Hunted my Wifes Grandparents place in Purcellville, VA

*Dig-Dug* · Nov 7, 2009

To make a long story short, My wife's grandparents passed a few year ago and her mom and uncles recently placed the house up for sale. I have always wanted to hunt the place and had planned to many times but other priorities came up. It took an accepted offer on the place to get me in gear. All in all It was a good hunt though I was a bit surprised at the lack of targets on the old property. The house dates back to about 1910 but it is in the middle of Purcellville,VA so had so much potential. Anyway I picked up a couple pocket knives (one being a BSA), Part of a pocket watch, an old sports medal, a real nice mini Roy Rogers Cap Pistol, a spoon, A 1964 Silver Rosie, several pieces of modern change, and what I thought was a large flat button heavily encrusted and deformed. Turns out it is a Seated Quarter with the last number of the date being a 4. No arrows and no rays that I can see. I've been picking away at the crud but I don't know if I'll ever get it presentable. I also managed to dig a Gibson's Brown Bottle intact. Not super old but it's been a long time since I scored a bottle of any kind.

mlayers · Nov 7, 2009

Looks like you hada good hunt.......Matt

postalgriff · Nov 7, 2009

wow, I wonder if that seated quater may be a counterfeit. I've never seen silver corrode like that, it should clean up some. great hunt though for sure, lots of cool relics! :thumbsup:

good luck if you go back.

teddy · Nov 7, 2009

great digs all the way :icon_thumleft:

teddy

*Dig-Dug* · Nov 7, 2009

postalgriff said:
wow, I wonder if that seated quater may be a counterfeit. I've never seen silver corrode like that, it should clean up some. great hunt though for sure, lots of cool relics! good luck if you go back.

Ya Know I was wondering the same thing - looking at the edge it does not appear to be solid silver with the chipping and pitting. Here are some pics of it on edge. Note the fracture lines in the coin. Not something your likely to see in the real thing. Anybody else have thoughts on this?

vayank54 · Nov 7, 2009

I was thinking counterfeit when I saw the first pic. From the pics further down it looks like it's made of pewter.

DFX DAVE in M.D. · Nov 7, 2009

Are you sure its a Quarter, I detected what I thought was a crusty quarter last year. When I started scraping the crust off, it turned out to be a 1809 Half Cent.

ResearchandRecovery · Nov 8, 2009

That coin is very interesting! Nice Finds!

-Ian

Ricky1601 aka pull tab king · Nov 8, 2009

nice finds, it will be interesting to see how the "quarter" cleans up....hopefully enough to get a positive ID... thanks for sharing and hh
keep us posted....

postalgriff · Nov 8, 2009

DFX DAVE in M.D. said:
Are you sure its a Quarter, I detected what I thought was a crusty quarter last year. When I started scraping the crust off, it turned out to be a 1809 Half Cent.

no you can definatley see where it looks to be a seated quarter but cant possibly be all sliver, maybe plated though if it is a counterfeit because it has some silver looking spots on it. I'm no expert so I am curious to what others have to say. very neat find either way, and I love that tiny little gun, I dug on like it a few weeks back. HH, Griff

BuckleBoy · Nov 8, 2009

Excellent Counterfeit Seated! :hello2:

Aluminum Jelly may help with removing that crud from the face of the coin.

Best Wishes,

Buckles

Tin Nugget · Nov 8, 2009

Purcellville is a great location. Plenty of civilwar action. The north and south pushed each other up and down those mountains during the whole war. Some of my best finds were in that area.

allen · Nov 8, 2009

keep us posted on that " quarter "
after you get it cleaned a bit more !

*Dig-Dug* · Nov 8, 2009

BuckleBoy said:
Excellent Counterfeit Seated! Aluminum Jelly may help with removing that crud from the face of the coin.

Best Wishes,

Buckles

Any thoughts on where I might find this Aluminum Jelly? Been to Walmart, and Lowes but people look at me like I have horns when I ask for it. They have never heard of it. Is it known by any other names?

BuckleBoy · Nov 8, 2009

OBX Slumlord said:
BuckleBoy said:

Excellent Counterfeit Seated! Aluminum Jelly may help with removing that crud from the face of the coin.

Best Wishes,

Buckles

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Any thoughts on where I might find this Aluminum Jelly? Been to Walmart, and Lowes but people look at me like I have horns when I ask for it. They have never heard of it. Is it known by any other names?

A local hardware store, as well as Ace Hardware should have it. It is made by Duro.

http://www.acehardwareoutlet.com/(irwmu555l0v2gl23ho1zq145)/ProductDetails.aspx?SKU=12042

I use it to clean anything that is gilded--gilded brass, gilded pewter...It works equally well on gold gilding as silver gilding. Check my "How to Clean Buttons" post in the "Cleaning and Preservation" forum.

Best Wishes,

Buckles