Hill Billy Hunting... LC , Suspender Clips and More

Hill Billy · Mar 18, 2011

Took advantage of another short day at work and did some swinging. I tracked down another land owner this AM and got the go ahead on a couple sites on their farm. The first site ended up being built over and all that was left was the barn area. I found a well and hunted nearby for an hour or so and called it quits. On to site #2. Pulled out the GPS and started walking for a half a mile through the fields. Made it to the waypoint and turned on the machine. spent 15 minutes wandering around in circles and couldn't find an iron patch. Moved down the hill a bit towards the creek and boom...iron patch galore. This was a large site and I dug alot of iron for what I came out with. My first good target was the 1830 LC. I thought this is going to be good. :laughing7:

I kept a swinging and dug some suspender clips , a matching pair. That's only happened for me twice. I dug the open hole thimble and remembered seeing someone else dug one here on Tnet recently. Then came the wedding band and what I believe to be a shoe buckle frame :dontknow:

. Last but not least came the small padlock body missing the shank. Pretty cool little lock, never found one that small. It got really hot fast and the sun was cooking so I had to bail out. I will be baccccck.

Kirk PA · Mar 18, 2011

That is the way you do it Colonially, Bill! Could you show a picture of the reverse of the shoe buckle frame? If there are pin terminals, you got one. :icon_thumleft:

Hit it hard, my friend!

Kirk :hello:

Hill Billy · Mar 18, 2011

Kirk PA said:
That is the way you do it Colonially, Bill! Could you show a picture of the reverse of the shoe buckle frame? If there are pin terminals, you got one. Hit it hard, my friend!

Kirk

Here you go ol buddy :thumbsup:

Sniffy · Mar 18, 2011

You are off to a good start this year sir.

Goes4ever · Mar 18, 2011

I love those old suspender clips, excellent digs!!!

BuckleBoy · Mar 18, 2011

Hell yeah, that's a shoe buckle frame! I got mine with you over break, and you just dug one about the same size! Heck yes! That is one OOOOOLD site my friend. There will be some more goodies to come from there.

The little round, flat disc with the design is a hinge from an old wooden ruler, I think.

Cheers,

Buck

nova treasure · Mar 18, 2011

Excellent finds HB.

Bill

steelheadwill · Mar 18, 2011

Great story & Super Finds ! :hello2:

ModernMiner · Mar 18, 2011

Well done HB.
Another great day to log into your detecting diary. :thumbsup:

-Doug-

Hill Billy · Mar 19, 2011

Sniffy said:
You are off to a good start this year sir.

As are you my friend :thumbsup:

BuckleBoy said:
Hell yeah, that's a shoe buckle frame! I got mine with you over break, and you just dug one about the same size! Heck yes! That is one OOOOOLD site my friend. There will be some more goodies to come from there.

The little round, flat disc with the design is a hinge from an old wooden ruler, I think.

Cheers,

Buck

Definitely not a hinge to a ruler, if you could hold it you would see its an early lock.
I will be going back

ModernMiner said:
Well done HB.
Another great day to log into your detecting diary.
-Doug-

Thanks Doug, have you been digging lately?

teleman 2525 · Mar 19, 2011

you got some neat old finds

Deno · Mar 19, 2011

Good lookind diggins HB, Have you tried out the peroxide bath on
any of your coppers?

texjim · Mar 19, 2011

nice job...

coinmaster2db · Mar 19, 2011

Nice digs. How many LC's does that make for 2011? We need to find a couple more 1/2 cents this year. You know, Buckleboy has never found one of those.

I'd pound that site til you think you've got everything out of it, and then hit it one more time. :icon_thumright:

I'm gonna go try to find the rest of that 1853 Enfield in a few days. That will make the 4th time at that site.

HH!! :hello:

Cm2db

KOOTNEY KID · Mar 19, 2011

I love those decorative susp.clips! :thumbsup:

Newt · Mar 19, 2011

That mickey mouse lock is cool. :notworthy:

Newt

Hill Billy · Mar 19, 2011

coinmaster2db said:
Nice digs. How many LC's does that make for 2011? We need to find a couple more 1/2 cents this year. You know, Buckleboy has never found one of those. I'd pound that site til you think you've got everything out of it, and then hit it one more time. I'm gonna go try to find the rest of that 1853 Enfield in a few days. That will make the 4th time at that site.

HH!!
Cm2db

That's 4 LC's for me this year, as far as the Half Cents go that may be a bit challenging as rare as they are to find around here.
Good luck finding the rest of the Enfield. You need to check out my button post from the day before this one, I dug an Ibex button too.
http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/topic,389259.0.html

traverdog · Mar 19, 2011

Neat finds!!

BuckleBoy · Mar 19, 2011

An early lock. I'll be darned! I can see the hole for the key, just thought it was part of a swivel hinge...well and the design is way cool (the design makes sense now).

Neat find, HB!

Those are some great photos, too. Those dirt photos keep my blood pumping. There's another LC or a Spanish at that site waiting for ya. Every site that a shoe buckle has come from has had a nice coin find waiting.

-Buck

Blind Squirrel · Mar 20, 2011

Great group of recoveries :icon_thumright:

Good deal!!!

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