Jaichim24
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1st 6.5 hours at new site 1864 IH (L ??) & GW bicentenial token
So I visited a new site I just received permission to detect. It is an old cape dating back to the late 1700's. It's been converted to an office building and it's very close to a busy road, but there's a decent chunk of grass left in the front and back.
I started in the back near an old tree. That is where I found the silver thimble and the war nickel.
I moved around front and started gridding. It was rough going, I was digging every non-iron signal, and with it's proximity to the road I was digging tons of trash.
My efforts were rewarded with the 1882 IH. Also in the front just near the corner of the house I found the cool GW bicentenial token. My heart did skip a beat as I flipped up the dirt and saw it roll out. It landed on the side that still has the gold gild and for a brief moment I thought I had found a HUGE gold coin! It's still a pretty cool token, gotta love the up and down nature of metal detecting!
My gridding led me to one side of the side of the house (the other side being a parking lot with no grass), which basically saved the best for last. Every site always seems to have that one sweet spot where the soil has been disturbed the least. Well this was it. In the last hour of detecting I pulled out all of the buttons in the pictures, the really sweet 1864 IH penny.
So, the Guatemala button is probably the best preserved gold gilded button I've ever found. I always see people posting some real shiners and always wondered how that was possible. Well after a few seconds with a tooth brush and some aluminum jelly I had my 1800's "bling". The back mark dates to 1865-1902, and I'm wondering if this isn't a 50th year anniversary button for the liberation of Guatemala. So perhaps dating it to 1871 would be a fair assessment? Anyone else have an idea as to the date?
Lastly, I would love some feedback about the 1864 IH, could it possibly be the "L" variation? I think it is too worn to read the L, does anyone see it? I know that the L version had a variation to the chin area of lady liberty, does mine look like it? I have been staring at it and the 1882 for so long I'm starting to see things. It looks like mine is slighly thinner, but I am not certain. Let me know what you think.
Thanks for looking,
Jai
So I visited a new site I just received permission to detect. It is an old cape dating back to the late 1700's. It's been converted to an office building and it's very close to a busy road, but there's a decent chunk of grass left in the front and back.
I started in the back near an old tree. That is where I found the silver thimble and the war nickel.
I moved around front and started gridding. It was rough going, I was digging every non-iron signal, and with it's proximity to the road I was digging tons of trash.
My efforts were rewarded with the 1882 IH. Also in the front just near the corner of the house I found the cool GW bicentenial token. My heart did skip a beat as I flipped up the dirt and saw it roll out. It landed on the side that still has the gold gild and for a brief moment I thought I had found a HUGE gold coin! It's still a pretty cool token, gotta love the up and down nature of metal detecting!
My gridding led me to one side of the side of the house (the other side being a parking lot with no grass), which basically saved the best for last. Every site always seems to have that one sweet spot where the soil has been disturbed the least. Well this was it. In the last hour of detecting I pulled out all of the buttons in the pictures, the really sweet 1864 IH penny.
So, the Guatemala button is probably the best preserved gold gilded button I've ever found. I always see people posting some real shiners and always wondered how that was possible. Well after a few seconds with a tooth brush and some aluminum jelly I had my 1800's "bling". The back mark dates to 1865-1902, and I'm wondering if this isn't a 50th year anniversary button for the liberation of Guatemala. So perhaps dating it to 1871 would be a fair assessment? Anyone else have an idea as to the date?
Lastly, I would love some feedback about the 1864 IH, could it possibly be the "L" variation? I think it is too worn to read the L, does anyone see it? I know that the L version had a variation to the chin area of lady liberty, does mine look like it? I have been staring at it and the 1882 for so long I'm starting to see things. It looks like mine is slighly thinner, but I am not certain. Let me know what you think.
Thanks for looking,
Jai
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