1901 House - Some cool relics - Religious locket?

[ModernMiner]

At lunch today, I hit the 1901 house that I just got permission to hunt last week.
Sunny, 60's, and soft dirt. Ahhhh. My only coin so far was a lousy memorial penny. There are a ton of signals on this property. Lots of iron (plow pieces) and other asst'd metal. Unfortunately, I am getting a lot of interference in the front yard area (power lines? satellite dish?) where I was hoping to find coins.
I was able to dig these relics though. Some date into the 1800's.
One piece that I am excited about is the religious looking piece that I almost tossed thinking it was junk. Glad I kept it.
Here's my lunch finds:

*Religious piece of jewelry with crosses and a Firebird looking image on both the front and back.
Any input on this piece would be appreciated.

*A neat stamped copper piece with art deco design of a young lady. (I may mount this piece above my bed? )

*A balance (scale) face plate with 1800's dates on it.

*Lantern piece w/knob dated Jan. 15, 1883.

*Cosmetic compact piece (George W. Loft Company)

*A heart shaped something or other. (Looks like a heel)

*Lamp topper (?).

Nothing amazing, but what the heck.
Thanks for looking.
-MM-

 

[WindHarvester]

Really cool Religious piece and thanks for posting a picture of the site, it looks like a good spot and I'm sure you'll find more!

Lonnie

 

[Slabman]

Hey MM,
There are most definitely some old coins there! The age of the stuff your finding
would lean towards some nice turn of the century coins. Keep at it, and they'll show
up!!

HH Slabman

 

[karib2517]

great finds,that is a good looking spot.

 

[watercolor]

You can tell when a site hasn't been hunted. . . always such a great variety of neat things!

There's got to be a lot more cool stuff there. . . HH!

 

[River Rat]

Those are some cool finds, MM. I really like that art decor, that's really neat. I think the compact thing is a rouge compact...I googled George W. Loft Co (candy co) & George W. Luft Co (cosmetics). The religious thingie is neat too, I would like to find out what it really is. Hopefully someone will be able to ID it for you. Looks like a good potential spot for finding more stuff. Good Luck.

RR

 

[TN-Joe]

Some cool stuff you found. That looks liks a change purse frame. Does the top open up?
Joe

 

[ModernMiner]

Some cool stuff you found. That looks liks a change purse frame. Does the top open up?
Joe

Joe,
I couldn't really see where it would come apart. I'll go check it out closer. Maybe it does open?
Thanks,
MM

 

[RELICDUDE07]

i like the old brass heart heel plate i have dug and sold a few of them on ebay . hearts and/ 3 leaf clover ones great finds / you gota hit that place a few more times look on ebay in civil war heel plates and you will see some i got close to 50 bucks each i think / i bet you find some old civil war buttons if you keep going back goodluck /relic

 

[Merf]

Those are some neat finds MM--A good hunt--Lots mote there I bet.

 

[ModernMiner]

i like the old brass heart heel plate i have dug and sold a few of them on ebay . hearts and/ 3 leaf clover ones great finds / you gota hit that place a few more times look on ebay in civil war heel plates and you will see some i got close to 50 bucks each i think / i bet you find some old civil war buttons if you keep going back goodluck /relic

Thanks RD.
What was the purpose of a heel plate? How old do you think this one could be?
-MM-

 

[dave-enc]

really cool relics wtg
hh
dave+bobbie

 

[ModernMiner]

Doug,

What No Golden Rats... :P :P :P

My friend that site is on the mark...What a heck of a way to spend lunch...Geeesh I had Bologna... :P :P :P

Nice digs my friend...SWEET,

Nick

BTW 2 rats for Nicky...

Thanks Nick.
Hopefully there is at least ONE silver coin at this spot for me. I was hoping I would find my first Barber before the years over.
I pass by a Chuck E. Cheese pizza place on the way home from work every day. Let me know if you want some more of those CC tokens.
-Doug-

 

[bookfisher]

Great Finds! With old relics like that, there's got to be some old coins there. I guess you tried turning doen the gain or sensitivity on the machine to try and cut down the interference? Who knows, maybe next time it won't be as bad.

 

[RELICDUDE07]

just a guess on heel plate make the shoe heels last longer?i see them all the time on ebay as civil war heel plates thats what i sold mine under?1860s/ maybe someone in civil war site on here can tell you more/goodluck relic

 

[ModernMiner]

Great Finds! With old relics like that, there's got to be some old coins there. I guess you tried turning doen the gain or sensitivity on the machine to try and cut down the interference? Who knows, maybe next time it won't be as bad.

My Tesoro only has two knobs, so it's a pretty basic machine. I've had the same thing happen to me once before when I was at a farm that had electric fencing all over the place. At this house it just seems to happen in the front yard only. There is a satellite dish close by. Maybe that's causing it? I'm not giving up though.
-MM-

 

[Nana40]

8) Great relics, MM! Love the heel plate too! Could the bird on the jewely piece be a dove maybe? Like that one too! Those old coins just gotta be there and I know you'll find 'em if they are!

Nana

 

[silverfreak]

I'm sure there's some silver hidin' there MM. Nice relics and great pics too.

 

[Shortstack]

Great Finds! With old relics like that, there's got to be some old coins there. I guess you tried turning down the gain or sensitivity on the machine to try and cut down the interference? Who knows, maybe next time it won't be as bad.

My Tesoro only has two knobs, so it's a pretty basic machine. I've had the same thing happen to me once before when I was at a farm that had electric fencing all over the place. At this house it just seems to happen in the front yard only. There is a satellite dish close by. Maybe that's causing it? I'm not giving up though.
-MM-

Satellite dishes are passive receivers. The LNA is powered by the receiving equipment at a low, DC voltage so any interference would be caused only by any metallic framework in the dish or dish support structure. It the dish at your site is one of those more modern DIRECT or DISHNET dishes, then you can ignore them as the cause of your problems. Any High Lines in the near area would be all it takes.

As for the other problem of trash and little treasures, try a concentric coil of about 8 1/2 inches or smaller and reduce the Sens setting. DD coils are not as good for discrimination as Concentric coils. Under you Avatar, you list your detector as a Tesoro Silver Sabre uMax with a 9x8 DD coil. The knob on the right side of the Silver Sabre is the Sensitivity control. Turn in down to about "3" and try a search. Tesoro machines have a lot of "gain" and can be turned down some for most searches.

As a note of info for you--the Silver Sabre uMax can use any uMax coil. If you got your machine with the 9x8 DD coil and not the standard 8 1/2" Concentric coil, you really, really should get that 8 1/2" Concentric.

Happy hunting.

 

[JerV3]

Nice relics for sure.

I like days like those.

HH Jer