Bullets and an Indian

[McCDig]

Finds while the O's lost to Seattle.

Met Ed at a Baltimore park today. He kindly treated me to lunch at the Hilltop Deli. Afterwards I headed back to the park for 4 more hours.

Lots of interesting finds. I think I found a carved minie ball. The picture shows an intact example, found at another Baltimore park (top left) and the "carved" minie ball to the right. The color and weight are a good match.

Other notable items are: an 1882 Indian, a 1921 wheat, $0.66 in modern change, top to a lipstick case, a junk ring, some pottery shards, a penknife from which I've posted the shield emblem, and a Winchester Repeating Arms 32 cal. Smith and Wesson bullet intact..

Thanks for checking out the pics and Happy Hunting.

 

[trapperart]

Congrats on a nice assortment of finds

 

[vpnavy]

Nice finds! Thanks for sharing...

 

[Loco-Digger]

Congrats on the sweet hunt. How did you clean that Indian. Was it that color when you dug it?

 

[Texas Ed]

Congrats on your IH - wheatie & other finds- thanks for sharing your pictures with us.

Texas ED

 

[against the wind]

Nice Indian, ,
Looks like a fun hunt.
How was lunch?
Congrats

 

[thrifty76now]

Great finds in all ,with two nice condition pennies

 

[McCDig]

Thanks L-D. I think that the side that's up is subject to more corrosion. Regardless, I scraped the IHP with a piece of wood and got it as clean as possible that way. It came out of the ground with a green patina and I could tell that it was well-preserved. After scraping the dirt off, I decided to give it a dip is some hot peroxide. Out of the peroxide I went over it with a tooth brush and water, put a little olive oil on it and wiped it clean. There are other IHPs I've dug that have had such a solid patina that scraping only was enough. I don't put all those I dig through the peroxide. The peroxide does two things: (1) it will remove the green oxidation and that will reveal any of the surface pitting that the green was hiding, and (2) it will remove surface dirt. IHPs from the park I was hunting typically have a black dirt layer, that once removed, reveals a great amount of detail in the coin.

 

[McCDig]

Thanks ATW. Ed was very generous in treating me to lunch. The Hilltop deli is on Fort Ave. (as in Fort McHenry) and features a large menu. Ed got a roast beef gyro and I had buffalo wings "Old Bay" style. "Old Bay" is a seasoning Marylanders are grew up with for steamed crabs.

 

[McCDig]

Thanks Texas Ed! The IHPS are few and far between for me at this park, but I got a goodun yesterday.

 

[McCDig]

Thanks, Thrifty76now. Very pleased to have found a 95 y.o. and a 134 y.o. coin in the same hunt.

 

[McCDig]

Thanks VPNavy!. Appreciate your comment, as always.

 

[McCDig]

Thanks Art! Every now and then I find a live round. This one looks like it has some age on it.

 

[Tommy G]

Nice finds, with some good detail on the IHP. The .32 bullet looks really old. May just be the photo, but the primer looks huge! Thanks for sharing.

 

[McCDig]

Thanks Tommy G! The lead does have that white patina and you're right about the primer.