A Beautiful Day with Some Nice Finds!

[Baldingboy]

The day dawned beautiful when me (Baldingboy) and Mastereagle headed out this morning. We had a old house that I had gotten us permission to hunt in the small town where I live. We were hopeful it had never been detected, but that was not the case. It had really been gone over good. Since we didn’t have a plan B, we decided to go really slow in hopes they missed some stuff.
Mastereagle took off like he had been shot in the a$$ with a box full of tacks and concluded “there is nothing here” and “we should leave” within the first five minutes. I ignored him like usual and went on detecting. Shortly after starting, I dug a nice silver child’s fork marked “Rogers Bros 1847 I.S.”



I was stoked. Mastereagle soon dug a wheat penny and announced that “At least he wouldn’t be skunked.” About an hour later, he yelled at the top of his lungs across the yard to come there. I threw a dirt clod at him and continued detecting. He began to roll around on the ground tittering uncontrollably. Again, I threw a dirt clod at him, but finally got tired of that and had to see what all the commotion was about. I went over to where he was sitting, and he had an Indian Head penny clutched tightly in his hand. He was about as happy as a bear could be. It was his first Indian Penny with his Explorer.



I congratulated him and went back to detecting. A few minutes later, I dug up a Peters Cartridge Company token that had a bullet hole. It said “Shot with Peters Cartridge” on it. What a cool find!





I worked my way around the house and got a great sounding penny signal and hoped I might have found an Indian Head. It was a 1899 Indian! Awesome!! I continued on and got the exact same signal a few steps away. I hoped for the best and bam….there was another….this time a 1907. What a great day!!



Here is a picture of all my stuff:



A cool key:





Old Knife and Hinge:





Two Wheaties: 1941 and 1958 D



Also notice the old military stamped cartridge. This thing is still a live round! It has a crack along the neck of the cartridge. I have never found a loaded one.



Thanks for looking everyone. We had fun.
Baldingboy~

 

[artzstuff1]

Dont ya just love diggin this stuff!!!!! ,,I think about M.D.ING All the time ,,,,do I need help?,,,,

 

[Baldingboy]

Don't worry I keep a suture kit and an IV handy in case of any penetrating digger wounds. You are in good hands.......... LOL

That was great hunt, ya'll! Love that token and the big silver!! It's all good!!

Nana

Dont ya just love diggin this stuff!!!!! ,,I think about M.D.ING All the time ,,,,do I need help?,,,,

Mastereagle~ If you do stab me...I sure don't want you to suture me up. I take my chances with a complete stranger.

Nana~ Thanks. We really had a good time. Even with all Mastereagles whining about not "finding anything."

Art~ You are completely normal. I think about Metal Detecting all the time too. That's why this site is kind of like a support group.

 

[Baldingboy]

B.B. that token is really cool! Never seen any token like that before.
The fork & coins are nice too!
Good huntin'!

Thanks. I too, loved finding that. I am a hunting / fishing fool and that kind of stuff is right up my alley. I wasn't able to find anything on Google about that particular one. That makes it even more interesting!

 

[desert dog]

nice find

 

[mastereagle22]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peters_Cartridge_Company

 

[Charlene]

Nice finds. I just permission to hunt a place that the owner said it has been picked clean. yeah right. the oldest house on the land is pre Civil War and is close ( about 1 mile ) to a fort that was used during both the Revolutionary War and the Civil War and no one has been there to hunt in about 15 years now. Yeah I'm going and I will show all my finds ( if any ) after I get back from there. HH

 

[xd35]

That Peters Cartridge Token is cool

 

[jb58]

I knew when you two got serious an got down to detecting you would make some great finds! gradulations and keep at er!!

 

[Glenns5900]

The key looks to be a copy that would fit an old Ford. My mother had a '63 Ford Fairlaine before she passed away and it look very much like the same type of key.

 

[Baldingboy]

nice find

Nice finds. I just permission to hunt a place that the owner said it has been picked clean. yeah right. the oldest house on the land is pre Civil War and is close ( about 1 mile ) to a fort that was used during both the Revolutionary War and the Civil War and no one has been there to hunt in about 15 years now. Yeah I'm going and I will show all my finds ( if any ) after I get back from there. HH

That Peters Cartridge Token is cool

I knew when you two got serious an got down to detecting you would make some great finds! gradulations and keep at er!!

The key looks to be a copy that would fit an old Ford. My mother had a '63 Ford Fairlaine before she passed away and it look very much like the same type of key.

Desert Dog~ Thanks.

Charlene~ Your right. If I was detered by every place that they told me had been "hunted out", I would sell my detector and quit. Most of the good places have been gone over and cherry picked. Good luck to you!

xd35~ Yeah, I love that piece too. Thanks for your comment.

lumpsums~ Yeah, we don't get serious that often. Imagine what we would find if I could just keep Mastereagle on point a little better. He is like detecting with my kids.

Glenns5900~ Thanks for the info. I wondered what year car that might have fit. I kind of thought it looked like a key from a 60's model car or there abouts.

Thanks for all your comments.

Baldingboy

 

[Baldingboy]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peters_Cartridge_Company

Thanks for Googling that Mastereagle. Cool Info.