Last Months of Finds - Art Nouveau, Silver, Gold, Coins, Jewelery

Cal_Cobra · Oct 1, 2009

The past month of hunting was particularly good for me. I've been using a new (to me) machine and it's getting those deeper targets I was missing with other machines.

I went to a park, early morning before the heat set in (it was 103F here during the day). My first target was a 1902 Indian Head, I thought this is either going to be a good hunt or I might as well pack it in. As it turns out, it was a very good hunt :thumbsup:

My second, and favorite target was a beautiful gold plated Art Nouveau heart pendant (you can see where the chain loop broke off at the top of the heart), then I started pulling early wheats out (1911S semi-key date, 1915 (second 1915 this week), 1916S, 1917S & 1920S). After several wheats, I got a nice high coin signal about 7" deep, and out pops my first Standing Liberty Quarter :icon_sunny:

SF mint mark, no date, but she looks great to me.

Then I moved to another area and the next target was a 1951S silver rosie, and then later date wheats started showing up (1930 and 1956D).

I also found a clay marble when I was digging another target and this little silver plated hairpin ball ??

Went to a spot that I previously pounded and thought I had cleaned it out. I hit it using a new coil, and started finding good targets right away. All the coins where between 6-9". Got two Barber dimes, a 1910 plain and an 1899S!! Got my first Buffalo nickel, a 1920 and a 1944 Mercury (looks like it just barely escaped the lawn mower). The wheats are 1918S, 1919S, 1921S, 1937S, Two 1944S, 1945, 1946 & 1952S. I also found a small buckle and a condition challenged silver thimble.

Went to different site and did pretty well for a couple of hour hunt. Found a 1900S Barber dime, 1943S silver war nickel, and 1917S, 1919S, 1944S wheatbacks and a bullet slug :icon_pirat:

I hit a little park not really expecting anything, and the very first target was a Mercury Dime :hello2:

It was all downhill from there, couple of newer quarters and that was all she wrote.

Got out with some friends @ GGP, and found this Victorian sterling silver shaker top marked "STERLING 925/1000":

Got out again with some friends and hunted various parks. Although my silver streak ended on this trip, two 1900 Barber dimes, a Mercury dime, and small gold earring were found by a guy using the CZ3D.

I started out with my Omega and hunted for a couple of hours with it, then switched to my CZ70 :sign13:

Started getting deeper hits, but only turned up a turf toasted wheat. Another Omega user got a Buffalo. Then we moved to a spot that was originally an old brick factory, but now it's a small dog walking park with a lawn. Started hunting it and finding coins (lots of quarters), and more coins, but nothing old, started off with a couple of 5" deep 1960's memorials. Then making my way around the park, I got a 1940's wheat at 5", then I got a nice nickel bouncer at 5", but it sounded solid. I dug and at 5" this gold signet ring pops out :icon_thumright:

I quickly looked at it and stashed it in my pocket. Definitely my best find of the day, as the rest was a pocket full of clad and a tiny silver (colored I believe) charm. I hunted a while longer, thinking this was a good place for jewelery drops with folks running around, playing ball, Frisbee, fetch, etc. with their dogs (in an expensive neighborhood to boot). Try as we may, no further jewelery was found at the park but a 1950's rosie silver dime was found with a F75.

The ring is marked 10K and weighs in at 6 grams, it looks to be an older ring

My last hunt was again back to GGP, no old coins this trip, but did manage another ring. Found this silver ring marked .925, unfortunately missing the center stone, it was about 5" deep. Weighs in at 4.5grams. Not sure if it's old or new, the bottom of the band is hammered, but it's probably not that old :dontknow: