pa-dirt_nc-sand
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- Joined
- Apr 18, 2016
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- Location
- South Western PA
- 🥇 Banner finds
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- Detector(s) used
- ACE 250 with DD coil
Equinox 600
- Primary Interest:
- Metal Detecting
Quick lunch hunt to an old cellar hole in park woods that I have been to several times. Opening way up now with the briars and leaf layer down.
Hiked 5 minutes, eyed the bushes I wanted to swing around to start, turned machine on, lowered to ground and it starts going crazy. Thought, man my brand new coil is toast again, can't be. So I lower sensitivity and it still is screaming high tones. This time I complete full swing and it actually sounds like a target, albeit overload. So I take a super shallow scoop and there is a pocket watch case. Think, cool another brass case at least my detector is fine, place in pocket continue short hunt. Rinsed off.
I think this is solid coin silver from 1850's, not plated as I do not see any brass coming through or cracks through plating exposing corroded brass underneath. I have literally found 50+ pocket watch cases all have been plated silver or occasionally plated gold. This could be my first solid silver case, if so a bucket lister for me! (I have found over 100+ spoons, all plated as well...)
Here is the small handful. Pretty cool lead medic I believe, WW1 or WW2, not sure.
If any pocket watch experts out there can provide ID, that would be great.
Good luck out there!
Hiked 5 minutes, eyed the bushes I wanted to swing around to start, turned machine on, lowered to ground and it starts going crazy. Thought, man my brand new coil is toast again, can't be. So I lower sensitivity and it still is screaming high tones. This time I complete full swing and it actually sounds like a target, albeit overload. So I take a super shallow scoop and there is a pocket watch case. Think, cool another brass case at least my detector is fine, place in pocket continue short hunt. Rinsed off.
I think this is solid coin silver from 1850's, not plated as I do not see any brass coming through or cracks through plating exposing corroded brass underneath. I have literally found 50+ pocket watch cases all have been plated silver or occasionally plated gold. This could be my first solid silver case, if so a bucket lister for me! (I have found over 100+ spoons, all plated as well...)
Here is the small handful. Pretty cool lead medic I believe, WW1 or WW2, not sure.
If any pocket watch experts out there can provide ID, that would be great.
Good luck out there!
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