1885 House gives up silver brooch + more silver

[bergie]

Took a road trip an hour or so to an old town in Florida with some brick streets and found a house to ask permission. A heavy set lady with just a few teeth and smelling a bit ripe answered the door. What she lacked in appeal and scent she made up for being nice, even though the first words out of her mouth were "you won't find anything" - to which I told her how many times I heard that...So here's how it went. Great place, check out the steps up from the curb to the street for a horse/carriage, still in place. My first good find was a 1944 Merc, figured that was a good sign it had probably not been detected...a little while later I got this cool silver ring, no writing inside....then this button that looks modern but there is older looking loop in back, so it could be early or mid 1900s. Finally, the best find of the day, this terrific looking silver horse head brooch popped out. Is marked "Sterling" and I figure either late 1800s or early 1900s.
All in all a great day detecting...I carefully covered the whole yard.

 

[GaRebel1861]

Looks like you are in a good old neighborhood to hunt. Nice finds.

 

[EARTHWORKS]

Way cool! Nice horse broach. Got to love it!
The man is hooked!!

 

[ModernMiner]

Great looking brooch Bergie!
Congrats on the nice finds. Looks like there are some other great houses on that street to check out too. Maybe her sister lives next door? Bring a clothes pin.
-MM-

 

[Cool Hand Fluke]

That silver brooch is a killer! Stuff like that can really make your day1 Way to go!

 

[uglymailman]

Cool finds. The steps are called a stile. There are still 4 or 5 in our town. A sign of prosperity in it's day. Good luck.

 

[Gunrunner61]

Cool finds, love the broach, I had to explain the steps to get on and off the horses or carrage

 

[hollowpointred]

now you're just showing off haha! seriously though...you are on a roll! really nice stuff!

 

[mcmurphi]

That horse head brooch is an outstanding recovery and a great piece for anyone's collection....Congrats!

 

[Bev]

Love it all- the house is a dream come true look and treasure wise! The horse pin is really detailed isnt it? Really pretty congrats!

 

[kevkirki]

very nice...great pics, the old house is great! thanks for sharing

 

[hdmech71]

Great finds. Everytime I ask someones permission I get the same response. I kinda love to hear those words. The Brooch is killer, I just found one the other day myself! HH

 

[Mzjavert]

You know that brooch was missed when it was lost. I probably would never wear the brooch, but I would wear that ring. Sweet.

 

[g-olden years]

Beautiful silver! If you get permission to hunt other yards in that area, please show us what you find. I love horses so think your silver brooch is one of the best finds I've seen on t-net. It looks realistic. HH Andi