Admiral de Salee
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Two great people from the dfxonly site shared their Mixed Mode settings 2 weeks ago. Now that I'm running a prog. that incorporates most of their stuff, I'm revisiting sites I had hit pretty often with Best Data. MM gets more depth, as Jeff Foster's great DDwtDFX book says. After I've re-checked these places using MM, I'll feel like I gave it my best shot. I got an '03 V-nickel from the first re-check of an old site.
I returned Sunday to the Joseph Vowles house (1868), which produced the 1912-D Barber dime and 1881 I.H. last year. Vowles made and sold farm equipment in the 1800's until the big dogs like McCormick ran him out of business.
After the first few of 10 square nails, I got a 1952-D wheatie. A few nails later, I got my first crotal bell (I've got to look up crotal, strange word, sounds a bit too much like scrotal, but let's not go there).
It's big and it has a design on it and it works--albeit dully. Sounds like the author, but I have no tattoos or designs. I also got 3 whatsits: a hinge and 2 other things.
Working the middle of the front yard, where last year's I.H. was, I got some signagraph at the right end and dug. VDI was high 70's during the chase. I think there was one more square nail in the hole before I found the Indian in the pile. I gave it a mouf baf (mouth bath) and a dab with a soft shop rag, but I couldn't make out the date until I got home.
Under the stove hood light and with a good magnifier, it was an 1872. I had half a memory of that being a semi-key date. Looked it up, and it sure is. 4,042,000 minted, and $90 for G-4, which it is.
I'll add better pics tonight or tomorrow. These 2 are just 'placeholders'. Can't see the date. I'll also shoot the bell, which is pretty cool and "built to last". It weighs about 1/3 of a lb., I think, and now dings just fine after washing. I guess even a farm equipment guy still needed draft horses.
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New Pics Notes: Photography pisses me off. I'll have to put the 1500 daylight bulbs in the lamps and try that.
The bell is 1.5" wide at the center seam and 1.75" tall.
The new pic of the obverse should at least have the date discernible.
I returned Sunday to the Joseph Vowles house (1868), which produced the 1912-D Barber dime and 1881 I.H. last year. Vowles made and sold farm equipment in the 1800's until the big dogs like McCormick ran him out of business.
After the first few of 10 square nails, I got a 1952-D wheatie. A few nails later, I got my first crotal bell (I've got to look up crotal, strange word, sounds a bit too much like scrotal, but let's not go there).
It's big and it has a design on it and it works--albeit dully. Sounds like the author, but I have no tattoos or designs. I also got 3 whatsits: a hinge and 2 other things.
Working the middle of the front yard, where last year's I.H. was, I got some signagraph at the right end and dug. VDI was high 70's during the chase. I think there was one more square nail in the hole before I found the Indian in the pile. I gave it a mouf baf (mouth bath) and a dab with a soft shop rag, but I couldn't make out the date until I got home.
Under the stove hood light and with a good magnifier, it was an 1872. I had half a memory of that being a semi-key date. Looked it up, and it sure is. 4,042,000 minted, and $90 for G-4, which it is.
I'll add better pics tonight or tomorrow. These 2 are just 'placeholders'. Can't see the date. I'll also shoot the bell, which is pretty cool and "built to last". It weighs about 1/3 of a lb., I think, and now dings just fine after washing. I guess even a farm equipment guy still needed draft horses.
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New Pics Notes: Photography pisses me off. I'll have to put the 1500 daylight bulbs in the lamps and try that.
The bell is 1.5" wide at the center seam and 1.75" tall.
The new pic of the obverse should at least have the date discernible.
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