Went back to the same site and finally an Indian Head! and some beer too!

[SMS88]

Well, I went back to the same near river site for some more hunting. My finds in the beginning were sparce, but i managed to find a shallow clad dime. I walked some more and then got a hit from the DFX that VDIed 48 at 1/2 inch deep. Being someone that digs everything positive, i dug it, even though it was probably a bottle cap. It turned out to be an old eagle button. After finding the button, I found 2 unopened beers in a shopping bag and decided to drink them. Why not . It's not like i was driving anywherwe and i could redeem them later I then went back across the small kill and went into a dense wooded area. As i followed a path, i got a hit at 55 between 1/2 inch and 0 inches. Figuring that I've found zinc memorials around the area, i figued it was one of those. Too shallow to be an indian! WRONG! I then conentrated on shallow signals and found another clad dime and 2 memorials from the 60s at 1-2 inches. I might be new, but i was smart enough to dig those shallow signals. As I quote the slogan from the lottery, "Hey, you never know." Until someone invents x-ray goggles that can see through anything nonmetal, the only way to know for sure is to dig! Here's some pics! The Indian is a 1900 if you can't read it. The beer is natural ice, which is cheap and tastes terrible. But who doesn't like finding beer and old stuff in the woods! One of the following pics is the bottle dump from a previous post

 

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[Kiko68]

Very nice!! Always remember to dig everything And the beer was just the icing on the cake! Nice!

Kiko

 

[ringfinder]

Nice and I mean Nice Eagle button, Congrats on the IH and other coins. Beer Priceless!

HH, Ringfinder

 

[SMS88]

Now that I've gotten through breakfast class, I was itching to go back to the same woods and do some MDing where i found the IH cent. Things started out slow, especcially with the cloudburst around 12:30. The weather then let up for I little and I was rolling. When I reached the spot, I quickly found the first two IHs, 1897 and 1905 a half a foot from each other at about 1" deep. I walked down a path and got a 3" Penny dime signal which was a 59 memorial. I then started to find a lot of small bullet shells and shotgun shells which i didnt post. Those things are the pulltabs of the woods! They come in about upper 20s-mid 30s on the DFX and the small ones can bounce around from the negatives to the 70s and can appear to be 3x as deep as they really are. They could drive you nuts. Since I dig all positive signals, i dug them anyway because one of those bouncy signals between pulltab and bottlecap was the 1903 IH at 5 inches deep. I soon got a 1944 wheat at 2" and a broken sounding 90s signal which was undoubtedly a bottlecap but i still dug it up. I got an unusually deep 67 memorial at 5 inches and the rain picked up a little and headed for dinner. Definetly one of my best days coinwise. Clad is nice, but finding the old stuff in the shade is nicer! The 1903's at least a VF. I wont hunt again until the Ossining club hunt Saturday

 

[tpmrcp]

Gotta love that Natty beer, it is a staple at my house.

 

[conquistador]

Excellent place to detect for beer and the rest of the stuff was just a bonus.

 

[jimmatt_43]

Congrats on the finds,that is awful beer,but at a price like that it's hard to turn it down.
Jim

 

[Capefearsman]

Nice button! I have seen that one before but I can't remember where. HH

 

[SMS88]

I would like to know how old the button is , but what puzzles me is that the button and indians were very shallow( 1 inch or less on most of the finds) I havent found that many old coins, but most of the time i hear finds like this are usually very deep. What would cause old coins to stay shallow and newer coins to be deeper in the same area?

 

[Proolio]

Ah yes, out metal detecting and get payed in beer, is there a better job? i dont think so!

 

[dgaughan]

congrats on your ih and the button good luck and hh

 

[WeaponsUSMC]

I hope you dont mind, but i posted this button on another forum, and posted i did not dig it. here is a link.

http://www.thetreasuredepot.com/cgi-bin/relic/relic_config.pl?read=155971


and here is one of the response's to what your button is, very nice find.

Its a Navy...Looks like NA190 in Tice...If so, its a two piece, low convex made ust before 1830...See pages 155 and 156 in Tice.



Again very nice button, and i hope i didnt offend you by posting it to finding out what it was.....HH.....Bill

 

[SMS88]

Wow, It's That old, maybe i'll find some old coins in that area too!

 

[WeaponsUSMC]

Is it possible to get a picture of the back of the button, there is some discussion going on about this button now. saying it may be an unknown veriable of a differant button. Lol im not an expert, but I know where to find the experts at. Thanks....HH.....Bill