PA Sleuth
Sr. Member
- Nov 26, 2014
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- Detector(s) used
- Garrett Ace 250, Minelab E Trac, XP Deus
- Primary Interest:
- Metal Detecting
With the day off Monday, I headed to a familiar spot. I pulled out an IHP, a suspender clip, a hotel key phob, and an Eagle button. The IHP turned out to be a semi key date 1878, but is in rough shape. The hotel key phob reads Mineral Springs Hotel. A little research revealed a hotel in Easton, PA with the same name. Unfortunately, this hotel burned in the last several years. There are plenty of YouTube clips of the fire. The Eagle button is the size of a quarter and still retains some of the original gold gilt. I am told that because it has an iron back it is a civilian button. Cool nevertheless in my mind.
I then proceeded to a spot I have had my eye on for quite some time. I saw a woman in the yard, gathered the guts to ask permission, which turned out to be easier than expected. She dated the house around 1815. My first signal was a modern quarter. The rest of the afternoon was nothing but awesomeness. First came an 1843 Braided Hair, then an 1816 Matron Head. The next coin was a NJ Copper, followed by my first Liberty Cap LC! Thanks to Don in NJ, these coins were identified as an 1788 Maris 67-V and a 1794 with the Head of a 1793 S-20. I found a cool pocket watch, two plain flat buttons, and the oddest find I think I have ever found, what I believe to be a Classic Head LC with a bent 1874 IHP permanently melted to each other.
Best day I have had in a while. Thanks for looking.
I then proceeded to a spot I have had my eye on for quite some time. I saw a woman in the yard, gathered the guts to ask permission, which turned out to be easier than expected. She dated the house around 1815. My first signal was a modern quarter. The rest of the afternoon was nothing but awesomeness. First came an 1843 Braided Hair, then an 1816 Matron Head. The next coin was a NJ Copper, followed by my first Liberty Cap LC! Thanks to Don in NJ, these coins were identified as an 1788 Maris 67-V and a 1794 with the Head of a 1793 S-20. I found a cool pocket watch, two plain flat buttons, and the oddest find I think I have ever found, what I believe to be a Classic Head LC with a bent 1874 IHP permanently melted to each other.
Best day I have had in a while. Thanks for looking.
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I bet it was a ton of fun finding those coppers. The fused one is really cool. I think you guys are right about the silver... Melting point of copper 1,984°F, melting point of silver 1,763°F... so entirely possible for a dime to melt, leaving the ihp and lc mostly intact. That's really unique and definitely an oddity.
