Yesterday's booty - SLQ, IHPs, V and Buff, 1830s Artillery buttons and more!

[Steve in PA]

I got about 4.5 hours in yesterday afternoon at my new permission that I have been working the last couple weekends. You couldn't ask for a nicer property owner. I brought him a case of Michelob Ultra yesterday because he said that's what he likes. The place is still producing and I still have ground I haven't covered. As I was driving to the place yesterday I was wondering why I hadn't found more buttons - only two in three previous trips. That must have been a premonition because the first two keepers were one piece eagle artillery buttons circa 1830.



I was over four hours into the hunt when silver finally showed up and I could finally call it a day.




Also dug five IHPs. The slick green one is 1873.



Got a couple pretty rough nickels - 1907 V and 1915 Buff.



And this makers tag. It say F. B. Smith / Maker / Pat. September 12, 1882 / Canton, Ohio



I found it on a Whatzit forum. It went on some type of hand siphon.



Finally here are the better keepers from yesterday's hunt.

 

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[Johncoho]

You are killing it with that permission. If you have more than you can handle let me know and when I am back home I can make a trip over to p-burgh.

 

[thrifty76now]

Steve, you certainly have been busy.Congrats on all those great finds.

 

[HighVDI]

Awesome haul Steve! I bet that SLQ was a less than perfect signal being on edge like that too. Awesome saves and great tribe you collected there.

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Fantastic old coin shooting!

 

[Silvermonkey]

That's a very nice hunt Steve. SLQ's are one of my favorite coins to find. Beautiful design. Also, the green patina on the old Indian Head id fantastic. Congrats!

 

[Inspector]

Great hunt(s), pretty SLQ & tribe, great buttons and I like all makers tags, congratulations on all the saves & BOL on the continuance

 

[basssmann]

SteveinPA, good variety, standing and Indians always make a good day.

 

[washingtonian]

Wow. That’s a really productive day. Nice going!!

 

[Whyme]

A SLQ with a date! Very cool! Also nice IHP's and nicks! Congrats!

 

[Digger RJ]

Very Nice!!! Congrats!!!

 

[pa-dirt_nc-sand]

You’re killing it at that site. Congrats!

 

[DirtDigginDan]

Nice bunch of Injuns there, the SLQ ain`t bad either!

 

[tnt-hunter]

You have a sweet permission there. I don’t know about you, but when I am done a permission like that I take a different detector and rework the whole thing at a 90 degree angle. I don’t find as much as the first go round, but I always come up with some goodies. Coming at the targets from a different angle with a detector that operates a little differently from the first one does make a difference.

Good luck and keep swingin.

 

[Bharpring]

Awesome digs! Always a great day when you find early military and any type of silver.

 

[xcopperstax]

Very nice finds congrats! Those buttons probably come with great stories. In the few years I've been detecting I've never found a military button!

 

[Steve in PA]

You are killing it with that permission. If you have more than you can handle let me know and when I am back home I can make a trip over to p-burgh.

Thanks. I wish I had more than I could handle!

Steve, you certainly have been busy.Congrats on all those great finds.

Thanks. I'm just happy to get out this time of year!

Awesome haul Steve! I bet that SLQ was a less than perfect signal being on edge like that too. Awesome saves and great tribe you collected there.

John, it was a pretty decent signal, but I didn't do a very good job pinpointing it. I'm lucky I didn't hit it with my shovel.

Fantastic old coin shooting!

Thanks Prof.

That's a very nice hunt Steve. SLQ's are one of my favorite coins to find. Beautiful design. Also, the green patina on the old Indian Head id fantastic. Congrats!

Thanks. I like finding the SLQs too. I haven't found too many of them over the years, but I try to focus on 18th and early 19th century sites.

 

[Steve in PA]

Great hunt(s), pretty SLQ & tribe, great buttons and I like all makers tags, congratulations on all the saves & BOL on the continuance

Thanks. The buttons made my day and the SLQ was just icing on the cake!

SteveinPA, good variety, standing and Indians always make a good day.

Thanks Bassman. Everything around this house has been 1950 and earlier. Only one memorial penny, otherwise all wheats and Indians.

Wow. That’s a really productive day. Nice going!!

Thanks. I have been having fun at this place the last couple weeks.

A SLQ with a date! Very cool! Also nice IHP's and nicks! Congrats!

I was expecting an older Washington quarter so I was happy to see the standing lady!

Very Nice!!! Congrats!!!

Thanks

 

[civilman1]

You're killing it there Steve!!! Love the Artillery button's