Four Sites – Some Interesting Finds!

[ANTIQUARIAN]

I’ve been traveling a lot for work doing trade shows of late, so yesterday I decided to take a break and hit a few sites that are usually overgrown or inaccessible during the summer. I got out for around 6 hours and hit four sites, two of which I’ve detected before and two that I’ve wanted to investigate for a while now. Unfortunately, both sites where houses use to be were either still frozen or only produced modern coinage. The two pics I took from Google Maps which show the houses from the road are now demolished and overgrown. These two sites produced nothing of interest, but I do want to revisit the site with the red brick house, as this place was only demoed last fall.

Most of my ‘keepers’ for the day came from an isolated old homestead site with evidence of the dairy barn remaining. This site appears in my c1878 atlas, based on the age of the finds, I’m thinking this site was either abandoned or burnt down sometime in the 1920’s. The first find I made here was the watch fob, followed by a couple of toe-taps and a bent-up piece of flat brass. I noticed some writing on the brass, so I decided to keep it instead of throwing it in the scrap brass bucket in my truck. I also found the bird leg band and a decorative overall button here.
After a wash and straightening, I was able to make out… Possibly a child’s bank or a safety deposit box?

“The Sovereign Bank of Canada, 6623, We unlock this bank and credit you with contents”.

Through online research I was able to find out The Sovereign Bank of Canada was formed in 1901 and went bankrupt in 1908. Their bank notes were very decorative and are highly collectible today.

“The Sovereign Bank opened in Toronto in 1901. The bank made several poor managerial decisions in a rush to get big and gain both depositor and lender accounts. The bank paid savings account interest on a quarterly basis. That was a first for Canada. The bank attracted questionable loans due to their loose lending standards. Bad accounts combined with an uneasy banking climate resulted in the banks closure in 1908. Twelve different banks came to the rescue of The Sovereign Bank so that they could absorb its branch banking interests.”

Much of the ground was still frozen, so detecting here was a challenge. I did get a great 92-93 signal in the plow soil, but I was only able to dig down 2” due to the frost, I’ll head back for this find next weekend. I then headed back to the old school site for an hour, but only managed to find a couple of pennies.


Thanks very much for looking!
Dave

PS. I did a bit more straightening of the bank savings box lid.
Being almost 120 years old it's pretty thin and fragile, so I've coated the back with Weld-Bond Glue to stabilize it... see picture.

 

[Relicific]

I enjoy reading your very informative posts.
Very cool finds too.

 

[thrifty76now]

Some awesome finds,and great pictures.

 

[K1DDO1979]

Sweet! [emoji2]

 

[Kurios1]

Very cool old relics mate. I found a very similar "red" bird band in my region. Very cool finds and post.

 

[Phishfarmer]

Nice group of finds; particularly like the Roman soldier. Thanks for posting them.

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Very nice finds, thank you for sharing!

 

[sataro]

Congrats on the nice finds!

 

[Lanny in AB]

What cool finds!!

Nicely done, and all the best,

Lanny

 

[pepperj]

Good see that your getting out Dave. Well done on the fob and the other finds, a little scratch for that itch that's been there for a while.

 

[Eu_citzen]

Love the history and pictures. Thanks for sharing!

 

[ANTIQUARIAN]

I enjoy reading your very informative posts.
Very cool finds too.

Thanks very much Relicific!
They definitely take time to put together, but I think it puts the finds in locational context.
Dave

Some awesome finds,and great pictures.

Thank you thrifty, I appreciate your support!
Dave

Sweet! [emoji2]

Thanks K1DDO!

Very cool old relics mate. I found a very similar "red" bird band in my region. Very cool finds and post.

Thanks for your post Kevin!
I hope to get time this weekend to research it's age and where exactly it came from.
Dave

Nice group of finds; particularly like the Roman soldier. Thanks for posting them.

Thank you Dan.
I find quite a number of these on old homesteads, it always amazes me how nicely they clean up.

Best of luck to you,
Dave

Very nice finds, thank you for sharing!

Thanks for your post and your support Professor!
Dave

Congrats on the nice finds!

Thank you Sir!

What cool finds!!

Nicely done, and all the best,

Lanny

Thank you Lanny, hope you're getting out detecting these days in Alberta!
The snow is mostly gone here in Ontario, I hope to get out a couple of times this weekend.
Dave

Good see that your getting out Dave. Well done on the fob and the other finds, a little scratch for that itch that's been there for a while.

Thanks Jim, you know better then anyone how long this winter has been since we received our first snowfall in November!
Hope you're able to get out this weekend... now get back to work on that flooring!

Take care buddy,
Dave

Love the history and pictures. Thanks for sharing!

Thank you my friend, hope you're saving lots of Sweden's history.
Dave

 

[treblehunter]

Nice sunny day, I feel for you all froze up. Love the pix, nice finds

 

[Trezurehunter]

Very nice finds. I like that Fob and Bird band.

 

[sutphin]

NICE FINDS

 

[Ogre1190]

Well done! 🙌 Really liking that fob!

 

[ANTIQUARIAN]

Nice sunny day, I feel for you all froze up. Love the pix, nice finds

Thanks for your post Brad, the ground's finally starting to thaw up here!
Hope you're getting out yourself these days.
Have a great Easter weekend!
Dave

Very nice finds. I like that Fob and Bird band.

Thank you Sir!
Based on the markings, I'm thinking the bird band dates to 1983.

Best of luck to you,
Dave

NICE FINDS

Thanks very much sutphin!
Dave

Well done!  Really liking that fob!

Thanks very much for your post Ogre.

Hope you're saving lots of history in Northern Illinois with all your detectors!

Dave

 

[Carolina Tom]

Nice to see your post. Hopefully it’ll warm up for you soon.

I really like the fob. That is a sweet find, and cleaned up really well.

I look forward to your post, best of luck to you sir!

 

[ANTIQUARIAN]

Nice to see your post. Hopefully it’ll warm up for you soon.

I really like the fob. That is a sweet find, and cleaned up really well.

I look forward to your post, best of luck to you sir!

Thanks very much for your post and for your words of support Tom!

Hope you have another great year as well my friend,
Dave