Mercs, Barber and Gold... What a Holiday!

[mikewaz]

Got out this weekend with Twistidd and TreasureFiend to a few local spots for what may be and end of the season hunt. We worked our butts off in the woods and fields for the few coins worth mentioning.

Twistidd got his first Indian head cent and it was a beauty. TreasureFiend ended up with a couple more
nice Buffaloes to add to his collection, and I found two Mercs.

They were busy on Saturday, but it was too nice for staying indoors so I headed out for a short hunt. After working in the woods for a few hours, all I had to show for it was a few clad coins, memorials and zincolns.

I was beat from crawling over blowdowns and under branches so I decided to hit the fields for a little while and then head home. The site had some potential for some older coins, but it had been worked to death so I didn't expect too much.

After an hour or so of digging mostly pulltabs, bottle caps and around 2.00 in clad I said one more coin and I'm going home. Swinging the detector on my way back to the car I got a hit that sure sounded like silver.
so I expected a Rosie but hoped for a Merc.

I dug a nice 6" deep plug and flipped it out of the hole and did a quick scan. Still in the plug, I broke about 1" off of the bottom and saw the reeded edge of a 1913 Barber dime. That got me all fired up again. No way I'm going home now so I began a nice slow search pattern between all of the junk, and there was plenty of it.

Ten minutes later I got a nice solid repeatable signal that nulled completely when I switched to discriminate mode. That's still an iffy signal, but one worth digging. I cut another plug and scanned it. I cracked the plug in half and saw the glint of gold and got excited, but thought it might end up being junk. It's the real deal I think. It has "Gold - 750" embossed on the back, but I've never seen it displayed that way before. Maybe from Europe? It's slightly larger than a quarter in size. I don't have a scale yet, but that's one of the next items on my list.

I tried for around 45 minutes more and found some more clad, but the junk signals were starting to get to me. I've never heard so many bad signals in one small area before, but it drove me nuts. I said one more coin to myself again, but after 2 more minutes of that torture I said screw this and left.

I know there's got to be more good targets out there. With all those pulltabs there's got to be a ton of nickels
and gold jewelry. Next time I get the chance to hit it, it will be with a 3" or 5" coil, and I think those might even be too large, lol.

I don't know if it's an error, worn, or a clogged die, but the T Y in liberty and 20 are just about gone for some reason, but the edge is perfect. Any ideas?

Is it Spring Yet?
Mike

 

[Maverick29]

Nice gold would love to find something like that one day. mave2535(Chris)

 

[treasurefiend]

Awesome hunt bud - congrats!!! That 750 means 18k!!! Sweet silver too!!!!
Man I wish I could of hunted on Sat but I had to help my uncle all day.

 

[Mike_of_Tenn]

VERY,VERY NICE! Congrats!

Mike

 

[bilt46]

Nice Dimes, very cool looking gold.

 

[camb1]

WOW. Three silver and gold to top it off. That is one great hunt.

 

[River Rat]

Awesome finds...keep em coming

RR

 

[TreasurdiggrNY]

Silver AND Gold Congrats on the finds, great hunt WTG!
Glenn

 

[phantomfinder]

Very sweet finds there , love the color gold......

 

[MalteseFalcon]

That looks to me like an Egyptian Revival piece of jewelry. Earring, perhaps?
Possibly from the late 19th-Century/early-20th Century.

 

[litefire56]

WTG on that great day! Silver and Gold, the best of both worlds.

 

[JerV3]

Those are some nice finds Mike

HH Jer

 

[crazyjarhead]

Nice mercs, Mike

 

[cuzcosquirrel]

After the discovery of King Tut's tomb in the 1920's, there was a big interest in Egyptian art styles. This looks to be such a piece. Reminds me of something from of an Indiana Jones movie.

 

[kdismuke1]

WHO COULD ASK FOR MORE.SUPER FINDS.

 

[The Beep Goes On]

Nice finds! The gold piece depicts a Mesopotamian symbol. The winged disk represents the star of "the crossing" (Niburu, if you're into the Sitchin translations) and was first used by the Mesopotamians...the Egyptians borrowed it later on. Cool find.

HH!
TBGO

 

[mikewaz]

I knew I had seen that symbol before, but couldn't put my finger on it. After reading these replies it dawned on me to try just one or two other civilizations, the Sumerians and Persians (thanks to the movie Ghostbusters).

Here's what I found on Crystalinks.com....
The Fravahar's face resembles the face of human being and therefore, indicates its connection to mankind. There are two wings which have three main feathers. These main feathers indicate three symbols of 'good reflection,' 'good words,' and 'good deed,' which are at the same time the motive of flight and advancement.

The lower part of the Fravahar consists of three parts, representing 'bad reflection,' 'bad words,' and 'bad deed' which causes misery and misfortune for human beings.

There are two loops at the two sides of the Fravahar, which represent Sepanta Minu, and Angra Minu. The former is directed toward the face and the latter is located at the back. This also indicates that we have to proceed toward the good and turn away from bad.

The circle in the middle of the Fravahar's trunk indicates that our spirit is immortal, having neither a beginning nor an end.

One hand of the Fravahar points upwards, showing that we have to struggle to thrive.

The other hand holds a ring. Some interpreters consider that as the ring of covenant, representing loyalty and faithfulness which is the basis of Zarathustra's philosophy.

Thanks for the replies and info on this piece.
Mike

Here's a picture .....