c1870s One room School House Today.

[jeff of pa]

c1870's One room School House Today.




Texjim Got us Permission this Morning for this
School House. Unfortunately 90% of the area
Has been redone with fill and some ground movement.
and freshly planted grass.

Found Tons of Iron, Bullet shells, Shotgun Brass,
can Slaw Etc.

but this place also had an early 1900's gambling
den in the back yard, Which I Think I found.

First Find was A well Ruined Green 1920 Wheat.

about 2 foot away I Pulled Out

3 other Badly Caroded Wheats, After
Electrolysis the 4 wheat Dates :

1911
1918
1919
1920



along with the 3 Wheat Drop in the same hole

this 1920 Mercury dime



And Couldn't find Anything Else
so I Moved on.
Next trip over the Same Spot,
My Detector rang out again
So I Redug the Hole

& Pulled out this Gold Plate Initial Ring



My last Keeper of the day was this Button



As Shortly Later The Owner Came & said his
wife Told him To Shut us down, Cause we were Digging Holes.

He Apologized Profusely

We thanked Him Profusely for what time We Had

On To somewhere else next Time.

Thanks for looking !
JEFF

 

[crazyjarhead]

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WTG Jeff on those nice finds. Too bad about the early termination. Digging holes?? What did she think metal detecting was

 

[MUD(S.W.A.T)]

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Wow,

Good finds and site, if its anything like the schools houses I have hunted. You should have more finds to find from there.

Keep @ it and HH!!

 

[jrsherman]

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Nice finds Jeff! That initial ring is pretty neat!!

 

[bilt46]

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The dime looks perfect........

 

[DKinPA]

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Nice merc Jeff!! Lot's of other cool finds too, congrats!!

 

[civilman1]

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It's alway's the wife.....Great dig's Jeff!!

 

[jeff of pa]

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Thanks all.

I Like the Nice Clear lines on the Back of the Dime.
I'm Thinking that was the year the Drop Happened.

Other then the Fact Jim Was digging
what he said was the best Signal of the day
and never got to see what it was, I Sort of think
we Wouldn't have Lasted another Hour.
site was small and very trashy.
would have been cool to get back after a
good rain though.

Jim Managed to find a Wheat I Think 1918
and in Better shape then Mine.

 

[ModernMiner]

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Jeff,
Nice finds for a small area & limited time. Congrats on that Merc.
-MM-

 

[jeff of pa]

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Neat stuff Jeff!

Hope to see you next week at Treasure Week!

Checking Now with Rich To see if He's still Planning On
Going. You still Planning on the 16th Through 19th ?

 

[garthbfan169]

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Very nice finds Jeff. Ring is kool!! Can you make out the Letters? It's hard digging trashy sites anyway!!

 

[jeff of pa]

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Very nice finds Jeff. Ring is kool!! Can you make out the Letters? It's hard digging trashy sites anyway!!

Thanks !

no I Can't Even tell Which way is Up On the Initials.
and with the carosin it pretty much wouldn't help
if I could.

 

[VERMONTPACKRAT]

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Neat ring! I dug one early this spring that looks the same as yours. 18K gold plated.


VPR

 

[BuckleBoy]

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Great silver and great finds in general.

You know, that plated initial ring will probably clean up with some aluminum jelly and some careful work. I found a plated 1800's wedding band that was covered with green corrosion, and after using the aluminum jelly, and spending some time on it, it looked like it was solid gold. Almost all of the gilding remaining. Took a little aggressive cleaning in spots to get to that point.


Best Wishes,



Buckles

 

[lonewolfe]

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Nice digs Jeff

HH

 

[jgas]

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Nice finds. The ring is great. That Merc ain't too shabby either. Nice bands! The wife is secrectly going out there at night and hunting herself but she won't find anything else now that you sniped a few keepers..Oh well, like you said, time to move on...Congrats....jgas

 

[Detectingfreak]

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thats awesome! Nice job on the coins!

 

[CRUSADER]

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Funny isn't it how much people don't realise that detecting means digging as well. Always makes me laugh to myself when they say, 'so you got to dig holes?'

 

[jeff of pa]

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Funny isn't it how much people don't realise that detecting means digging as well. Always makes me laugh to myself when they say, 'so you got to dig holes?'

Yep The Detector is not a Vacuum

 

[goldguru]

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maybe you need to swoon the Wife a lil..

sounds & looks like to nice of a site to pass up..

send some flowers??

Nice Hunt while it lasted & nice research.