paleomaxx
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I say hunted out because I hunted it out; or at least that was my assumption. It's a beautiful late 1700's house and the family is lovely; very interested in the history and fascinated by all the finds. A few months back I finally got around to hunting it, and amazingly it had never been hunted before. There was a fair amount of landscaping between the old barn and the house as well as a turn-of-the-century addition around the back so I focused on the front yard which had been unaltered. I carefully gridded it in two directions and it certainly wasn't a boring hunt with 4 indian head pennies, 6 wheat pennies, one 1835 large cent, several iron buckles, a toe plate, and the usual modern trash. But considering the local history, I was surprised there wasn't more, and not so much as a mercury dime in the way of silver.
Once I got the hang of the Deus (at least in the fast program) this was at the top of the list to revisit and since the colonial cellar hole went so well I decided to give it another shot. Here's the haul:
Just embarrassing!
It actually looks like the AT Pro did well clearing the high tones, I only found a handful of coins that had been missed the first time. I purposefully only went over the same ground as the AT Pro and gridded in a similar fashion to get a better sense of the handling differences in yard conditions.
The IHP is an 1898, the wheat pennies are 1918, 1919, and 1929. The V nickel is in sad shape, as they often are, but the 1902 date is still visible which is as much as you can hope for. I did find one other coin, a 1943-P silver war nickel which is my first silver nickel! There was also a beefy silver ring so I think I can say I found the silver in the yard!
It looks like it had a stone epoxied to the face of the ring. I did sift the hole to try and find it, but no luck. Also the broken band may explain why the AT Pro didn't pick it up.
This button is beautiful, with some of the silver wash still visible and a stamped floral pattern all around the edge. It's the same size as a dandy button, but I've never seen one that was stamped as opposed to engraved. Is this still late 1700's?
I'm forcing myself to dig every repeatable signal to get acquainted with the Deus faster, which means tons of iron in the short term, but I have to say most of the pieces have been pretty cool. The spoked wheel is awesome and I found a second complete stove iron!
These next two pieces are the mysteries and I could use some help on them:
The buffalo is tiny and looks to be either zinc or brass that's painted black. At first I thought it was a charm, but no spots looks like there was a broken off loop so maybe a toy? Very small though. The other piece looks like it would be recognizable, the owl in the horseshoe, but nothing has turned up on google images. The back looks like there were some broken parts from a fitting so maybe a pin?
At any rate this was another very successful return trip and next I want to try a yard that I haven't hunted at all and see what the Deus can do with that!
Once I got the hang of the Deus (at least in the fast program) this was at the top of the list to revisit and since the colonial cellar hole went so well I decided to give it another shot. Here's the haul:
Just embarrassing!
It actually looks like the AT Pro did well clearing the high tones, I only found a handful of coins that had been missed the first time. I purposefully only went over the same ground as the AT Pro and gridded in a similar fashion to get a better sense of the handling differences in yard conditions.
The IHP is an 1898, the wheat pennies are 1918, 1919, and 1929. The V nickel is in sad shape, as they often are, but the 1902 date is still visible which is as much as you can hope for. I did find one other coin, a 1943-P silver war nickel which is my first silver nickel! There was also a beefy silver ring so I think I can say I found the silver in the yard!
It looks like it had a stone epoxied to the face of the ring. I did sift the hole to try and find it, but no luck. Also the broken band may explain why the AT Pro didn't pick it up.
This button is beautiful, with some of the silver wash still visible and a stamped floral pattern all around the edge. It's the same size as a dandy button, but I've never seen one that was stamped as opposed to engraved. Is this still late 1700's?
I'm forcing myself to dig every repeatable signal to get acquainted with the Deus faster, which means tons of iron in the short term, but I have to say most of the pieces have been pretty cool. The spoked wheel is awesome and I found a second complete stove iron!
These next two pieces are the mysteries and I could use some help on them:
The buffalo is tiny and looks to be either zinc or brass that's painted black. At first I thought it was a charm, but no spots looks like there was a broken off loop so maybe a toy? Very small though. The other piece looks like it would be recognizable, the owl in the horseshoe, but nothing has turned up on google images. The back looks like there were some broken parts from a fitting so maybe a pin?
At any rate this was another very successful return trip and next I want to try a yard that I haven't hunted at all and see what the Deus can do with that!
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