BuckleBoy
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Hello All,
Managed to get out for a solo hunt on a new permission. Forgot my video camera, but had the still camera so no vid this time.
Got a hallmarked silver spoon handle from James D. Anderson, New Orleans. Anderson was a silversmith in Vicksburg who moved to Louisiana and made fine silver in New Orleans from 1849-1853.
Then I hit a long dry spell with nothin but a clay marble and some wheat pennies and gaw gag.
Finally I got a silver nickel. Not great, but technically another silver coin for the year. Then I dug another silver nickel.
Crazy.
The next row I got an eagle cuff button. Was very shallow.
I haven't dug many of these cuff buttons, so I'm stoked to have another one in the collection.
Then I hit a tiny silver--strange thing is, after my new coil was installed on the F75, all the numbers are 3 ID numbers lower.
Anyone else had this issue? So the half dime rang up 58 instead of 61 (I noticed that the seated quarter I dug last hunt rang up 79 instead of 82).
1858-O.
Later on, I eyeballed a "Russian Blue" trade bead in the field. (Also dug a strap box from a spur.)
Then, as I was on the last row, with darkness coming, I got a reading in the high 60s. Digging it, I flipped out a silver dime! I was shocked--until I remembered that all the numbers were 3 numbers lower with the new coil.
It was a very pretty 1893 Barber--a year I needed in the "dug collection."
Here is a photo of all of the finds. Wonder if the long brass tube is a friction primer. There's only a hole on one side of it though.
Best Wishes,
Buck
Managed to get out for a solo hunt on a new permission. Forgot my video camera, but had the still camera so no vid this time.
Got a hallmarked silver spoon handle from James D. Anderson, New Orleans. Anderson was a silversmith in Vicksburg who moved to Louisiana and made fine silver in New Orleans from 1849-1853.
Then I hit a long dry spell with nothin but a clay marble and some wheat pennies and gaw gag.
Finally I got a silver nickel. Not great, but technically another silver coin for the year. Then I dug another silver nickel.
Crazy.The next row I got an eagle cuff button. Was very shallow.
I haven't dug many of these cuff buttons, so I'm stoked to have another one in the collection.
Then I hit a tiny silver--strange thing is, after my new coil was installed on the F75, all the numbers are 3 ID numbers lower.
Anyone else had this issue? So the half dime rang up 58 instead of 61 (I noticed that the seated quarter I dug last hunt rang up 79 instead of 82).
1858-O.
Later on, I eyeballed a "Russian Blue" trade bead in the field. (Also dug a strap box from a spur.)
Then, as I was on the last row, with darkness coming, I got a reading in the high 60s. Digging it, I flipped out a silver dime! I was shocked--until I remembered that all the numbers were 3 numbers lower with the new coil.
It was a very pretty 1893 Barber--a year I needed in the "dug collection."
Here is a photo of all of the finds. Wonder if the long brass tube is a friction primer. There's only a hole on one side of it though.
Best Wishes,
Buck
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