Found some goodies today...key date draped bust...too bad...

[mustang8780]

Got out today on some property my company owns. There is a very early war confederate camp on the property that has been hit pretty hard by a co-worker but because of hunting season we had to explore other areas (2500 acres).

I found an 1845 large cent and an 1887 indian there last weekend...today i got another largie...and its toasted but I was able to read 1804 on it...originally thought it was 179? but now I can (you probably cant) see the 1804...which is actually neat because its a key date...too bad its so far gone.

I also got a Franklin Pierce campaign medal (thanks fellow Tnetters for the ID) and a back marked flat button...it says STANDARD GILT.

My co-worker got a toasted pewter confederate block A button and a no date indian along with a few flat buttons and a cuff union eagle shield.

All in all a great day...still looking for that old silver on this property.

Phil

 

[jgas]

Not bad, not bad at all! Congrats. the campaign token is a great find. jgas

 

[ANTIQUARIAN]

Those are some really cool finds for a site that has already
been hit hard in the past! Just goes to show you
that no site is ever hunted out completely!
Congrats!

 

[mustang8780]

We are going to try another area he hasnt hit before on Firday and I am also going to try out the two tone ferrous mode on the field we just hit, see if the e-trac can sneak a few more finds out.

 

[Woodland Detectors]

See!

I told your buddy couldn't find everything!

Nice finds partner.

 

[mustang8780]

He cant get it all! Luckily I didnt give up on the site either...there is just so much land and the finds are scattered everywhere. We even found an old family grave site...wish there was some way to identify it and research the home that used to be there...

 

[allen]

a site that big should yield a few old silvers.
keep hitting it hard and good luck.

 

[mustang8780]

It has yielded silvers to my co-worker...he has been detecting there for 3 years. Best so far was a 1774 spanish silver, but he has pulled up barbers, seateds, counterfeit seated, etc. We are in a new area though that he has never hit...thats why my hopes are higher...he gets to hunt this property every day at lunch and after work for an hour a day minimum...and has done so for 3 years...my best hopes are in these new areas...I will keep at it.

Hopefully after my hunt this Friday there will be a new post with some silver. This is my first year detecting and my goal from the beginning was to get a Barber...but I will take seated or capped...I am easy to please!

Oh, and he has an explorer II with an SEF...so...its not like I am following an inferior machine...that machine is awesome.