Wildcat1750
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Indian Head Dollar and Knee Buckle!
My third visit to the site where I found the shot silver quarter. The first thing I did was ditch my broken coil cover.
It's been snagging on grass and brush lately and needs to be replaced. Hunted the opposite shore of the stream where I found the really clean ’42 Wheat Cent. Starting right off from the car I found a shiny silent dog whistle on the trail surface.
As expected, I filled an entire bag of aluminum beer and soda cans. Most indicated a dime @ 6” down but pin-pointed strongly at the surface. One of these did turn out to be an old head light or tail light from an automobile. It is 5 ¾” diameter and still has a wire lead. Any opinions as to make and model?
On a somewhat stoney and sloping section around 20 feet in from the stream I got reading 8” down that actually was about 8” down - a good sign. It read somewhere between a dime and a quarter. The first thing I did was rinse it off in the nearby icy stream!
From beneath the roots (another good sign) emerged a nice knee* buckle! It is made of brass and the clasp I think is ferrous. It looks 18th century to me but I’d like an opinion from my you guys out there!
Now the Indian Head Dollar was part of a $1.22 coin spill and is not the Indian Head Dollar I was hoping for. From the size and color of it I was hoping it to be a large copper but it turned out to be a 2000 Sacagewea Dollar instead.
Lastly I found a couple of more shot shells. One of them was a 12 gage WINCHESTER SUPER SPEED as opposed to the WINCHESTER EXPRESS ones I usually find.
Thanks for Looking!
Nick
*Thanks to Steve in PA for the ID and clarification.
My third visit to the site where I found the shot silver quarter. The first thing I did was ditch my broken coil cover.
It's been snagging on grass and brush lately and needs to be replaced. Hunted the opposite shore of the stream where I found the really clean ’42 Wheat Cent. Starting right off from the car I found a shiny silent dog whistle on the trail surface.As expected, I filled an entire bag of aluminum beer and soda cans. Most indicated a dime @ 6” down but pin-pointed strongly at the surface. One of these did turn out to be an old head light or tail light from an automobile. It is 5 ¾” diameter and still has a wire lead. Any opinions as to make and model?
On a somewhat stoney and sloping section around 20 feet in from the stream I got reading 8” down that actually was about 8” down - a good sign. It read somewhere between a dime and a quarter. The first thing I did was rinse it off in the nearby icy stream!
From beneath the roots (another good sign) emerged a nice knee* buckle! It is made of brass and the clasp I think is ferrous. It looks 18th century to me but I’d like an opinion from my you guys out there!
Now the Indian Head Dollar was part of a $1.22 coin spill and is not the Indian Head Dollar I was hoping for. From the size and color of it I was hoping it to be a large copper but it turned out to be a 2000 Sacagewea Dollar instead.
Lastly I found a couple of more shot shells. One of them was a 12 gage WINCHESTER SUPER SPEED as opposed to the WINCHESTER EXPRESS ones I usually find.
Thanks for Looking!
Nick
*Thanks to Steve in PA for the ID and clarification.
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