Gentlemen(and Ladies) Start Your Engines

[BiggusDiggus]

During a snowy research day came across some info on and old racetrack built by a "playboy" millionaire in the 1930's near my hometown. Did some google earthing and further research and located said area. Figured today since most of the snow has melted and were above 50 degrees today went and swung the coil a bit...after about an hour as I was walking along side a section of the tracks straightaway got a good signal of 81..cool!, dig er up..boom !!1918 merc...ok sweet, lemme double check...another 81, Dang! 1906 barber...Well I better swing a little slower round here....Bang!! 90-91..holy crow!! A 1918 Half...Bang!!,Another 1918 Half!!!Twins!!!....and a torched wheat penny....The Silver Gods have smiled upon me again!! Didn't want to rub em too much in the field so I took my treasures and headed home...Also got a clad quarter,penny,dime and chunk o lead..Some cool buckles Too(info?) ..not to sure about the buckles but cool regardless...Not too bad for a short muddy hunt...HH!

 

[pippinwhitepaws]

fantastic finds...thanks for sharing.

 

[CRUSADER]

Well you have 1 18th C Shoe Buckle

 

[Ahab8]

That complete shoe buckle is a very nice find! Congrats on some very nice items

 

[BiggusDiggus]

Dang!18th Century...Sweet! Looks like there will be more detecting excursions there...Thanks for the info!!

 

[Westfront]

Nice buckle!

 

[DINGER]

Nice research & great recoverys.dinger

 

[Koffee]

Nice finds and great job on the research!!

Cheers - Koffee

 

[The Rebel]

Sweet Colonial Shoe Buckle!

 

[stewielouie]

Congrats on the 2fer halves!!

 

[TheRingFinder]

Great research, it pays off!!!

 

[wheatfinder13]

Well done on the silvers!

 

[jewelerguy]

awesome shoe buckle and silvers

 

[smokeythecat]

The big buckle on the left top is definitely a Rev War period shoe buckle.

 

[Ahab8]

You guys are killing me with these great finds! We are in the midst of a terrible ice storm here in Maine. I will be living vicariously through you guys for months so keep on killing it out there. I too found a colonial shoe buckle a while ago and didn't realize exactly what I had. Add a few coins and that a heck of a hunt. This is what it looks like here

 

[carcusrex]

Great finds. I always wonder how people drop silver Half Dollars and Dollars. I mean I can understand the little coins but the big ones like these.

 

[romeo-1]

That's a great mix of finds!!!

 

[Showtime2385]

Very nice! congrats

 

[treblehunter]

Wow, I love those Walkers, nice work!

 

[Tired Rooster]

Pretty awesome day..........and location you found there!