After the rain these were right on the surface

[batcap]

Nothing super, but the lighter was on the surface of a steep embankment falling away from a road. Once the detector beeped I just bent over and picked it up. The cents are '45 and '50, and were each less than an inch in the ground. The lighter reads:
Hahway, US Patent April 2, 1912, Made in Bavaria. The cap also says "Made in Bavaria". It's a little too rough to use, but I quit smoking last year anyway. I also found one clad dime, and that's it for a one hour hunt.

 

[Stray Cat]

Congrats on the finds. The lighter is sweet

 

[underdogger]

Hey bat maybe you want to shoot that hill again could be an old sliding hill with finds like that right on top nice . Rob

 

[batcap]

Hey bat maybe you want to shoot that hill again could be an old sliding hill with finds like that right on top nice . Rob

I was thinking the same thing. This town has been hit hard by lots of people with better detectors than mine. My new thing is working woodsy slopes. I need to learn how to hook up a harness or something so I don't break my neck. Last Sunday the slope was too steep for me to climb up while carrying my detector so I had to tread through a creek till I could find a place to get out. The benefit of hill detecting are that not everybody else has been there already. I just ID'd a 1/2 cent I found on a steep slope last month, it was my first.

 

[thrillathahunt]

That old lighter is a very nice collector's item! In a couple of years it will be 100 years old, and with a little TLC would probably still work.

 

[Tuberale]

Hey bat maybe you want to shoot that hill again could be an old sliding hill with finds like that right on top nice . Rob

I was thinking the same thing. This town has been hit hard by lots of people with better detectors than mine. My new thing is working woodsy slopes. I need to learn how to hook up a harness or something so I don't break my neck. Last Sunday the slope was too steep for me to climb up while carrying my detector so I had to tread through a creek till I could find a place to get out. The benefit of hill detecting are that not everybody else has been there already. I just ID'd a 1/2 cent I found on a steep slope last month, it was my first.

Could you share the 1/2 cent with us too?

 

[Skelly607]

Sweet lighter!!! I need to give up dipping.

 

[dfx willy]

thats the key to finding stuff! ive wached my buddy do slopes at certain sites weve been to and he always comes up with something.