10 K Gold earring, buffalo, Gilded button, and harmonica reed. All on a marathon hunt

[treblehunter]

I went up with Vino this morning, it was by far one of the most exciting hunts I was ever on! I was so excited seeing all that cool stuff come out of the ground all around me. I found three nice finds there (not quite what George and that kid did!) I think most times I would have felt left out not finding LC's or seated silver, but I was so pumped up thinking I was next. Lol haaa sometimes you the bug, sometimes your the windshield! I was very happy for all three of them and so excited to see that stuff first hand at such a historic place! Nice to be included, thanks again George. First find was a button, backmark says, "LS & Sperry, Extra", pretty little button. The second was a harmonica reed, a first for me, ( its amazing what things blow my dress up) I also found this tiny little bus token, it looked like a 5 dollar Gold Indian coming out of the ground, (thats how pumped up I was) I was scared to rub it. haaaa lol I almost licked it! By 12:30 I was a sweaty mess and very tired, I drove the hour and a half home knowing I was going to cool off at my lake spot. I spent three hours in the water finding a nice 10 k earring, 1923 Buffalo, 1945 wheatie, 1974 25 cent Canadian, and assorted bling. The little earring on the right is marked 925!

Enjoy the pix, HH & GL
Brad

 

[cjon455]

I'd call that a marathon!, great job yet again

 

[dirtlooter]

I don't know how you do it, must be taking a handful of vitamins to keep that kind of a pace up! again with the awesome finds! congrats again

 

[treblehunter]

I don't know how you do it, must be taking a handful of vitamins to keep that kind of a pace up! again with the awesome finds! congrats again

Thanks, just a multi vitamin every morning along with my blood pressure and cholesterol meds!

I'd call that a marathon!, great job yet again

I want gold!

 

[dig kzoo]

I went up with Vino this morning, it was by far one of the most exciting hunts I was ever on! I was so excited seeing all that cool stuff come out of the ground all around me. I found three nice finds there (not quite what George and that kid did!) I think most times I would have felt left out not finding LC's or seated silver, but I was so pumped up thinking I was next. Lol haaa sometimes you the bug, sometimes your the windshield! I was very happy for all three of them and so excited to see that stuff first hand at such a historic place! Nice to be included, thanks again George. First find was a button, backmark says, "LS & Sperry, Extra", pretty little button. The second was a harmonica reed, a first for me, ( its amazing what things blow my dress up) I also found this tiny little bus token, it looked like a 5 dollar Gold Indian coming out of the ground, (thats how pumped up I was) I was scared to rub it. haaaa lol I almost licked it! By 12:30 I was a sweaty mess and very tired, I drove the hour and a half home knowing I was going to cool off at my lake spot. I spent three hours in the water finding a nice 10 k earring, 1923 Buffalo, 1945 wheatie, 1974 25 cent Canadian, and assorted bling. The little earring on the right is marked 925!

Enjoy the pix, HH & GL
Brad

Great finds! That buffalo is just awesome, with date and not red like they turn up in the soil here, that would make my hunt alone. Congrats and HH!

 

[Vino]

Your like the little train that could....And the energizer bunny!!! You keep going and going...Nice finds...

 

[Old Dude]

Did you have to zap that buffalo? Looks pretty nice.

 

[vpnavy]

Nice finds! Thanks for sharing...

 

[treblehunter]

Did you have to zap that buffalo? Looks pretty nice.

No I didn't hit that yet with the hillbilly zapping machine, I did give it a quick baking soda rub. I'm going to zap that, the canuk, and the little silver earring in a little bit, I'll send you some before and after shots in a PM if you want?

 

[Old Dude]

Sounds good!

 

[ANTIQUARIAN]

Congrats on the 10k Gold Earring, 1923 Buffalo & 1945 Wheat Treble!
If you ever need anymore '74 CDN quarters I've found a bunch of 'em over the years!

Nice hunt buddy,
Dave

 

[I-DIG-IT]

Nice digs.

 

[beez0404]

No I didn't hit that yet with the hillbilly zapping machine, I did give it a quick baking soda rub. I'm going to zap that, the canuk, and the little silver earring in a little bit, I'll send you some before and after shots in a PM if you want?

If you would be so kind could you send me the before and after photos of the three items? Tom has almost talked me into putting together a small zapping machine so I would be interested in seeing how it works on those items.

Thanks,
Jay

 

[Carolina Tom]

Congrats Treb... nice finds as usual.

Be careful about using the name "Hillbilly Zapper". I understand that it is now trademarked and infringement litigation is a real possibility! If you see a barefoot lawyer in overalls, you better run.

Thanks for all of your help! GL&HH!

 

[TheCannonballGuy]

Treblehunter wrote:
> First find was a button, backmark says, "LS & Sperry, Extra", pretty little button.

According to the book "American Military Button Makers & Dealers; Their Backmarks & Dates", the button-manufacturing firm of Leavenworth, Spencer, & Sperry (located in Waterbury CT) was only in existence from 1835 to 1839.

As encouragement to you let me say, although you didn't find a seated-Liberty silver coin (yet), your goldplated brass 1-piece button is the same age as the very earliest of seated-Liberty coins.

 

[treblehunter]

Treblehunter wrote:
> First find was a button, backmark says, "LS & Sperry, Extra", pretty little button.

According to the book "American Military Button Makers & Dealers; Their Backmarks & Dates", the button-manufacturing firm of Leavenworth, Spencer, & Sperry (located in Waterbury CT) was only in existence from 1835 to 1839.

As encouragement to you let me say, although you didn't find a seated-Liberty silver coin (yet), your goldplated brass 1-piece button is the same age as the very earliest of seated-Liberty coins.

Thank you again for your knowledge and kind remarks, I feel the same way.

 

[treblehunter]

Sounds good!

If you would be so kind could you send me the before and after photos of the three items? Tom has almost talked me into putting together a small zapping machine so I would be interested in seeing how it works on those items.

Thanks,
Jay

Hey guys, I went down to Wildwoods NJ today with family, played with the kids(nephew and cousins) and got home at 10:00, I didn't have time, will take care of it in the morning

Congrats Treb... nice finds as usual.

Be careful about using the name "Hillbilly Zapper". I understand that it is now trademarked and infringement litigation is a real possibility! If you see a barefoot lawyer in overalls, you better run.

Thanks for all of your help! GL&HH!

I totally agree with, that you named it the Hillbilly Zapper. But I invented it (after reading about it on the internet)

 

[UnderMiner]

Sweet! Gold, silver, and old money!

 

[thommo59]

Great finds

 

[johnnyblaze]

Nice variety there man

Blaze