Captain Loosechange
Sr. Member
- Nov 24, 2007
- 385
- 26
- Detector(s) used
- Minelab CTX 3030, Garrett AT Pro, Garrett SeaHunter Mark II, Tesoro Stingray
- Primary Interest:
- All Treasure Hunting
O.k., so my belt plate pic turned out good if I do say so myself 
! A brief story about that belt plate: My brother, my Dad and me were metal detecting last Thanksgiving day and I was using my first detector, a Discovery 3300 Radio Shack Bountyhunter model. It is a good detector but it loves Iron. The plate was about 4 inches down at an old house site that was a few miles from a fort that dated back to the 1700's and the days of Daniel Boone. I could not believe my eyes when I dug it up, I never expected anything like it. Anyway I bought an ACE 250 in the Middle of May of this year and a GTI 2500 about 2 weeks ago. I hunt as often as I can and I love it! Below are some of my best finds which pale in comparison to most of yours but they are good for me. Pictured are a 1945 Walking Liberty Half Dollar that I found in August of this year at a construction site where they were tearing out an old house. Also found at that spot was a 1964 Rosy, and several Wheat cents. Also pictured are 2 Italian 10 cent pieces. The Dark one is made of Copper, dated 1933 and I found it at an old school. I thought wow what are the odds of finding this in East Tennessee, then only 5 days later I was at the house construction site that I got the Walker from which was 20 miles from the old school and guess what? I got the 1942 Italian cent piece 
It is the lighter one in the picture and made of Bronze. Both have an R mintmark for Rome. My best guess is they were brought home with soldiers from WW 2. Also found 2 1943 Silver Quarters at the above mentioned site. Also pictured is a "Junior G-Man " badge found in SW Virginia not far from the site of the Belt Plate. It dates to the 1930's or 40's from my research and was a big item for the kids in those days. It was broken in 3 pieces but I found all three and glued them together and I'm sure you can see the joints. Next is the 1902 Indian Head cent I found just a couple of weeks ago. I guess this is enough for now, I hope to post more later. Thanks for looking and HH.
! A brief story about that belt plate: My brother, my Dad and me were metal detecting last Thanksgiving day and I was using my first detector, a Discovery 3300 Radio Shack Bountyhunter model. It is a good detector but it loves Iron. The plate was about 4 inches down at an old house site that was a few miles from a fort that dated back to the 1700's and the days of Daniel Boone. I could not believe my eyes when I dug it up, I never expected anything like it. Anyway I bought an ACE 250 in the Middle of May of this year and a GTI 2500 about 2 weeks ago. I hunt as often as I can and I love it! Below are some of my best finds which pale in comparison to most of yours but they are good for me. Pictured are a 1945 Walking Liberty Half Dollar that I found in August of this year at a construction site where they were tearing out an old house. Also found at that spot was a 1964 Rosy, and several Wheat cents. Also pictured are 2 Italian 10 cent pieces. The Dark one is made of Copper, dated 1933 and I found it at an old school. I thought wow what are the odds of finding this in East Tennessee, then only 5 days later I was at the house construction site that I got the Walker from which was 20 miles from the old school and guess what? I got the 1942 Italian cent piece It is the lighter one in the picture and made of Bronze. Both have an R mintmark for Rome. My best guess is they were brought home with soldiers from WW 2. Also found 2 1943 Silver Quarters at the above mentioned site. Also pictured is a "Junior G-Man " badge found in SW Virginia not far from the site of the Belt Plate. It dates to the 1930's or 40's from my research and was a big item for the kids in those days. It was broken in 3 pieces but I found all three and glued them together and I'm sure you can see the joints. Next is the 1902 Indian Head cent I found just a couple of weeks ago. I guess this is enough for now, I hope to post more later. Thanks for looking and HH.
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