Rustic
Sr. Member
- Jul 10, 2015
- 394
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- Detector(s) used
- XP Deus, Garrett pinpointer
- Primary Interest:
- Metal Detecting
Hunted for about three hours both yesterday and today and am super happy with my finds.
First, I detected along the trail out to the first site, and got a good signal next to a swampy area, and pulled out the toy, wrist-worn sundial, the dial folds down when not in use. Probably belonged to a boy scout...
When I reached my site I started detecting in a new, very flat portion of the terrain, now covered with a thick layer of pine needles but which was at one time an orchard. I hit a good repeatable signal and dug a v nickel, then checked my hole and there was another, and then another, 1899, 1903, and 1910. Unfortunately each coin only has one good side, the other sides are toasted. 15 cents was too much money to lose back in those days..
Then not 10 yards away I recovered what I'm pretty sure is a woman's decorative sash buckle in good condition.
Then today I first hunted in an entirely new parcel of woods, only found a couple buckles
so I headed to a permission at a house here in town where i made only 1 find, the campaign token from 1840 (and because I was so excited I went right home to research what it was instead of staying and looking for more, lol)... I had no idea what it was, but I could see it had all its detail and I was super happy.
Anyway, I'm did some research and it's a William Harrison campaign token from 1840, made to be worn around the neck. Harrison went on to win the election, but his inauguration day was cold and rainy, and he gave the longest acceptance speech ever, over 2 hours, and he caught a bad cold and died six weeks later... so he wasn't president very long at all, poor guy.
Thanks for looking, and best of luck to all,
Cynthia
First, I detected along the trail out to the first site, and got a good signal next to a swampy area, and pulled out the toy, wrist-worn sundial, the dial folds down when not in use. Probably belonged to a boy scout...
When I reached my site I started detecting in a new, very flat portion of the terrain, now covered with a thick layer of pine needles but which was at one time an orchard. I hit a good repeatable signal and dug a v nickel, then checked my hole and there was another, and then another, 1899, 1903, and 1910. Unfortunately each coin only has one good side, the other sides are toasted. 15 cents was too much money to lose back in those days..
Then not 10 yards away I recovered what I'm pretty sure is a woman's decorative sash buckle in good condition.
Then today I first hunted in an entirely new parcel of woods, only found a couple buckles
so I headed to a permission at a house here in town where i made only 1 find, the campaign token from 1840 (and because I was so excited I went right home to research what it was instead of staying and looking for more, lol)... I had no idea what it was, but I could see it had all its detail and I was super happy.
Anyway, I'm did some research and it's a William Harrison campaign token from 1840, made to be worn around the neck. Harrison went on to win the election, but his inauguration day was cold and rainy, and he gave the longest acceptance speech ever, over 2 hours, and he caught a bad cold and died six weeks later... so he wasn't president very long at all, poor guy.
Thanks for looking, and best of luck to all,
Cynthia
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