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Hey Folks, HillBilly and Myself was able to get out to some detecting on a couple homesites. The first up was a site I found recently and that we did some swinging on a couple weeks ago where Hillbilly found a very nice 1833 Large Cent and A Super Find, War of 1812 era Militia rifleman button, this is a button very rare to be found in Kentucky.
This time out we dug about a dozen flat buttons, a ball button, suspender clips, a old pocket knife, indian head penny and Gold wedding band.
best find of this day was the Gold Wedding band, stamped inside "Solid Gold". I am pretty sure these rings were made in Rhode Island between 1898-1905. I took the ring to a good friend of mine that is a jeweler and he tested the ring at 10k to 12k, to my surprise he offered me $100. for it. I told him it was a very tempting offer and it sure would help the wallet, but I enjoy this hobby for it's historical value and all that We learn from it. So I gave the ring to the Landowner and will be giving him other finds from the site to give him something he can enjoy of the historical significance of his Land. It was very nice to see the excitement when I gave him the ring, I also told him where he could go get the hundred bucks for the ring if he chose, but he was only interested in keeping it and showing it for conversation of the old home site. he now is trying to find other sites in the area for us to Metal Detect, which is priceless to me.
The last home site we tried our luck on today had been pounded quite a bit before so we wasn't expecting to find much but with some determination of giving our best We ended the day with some suspender clips, several Henry rifle casings with the dual shot rimfire, a underwear button and two piece button that would had been super find to me. It was a Eagle button with the back mark of Geo.Floyd / Philadelphia. unfortunately the face is missing probably damaged by a plow, there is only a very faded outline of the Eagle on the front without a visible shield.
Hopefully soon we can enjoy some more time in the field and save more History, Bill
sorry for the poor quality of my pics I wil try to fix them tomorrow.
Hillbilly has a couple pics of his finds hopefully he can share and I hope not to upset anyone but I posted the militia button and LC that hillbilly found a couple weeks ago on this thread too just to keep it together.
This time out we dug about a dozen flat buttons, a ball button, suspender clips, a old pocket knife, indian head penny and Gold wedding band.
best find of this day was the Gold Wedding band, stamped inside "Solid Gold". I am pretty sure these rings were made in Rhode Island between 1898-1905. I took the ring to a good friend of mine that is a jeweler and he tested the ring at 10k to 12k, to my surprise he offered me $100. for it. I told him it was a very tempting offer and it sure would help the wallet, but I enjoy this hobby for it's historical value and all that We learn from it. So I gave the ring to the Landowner and will be giving him other finds from the site to give him something he can enjoy of the historical significance of his Land. It was very nice to see the excitement when I gave him the ring, I also told him where he could go get the hundred bucks for the ring if he chose, but he was only interested in keeping it and showing it for conversation of the old home site. he now is trying to find other sites in the area for us to Metal Detect, which is priceless to me.
The last home site we tried our luck on today had been pounded quite a bit before so we wasn't expecting to find much but with some determination of giving our best We ended the day with some suspender clips, several Henry rifle casings with the dual shot rimfire, a underwear button and two piece button that would had been super find to me. It was a Eagle button with the back mark of Geo.Floyd / Philadelphia. unfortunately the face is missing probably damaged by a plow, there is only a very faded outline of the Eagle on the front without a visible shield.
Hopefully soon we can enjoy some more time in the field and save more History, Bill
sorry for the poor quality of my pics I wil try to fix them tomorrow.
Hillbilly has a couple pics of his finds hopefully he can share and I hope not to upset anyone but I posted the militia button and LC that hillbilly found a couple weeks ago on this thread too just to keep it together.
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