pretty deep in some areas. Even though I have hit this place hard for years, I can still pull stuff out, especially when the grass is low like it is this time of year. Saturday conditions were just right and I was digging targets constantly for two and half hours. I ended up with 12 buttons, a spoon, and a large cent. One of the buttons would have been a beautiful one piece gold gilted flower button, with an Ives, Scott & Co backmark (1834-1836). Unfortunately it had a massive encrustation on the face. I managed to remove most of it with navel jelly. I may keep trying, but what is left is really stubborn and I think I’m through the gilt in a couple places. Another button would have been a nice one piece eagle on the cannon artillery button, except that one third of the button was sheared away and the remaining part was pummeled almost beyond recognition. You can just see the eagle’s head and the wheel & spokes of the cannon. I have found three other eagle on the cannon buttons here, and they were nice, so I guess you can’t win them all. HH and thanks for looking
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