Folks, Please share some of your past finds....the more the merrier.

[bill from lachine]

Folks,

I thought since a lot of people may be doing the isolation thingy it wouldn't be a bad idea to start a thread where we could share some of our past finds.

I'll get the ball rolling. Sterling silver stamp safe. Bring em on....coins, jewelry, relics, buttons, etc...

 

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Rectangular cobb 8 reale 1732 date. A piece of 8 cobb from the 1733 treasure fleet disaster !! And the last year of cobb production !! Still one of my favorites !!

Running jealous at full sails... beautiful pieces of treasure Bart, just beautiful!

 

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[bill from lachine]

DocBeav,

Beauties the beads would definitely have some age as well as the awls, etc...the heavy verdigris gives away the age somewhat.
Kind of reminds me of the archaic copper artifacts found in the Great Lakes area of Northern Wisc & Minn & In Ontario Canada. And some of them go back to 5,000 years old or more. Thanks for sharing.

These were not my finds but a gift.....

Not sure what all of these all are but they are OLD!

I did some oil company security work in Yemen a few years back and one of the Yemeni soldiers I worked with gave me these. Said he found them in the northern area (Marib I believe) in an ancient village. Just laying around. Man I'd like to swing a detector THERE! (Well...not right now...whole civil war and all going on there!)

Bronze rings, guessing horse/camel tack?
Small bronze awls or needles?
numerous hand carved beads, some are bone or shell, others may be amber or something? He put them on the strings.

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[bill from lachine]

Here's one from the hippy dippy era....lol. Roach holder shaped like a key.

 

[WannaDig3687]

My very first coin found metal detecting, and so far the oldest one for me found on my farm.

 

[bill from lachine]

WD,

Well done on the seated what year?

 

[bill from lachine]

Here's one 1 found in a nearby park that's goes back to 1900.
Serpent style two toned ring stamped 750 so 18k with small diamond.
Odds are custom made in Europe as quite often they use the 3 digit descriptive for their purity.

 

[WannaDig3687]

WD,

Well done on the seated what year?

My bad, sorry. 1854 is what we are going with. Pretty hard to read it.

 

[Blak bart]

some rings and chains from the swim holes when I'm not obsessed with the treasure galleon stuff !! I used to strictly hunt for jewlrey.....then I got into hunting spanish treasure....once in a while I still find a fresh ring while hunting cobbs.

 

[bill from lachine]

Bart,

Nice little nest egg for your retirement years with that jewelry box.

 

[bill from lachine]

Another one for the pot found along the fenceline at a sports field. I kind of like it because my family crest has a lion rampant on it.

 

[JerV3]

I got alot of them

Here's some silver I've been putting into a recent curio cabinet

It would take 2 more photos to see the entire shelf

Jer

 

[bill from lachine]

JerV3,

Great selection and display if you have more to share bring it on I'm sure the folks would enjoy seeing the rest. Stay safe!

 

[JerV3]

Here's a few more

 

[JerV3]

Here's a few more

 

[bill from lachine]

JerV3,

Yep that's what it's all about and thanks for sharing.

 

[sandchip]

I was hunting the creek one day for bottles and arrowheads and had about all the fun I could stand after a good mile of looking hard with no luck. I'd gotten to the last spot with the intent of turning around and heading back. Right there, the creek sort of breaks into a little stretch of gentle rapids for lack of a better term, and has produced bottles, arrowheads, pottery and petrified wood through the many years I've been walking it. Didn't see anything this time, but I thought I'd stick my tiredass head in the water one more time and saw what looked like a coin. I didn't have my glasses on, so I had no idea what it was. I headed on back downstream to where it passed under the railroad and climbed out, sat down on the track and got my glasses out of my backpack. Finally, I could see what I had and wow, my first Barber, in fact, my first silver quarter period. I'd found the toasted nickle and my son had found the IHP in the exact same spot through the years, so I have to wonder if there's something about the creek in that area that's trapping coins. Probably need to take the detector down there, huh? Well, duh!

 

[bill from lachine]

sandchip,

Great story and finds the quarter is in top shape. Thanks for sharing.

 

[bill from lachine]

Here's another one for the pot. Lead motorcycle rider found at the base of a big tree in front of an old school.

 

[Coinstar magnet]

All of the finds above are stunning. For me I think finding my first Roman coin, a Claudius Gothicus II, 268 A.D. was by far my best find. He only lasted a couple years after defeating the Goths dieing of some kind of disease. I owe my English friends a big thank you for allowing me to go out with them

 

[Coinstar magnet]

An absolutely cool find and looks in good condition. That must have really been a clear tone.