I’M A BIT RUSTY

[ModernMiner]

So I’ve been away for a few weeks in Indiana and Ohio, and watching three grandkids. I had high hopes for the spots that I was going to detect in Indiana. Two 1800’s farm properties and a small 1800’s church. Not one silver to be had. It was a very soft dark black soil almost like peat moss. I was digging modern clad at 6-7” deep. All I could come up with was the older coins were a lot deeper?
Two of the spots I was told they had been detected for years. 😭
One of the farmhouses turned up the stuff you see posted here including:
-Horse related items including a first for me, an odd horseshoe.
- Pocket watch
-A large brass “T” item. Possibly an electrical part from a tractor?
-A brass buckle. Any ideas what it would be from. Human? Horse? Age?
-A 1974 Hotwheels tank
-Toy top
-A couple of large round tags (?)
-An of all things a sea shell.
-A round tapered what’s-it piece with holes in it. Any ideas?

Nothing too exciting. Just happy to be back home in NC. 👍

Thanks for looking,
MM

 

[scruggs]

I remember playing with those as a kid. Cheap entertainment like marbles and army men. That was the pre-gaming era kids. 😀

Like the little tank too!

 

[ModernMiner]

Like the little tank too!

Thanks. I was surprised how large it was. Not used to seeing HW that large.
It was from 1974 though. More for your $ back then I guess. 😀
MM

 

[Digger RJ]

So I’ve been away for a few weeks in Indiana and Ohio, and watching three grandkids. I had high hopes for the spots that I was going to detect in Indiana. Two 1800’s farm properties and a small 1800’s church. Not one silver to be had. It was a very soft dark black soil almost like peat moss. I was digging modern clad at 6-7” deep. All I could come up with was the older coins were a lot deeper?
Two of the spots I was told they had been detected for years. 😭
One of the farmhouses turned up the stuff you see posted here including:
-Horse related items including a first for me, an odd horseshoe.
- Pocket watch
-A large brass “T” item. Possibly an electrical part from a tractor?
-A brass buckle. Any ideas what it would be from. Human? Horse? Age?
-A 1974 Hotwheels tank
-Toy top
-A couple of large round tags (?)
-An of all things a sea shell.
-A round tapered what’s-it piece with holes in it. Any ideas?

Nothing too exciting. Just happy to be back home in NC. 👍

Thanks for looking,
MM

Very Cool!!! Congrats!!!

 

[Merf]

So I’ve been away for a few weeks in Indiana and Ohio, and watching three grandkids. I had high hopes for the spots that I was going to detect in Indiana. Two 1800’s farm properties and a small 1800’s church. Not one silver to be had. It was a very soft dark black soil almost like peat moss. I was digging modern clad at 6-7” deep. All I could come up with was the older coins were a lot deeper?
Two of the spots I was told they had been detected for years. 😭
One of the farmhouses turned up the stuff you see posted here including:
-Horse related items including a first for me, an odd horseshoe.
- Pocket watch
-A large brass “T” item. Possibly an electrical part from a tractor?
-A brass buckle. Any ideas what it would be from. Human? Horse? Age?
-A 1974 Hotwheels tank
-Toy top
-A couple of large round tags (?)
-An of all things a sea shell.
-A round tapered what’s-it piece with holes in it. Any ideas?

Nothing too exciting. Just happy to be back home in NC. 👍

Thanks for looking,
MM

Neat finds MM. silver is hard to find. I remember when I first started detecting silver coins were so plentiful that some detectorists would sell them in bulk for the melt down value.

 

[ModernMiner]

Neat finds MM. silver is hard to find. I remember when I first started detecting silver coins were so plentiful that some detectorists would sell them in bulk for the melt down value.

Those had to be great days Merf. I was 4 yrs old when they stopped making the silver coins. I remember going to the bank with my mom to make a deposit into my Christmas acct. and also those small cardboard booklets that you slide the dimes into. Great times! 👍
MM

 

[Merf]

Those had to be great days Merf. I was 4 yrs old when they stopped making the silver coins. I remember going to the bank with my mom to make a deposit into my Christmas acct. and also those small cardboard booklets that you slide the dimes into. Great times! 👍
MM

Yes those were happy times.