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Hello there,
I want to show you all my finds from yesterday. I hunted a large farm that had a saw mill on it in the 30's & a home site from the 1800's. I was hunting with RTDE3 & another friend. This was our first trip to this place. We walked a long way back in the woods until we found where the mill once was. The home site was near by. About 15 minutes in to my hunt I got a nice signal. When I popped the plug out of the ground I could see 2 large coins. I then got down on my knees and started to sift though the dirt. Coins just started showing up left & right! I knew then I had just found a cashe. There were 9 coins total. There was some thin fabric stuck to some of the coins. So maybe they were in a small coin bag or wrapped in a handkerchief? The coins turned out to be a large copper coin that I do not know what it is. And it's smooth on the back. (Any help?) Also a 1895 Barber half, a 1928 SLQ, 3 buffalo nickels dated 1919,1925,1928, a 1931 merc dime and 1911 & 1927 wheat pennies. I could have stopped hunting right there and been happy with my find. But I went on to find all kind of other stuff.
I found 2 anchor buttons, 2 post man buttons, an Eagle cuff button, a brass tag that says 1904 on it, a butter fly buckle and part of another one, a rosette, a iron buckle, 2 small bottles, a holed coin that I can see any thing on it and a fork or spoon handle that has what looks like the letters ELC on it.
The owner told us about 2 other old home sites on this trac of land. He said come back anytime & I'm sure we will soon!
UPDATE! The tag that I thought was just a key tag from an old hotel, turned out to be from the Theodore Roosevelt-Fairbanks Campaign in 1904!
Click here to see.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cornelluniversitylibrary/4359303013/
And the large copper turned out to be a Napoleon III from 1852-57!
I want to show you all my finds from yesterday. I hunted a large farm that had a saw mill on it in the 30's & a home site from the 1800's. I was hunting with RTDE3 & another friend. This was our first trip to this place. We walked a long way back in the woods until we found where the mill once was. The home site was near by. About 15 minutes in to my hunt I got a nice signal. When I popped the plug out of the ground I could see 2 large coins. I then got down on my knees and started to sift though the dirt. Coins just started showing up left & right! I knew then I had just found a cashe. There were 9 coins total. There was some thin fabric stuck to some of the coins. So maybe they were in a small coin bag or wrapped in a handkerchief? The coins turned out to be a large copper coin that I do not know what it is. And it's smooth on the back. (Any help?) Also a 1895 Barber half, a 1928 SLQ, 3 buffalo nickels dated 1919,1925,1928, a 1931 merc dime and 1911 & 1927 wheat pennies. I could have stopped hunting right there and been happy with my find. But I went on to find all kind of other stuff.
I found 2 anchor buttons, 2 post man buttons, an Eagle cuff button, a brass tag that says 1904 on it, a butter fly buckle and part of another one, a rosette, a iron buckle, 2 small bottles, a holed coin that I can see any thing on it and a fork or spoon handle that has what looks like the letters ELC on it.
The owner told us about 2 other old home sites on this trac of land. He said come back anytime & I'm sure we will soon!
UPDATE! The tag that I thought was just a key tag from an old hotel, turned out to be from the Theodore Roosevelt-Fairbanks Campaign in 1904!
Click here to see.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cornelluniversitylibrary/4359303013/
And the large copper turned out to be a Napoleon III from 1852-57!
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You'll remember that one for long while, I'm sure! 
. Nice to see a good man come out on top. Can't wait to see your future finds. Congratulations! HH!
