3 Silver, 25 Wheats And Some Fond memories Of Cadillac Ranch, Texas

[crazyjarhead]

Good evening fellow members. I just got back from a beautiful trip out west and it was sunny from Joplin, Missouri to Los Angeles. It was also sunny most of the way back with a nice stop in Las Vegas, Nevada. In the 80's there. When I got to Arkansas on Sunday it began to cloud up....but still nice temps. I left Fort Campbell on Monday and when I got to Van Wert Ohio this morning it was a little windy and 50 . I threw in some extra pics of Cadillac Ranch in Amarillo, Texas

When I got back home I was itching for a hunt. I headed back over to one of my spots which dates from the early 1900's. I haven't hunted it too much as I have been hunting other spots as well. The soil was prime and it was good digging. I have already pulled 3 silvers from here and tonight I added 3 more with a lot of ground to cover. The old church sat next door and it dated from the 1850's. By the looks of the soil it has been graded over about 3-4 inches. I know the old stuff is there it's just hard to get the depth with the ace 250. No Indians or barbers or LC's.

Hers what I found today:

1 Zippo Lighter at 3 inches
1 lipstick tube with a little lipstick inside
A ford 30 years of service token. I've seen a few on here before.
some kind of Ohio Seal thingy
1 valve stem
1 wrench
A toy watch
A thingy with south seas on it
1 Copper play money... Falsa??
1944 War Nickle
1942 Merc
1947 Rossie
25 Wheat's.... Wow
(3) 1918's, (3) 1920's, 1919, 1929, 1935, 1935D, 1939(2), 1940D, 1941,1944, (3)1945,(2) 1946, 1946D,1948,1951D

Thanks for looking and hope you enjoy the extra pics. Ron

 

[Goes4ever]

you found that Ohio token in California?
good finds!

 

[JerV3]

Bunch of nice finds man

Like that ford token alot

HH Jer

 

[crazyjarhead]

you found that Ohio token in California?
good finds!

Nope. Please read post carefully I just found it today. Any idea on what it is.

 

[BandB1]

Nice Score, Congrats!

Good luck,
HH.

 

[Weddle546]

Man you are very good at what you do! I am always impressed with your finds. I love the watch and old ford token. Have you done any research on the token yet? i am sure some car guys would pay to have a token like that to hang from the mirror of their old rat rod. I know i would !

 

[SoreKneesDayton]

Very good hunt Ron,

I was through Mechanicsburg the other night and waved in your direction as I went by...

SKD

 

[crazyjarhead]

Very good hunt Ron,

I was through Mechanicsburg the other night and waved in your direction as I went by...

SKD

Thanks for stoping by I'm headed that way today to hunt the old Central Ohio Fairgrounds and Goshen Park. Dates from the mid 1800-s

 

[t-bucket]

WTG , sweet !!!!

 

[seger98]

Nice job Ron, you did WAY better then I did at the beach yesterday. Congratulations on the great finds.

 

[Bell-Two]

Great stuff Ron, keep that Ace humming I love those Ford tokens too seen a lot of them dug but I haven't hit one yet.

 

[crazyjarhead]

Great stuff Ron, keep that Ace humming I love those Ford tokens too seen a lot of them dug but I haven't hit one yet.

Thanks BT. I thought it was some kind of big coin at first I think that is definitely a collectors item for Ford enthusiast

 

[rjw4law]

Fantastic finds. Can't wait until you finish digging up all those cars.

 

[TejasDigger]

I have the same problem as you with the ace 250 at certain sites. My parents house is kind of old, built in 1941 and the oldest coin I have found is a 1946 wheat. The next oldest is a 1959 memorial. I have searched the yard over and over and haven't had any luck finding any silver or more wheats. I've been running it at full sensitvity as you suggested, but I think the older coins are down 8" to 12" deep I bet. On the other hand the other old home site I've been detecting I've found the 1902 indian and 1899 barber dime at about 6" deep. It is a different type of soil though kind of like sand. It never gets hard and I don't think the coins fall into cracks like they do in the soil where my parents live.

 

[Bell-Two]

I have the same problem as you with the ace 250 at certain sites. My parents house is kind of old, built in 1941 and the oldest coin I have found is a 1946 wheat. The next oldest is a 1959 memorial. I have searched the yard over and over and haven't had any luck finding any silver or more wheats. I've been running it at full sensitvity as you suggested, but I think the older coins are down 8" to 12" deep I bet. On the other hand the other old home site I've been detecting I've found the 1902 indian and 1899 barber dime at about 6" deep. It is a different type of soil though kind of like sand. It never gets hard and I don't think the coins fall into cracks like they do in the soil where my parents live.

The Ace will find deeper coins, I have dug many at 6" it seems around this area you find a lot of clad even at those depths I know that sounds odd but that is not unusual in some parks. If its an area that the grass gets mowed often it seems as though things are deeper. In my own backyard I have found a wheatie at 5" and the other day I got a solid quarter signal at a park it said 6" and it was ...unfortunately just a clad but it found it with no problem.

 

[TejasDigger]

I have found several coins at 6" to 7" with the ace. All I am saying is that with certain soil types I think the coins are deeper and mine won't find them at 9 to 12" deep.

 

[Bell-Two]

I have found several coins at 6" to 7" with the ace. All I am saying is that with certain soil types I think the coins are deeper and mine won't find them at 9 to 12" deep.

I understand what your saying now, I guess I had some brain lock there. I have not found any coins deeper than about 6 inches either but have dug a few items up at greater depths. I am now just learning how to read nickles better so I am not digging "as many" pull tabs!

 

[Ricky1601 aka pull tab king]

congrats on the finds, i like your posts and looking forward to more. thanks for sharing and hh

 

[Bertman]

Awesome finds CJH... Sure would like to see another pic of that play money cleaned up... I might be able to provide some info on it...

HH Robert

 

[crazyjarhead]

Awesome finds CJH... Sure would like to see another pic of that play money cleaned up... I might be able to provide some info on it...

HH Robert

I already found one earlier this year. Just got lazy and didn't clean it up too much. I know it says 1 cent play money on the front.

 

[kimsdad]

Great finds, Ron!!!

Three silvers and some cool relics - that's good hunting!

That first item in pic 1 is exactly what I found a few weeks ago. Someone said it was part of a horse rig? That watch is real cool, too!