paleomaxx
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I've been continuing the sifting project, but I took a little break to redo a yard that I tried last spring. The ground was highly mineralized so the AT pro had trouble with most spots, but I wanted to give the Deus a shot since I had a good feeling about what might still be hiding. Once again the Deus did not disappoint and I found a bunch of relics that were otherwise masked including this great little coin spill:
There's thick corrosion where the coins lay against each other, but the face of the IHP cleaned up perfectly and as it turns out it's an 1871 which is a key date! The other is an 1857 flying eagle cent which is an uncommon dig by itself, but to find both in one hole is awesome!
Initially I was bummed when I dug this because I was sure I had my first silver dollar based on the signal. No such luck, but once I started cleaning it off the disappointment vanished and now I think this may be better!
It's a medal from the New York Work Horse Parade! I did some research and the parade was organized starting in 1907 to encourage the kind treatment or horses which at the time were the primary means of transport in NYC. The event went on for only a handful of years until automobiles started to supplant horses to a greater extent. Below is the original press release for the event that I found in the New York Times archive.
The medal is dated 1907 so I think this may be from the first year they held the parade and was probably a participation award of some sort. I can't find many examples of the various awards from the event online so I don't think many survived until today!
There were a handful of other cool finds including a nice assortment of buttons including a large tombac and a glass button. I also found this fantastic bone-handled pocket knife. I didn't want it to fall apart so I ended up doing a boiling wax dip which seems to have a done a good job stabilizing it. Interestingly it has the remains of a corkscrew like tool in addition to the knife blade.
There were also a couple of little lead soldiers and a lead hound. The hound is actually part of a British-made hunt set that included a hare. Not exactly sure on the date, but it was listed as pre-war so either pre WWI or WWII I guess.
And finally the last find was a nice 1839 large cent:
Overall a great hunt and I guess the moral is never be afraid to retread some old ground. Especially if you have a new detector to try!
There's thick corrosion where the coins lay against each other, but the face of the IHP cleaned up perfectly and as it turns out it's an 1871 which is a key date! The other is an 1857 flying eagle cent which is an uncommon dig by itself, but to find both in one hole is awesome!
Initially I was bummed when I dug this because I was sure I had my first silver dollar based on the signal. No such luck, but once I started cleaning it off the disappointment vanished and now I think this may be better!
It's a medal from the New York Work Horse Parade! I did some research and the parade was organized starting in 1907 to encourage the kind treatment or horses which at the time were the primary means of transport in NYC. The event went on for only a handful of years until automobiles started to supplant horses to a greater extent. Below is the original press release for the event that I found in the New York Times archive.
The medal is dated 1907 so I think this may be from the first year they held the parade and was probably a participation award of some sort. I can't find many examples of the various awards from the event online so I don't think many survived until today!
There were a handful of other cool finds including a nice assortment of buttons including a large tombac and a glass button. I also found this fantastic bone-handled pocket knife. I didn't want it to fall apart so I ended up doing a boiling wax dip which seems to have a done a good job stabilizing it. Interestingly it has the remains of a corkscrew like tool in addition to the knife blade.
There were also a couple of little lead soldiers and a lead hound. The hound is actually part of a British-made hunt set that included a hare. Not exactly sure on the date, but it was listed as pre-war so either pre WWI or WWII I guess.
And finally the last find was a nice 1839 large cent:
Overall a great hunt and I guess the moral is never be afraid to retread some old ground. Especially if you have a new detector to try!
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