BuckleBoy
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Hello All!
Been a crazy spring but I wanted to catch you all up on my finds, so this is the catch-up post! I have a new site I've been hitting with my wife and best digging buddy Shangalang and I'll post those hunt videos together all at once a little later on. In the meantime, here is the video of January-early March 2020!
First hunt or two of the year I was back at an old site where I found some great Civil War finds, along with one of the most valuable coins I ever dug (a couple years ago--banner find). So of course anytime it's plowed I go back
A high tone on the F75 flipped out a flash of silver and it was a monogrammed silver piece that had a brass stud in the back of it. It's thicker than a quarter and about the same size. (Tie tack??)
Later on, I dug some junk and a couple of destroyed CW buttons
But then near the end I saw a big flash of silver and flipped out a Barber Quarter!
After some Deeeeee-licious Rabbit Sauce Piquant for lunch I hit the site again in the afternoon and got MORE silver! This is a handle from a silver knife, letter opener, or brush from a ladies vanity set (could also be a pocket knife). Crazy that I dug both pieces, as well as the silver loop that held the two together!!
I annealed the silver pieces in the oven and carefully unbent them little by little. Turned out nicely!
Next hunt was at a place that had an 1880s house on it. Didn't expect much but did get a nice 1891-O Dime and a plantation token I didn't have one of
Then last of all, my wife and I discovered a brand new site that got us pretty excited at first. Hadn't looked like much at first, with a few wheat cents dug. But we were persistent and started to hit the good stuff, starting with a post-war Louisiana Pelican Cuff button in perfect shape:
I also dug a cock.
Probably the head off a tin/pewter barnyard animal set of toys, or perhaps a pewter whistle in the shape of a rooster.
Got a perfect 80 signal and flipped out yet another Barber Quarter
She's beat up and worn down but purty to me.
Also saw a headless legless armless torso resting on the dirt ominously
Of course, we went back the very next day to dig the site some more! The very first row I did I ended up with a silver, mid-1800s "fede ring" (twin hearts ring)! I was just FLOORED by this find, because it pre-dated the site itself, which tells me that the ring was very special to whoever lost it; it came with them to the site and they treasured it for many years while there. Made it all the more special because I dug one of these and my wife dug one on a mid-1800s site (the same site where we also got engaged to be married, actually!), so it meant the world to me that she was with me when this was dug.
The ring was badly damaged and bent by the plow but I annealed it in the oven and VERY carefully bent it back into shape. The back of it is marked "COIN" which predates the Gold and Silver Marking Act and designates it as 90% silver, or "coin silver."
Wife dug an iron picket pin and followed that up with a brass ramrod tip!
We also got several V nickels, buffaloes, and Indians:
Then I dug a second cock
After picking up a nice plantation token, I got a silver pocket watch piece:
Stay tuned! I'm going digging tomorrow but they're planting beans soon--and I've got an amazing site to tell y'all about!
Cheers,
Buck
Been a crazy spring but I wanted to catch you all up on my finds, so this is the catch-up post! I have a new site I've been hitting with my wife and best digging buddy Shangalang and I'll post those hunt videos together all at once a little later on. In the meantime, here is the video of January-early March 2020!
First hunt or two of the year I was back at an old site where I found some great Civil War finds, along with one of the most valuable coins I ever dug (a couple years ago--banner find). So of course anytime it's plowed I go back
A high tone on the F75 flipped out a flash of silver and it was a monogrammed silver piece that had a brass stud in the back of it. It's thicker than a quarter and about the same size. (Tie tack??)
Later on, I dug some junk and a couple of destroyed CW buttons
But then near the end I saw a big flash of silver and flipped out a Barber Quarter! After some Deeeeee-licious Rabbit Sauce Piquant for lunch I hit the site again in the afternoon and got MORE silver! This is a handle from a silver knife, letter opener, or brush from a ladies vanity set (could also be a pocket knife). Crazy that I dug both pieces, as well as the silver loop that held the two together!!
I annealed the silver pieces in the oven and carefully unbent them little by little. Turned out nicely!
Next hunt was at a place that had an 1880s house on it. Didn't expect much but did get a nice 1891-O Dime and a plantation token I didn't have one of
Then last of all, my wife and I discovered a brand new site that got us pretty excited at first. Hadn't looked like much at first, with a few wheat cents dug. But we were persistent and started to hit the good stuff, starting with a post-war Louisiana Pelican Cuff button in perfect shape:
I also dug a cock.
Probably the head off a tin/pewter barnyard animal set of toys, or perhaps a pewter whistle in the shape of a rooster.
Got a perfect 80 signal and flipped out yet another Barber Quarter
She's beat up and worn down but purty to me.
Also saw a headless legless armless torso resting on the dirt ominously
Of course, we went back the very next day to dig the site some more! The very first row I did I ended up with a silver, mid-1800s "fede ring" (twin hearts ring)! I was just FLOORED by this find, because it pre-dated the site itself, which tells me that the ring was very special to whoever lost it; it came with them to the site and they treasured it for many years while there. Made it all the more special because I dug one of these and my wife dug one on a mid-1800s site (the same site where we also got engaged to be married, actually!), so it meant the world to me that she was with me when this was dug.
The ring was badly damaged and bent by the plow but I annealed it in the oven and VERY carefully bent it back into shape. The back of it is marked "COIN" which predates the Gold and Silver Marking Act and designates it as 90% silver, or "coin silver."
Wife dug an iron picket pin and followed that up with a brass ramrod tip!
We also got several V nickels, buffaloes, and Indians:
Then I dug a second cock
After picking up a nice plantation token, I got a silver pocket watch piece:
Stay tuned! I'm going digging tomorrow but they're planting beans soon--and I've got an amazing site to tell y'all about!
Cheers,
Buck
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