Monkey off my back!!! *** Key date IH / Silver / Gold !!!!***

[ModernMiner]

I took 1/2 day off work today to go detect at the 1830's CW house again. Hey, somebody's got to do it. I had a great day, and finally got the monkey off my back with my silver drought. My last silver was about a month ago (8 reale piece). I worked the yard area today close to the house. I went VERY slowly across the front yard and scored some decent coins. Decent for me anyways.
I found the Merc about 6" deep under a broken piece of brick. I then dug a wheat, and then an IH.
I had no idea what years they were until I got home. The IH is an 1868, which I believe is a key date!!! It is also my oldest coin ever, besides the 8 reale spanish silver piece.
Yaba-daba-doo!!! I also dug a small gold ring. Looks pretty old too.
I also found some pretty cool relics and hopefully can get a few ID's.
All in all, a fantastic December day in the mid-80's.
My finds today were:

*Key date 1868 IH

*1943 Merc - ain't she purdy?

*A 1919 Wheat.

*A cool Victorian looking piece with a lady on it.
Any idea what this could be, and/or the age?


*Two oval pins - The large one mat be brass.

*A gold ring with the letter "B" on it. It looks very old. Nothing stamped inside.

*An ornate keyhole piece, play token, old rusty pocket watch.

*A bullet piece that I am hoping is CW era. Hopefully one of you experts can tell me what it is.
I can make out some letters "ngton" at the end of one of the words on the bottom. See closeup.
Any idea?

Thanks for looking Folks.
-MM-
P.S. Still no Barbers for me this year yet.

 

Amazon Forum Fav 👍

A Handbook of Civil War Bullets and Cartridges - Grab it through Amazon!

[Admiral de Salee]

A .30-30 is a straight case modern round. I found a live one and some brass. It's kind of a throwback, because it carried the -30 (grains) 'suffix' in its name into the smokeless era. I'm prob. telling you stuff you already know, but the old rounds like a .45-70 meant 70 gr. of black powder.

Now I'm wondering about Robert Johnson's .32-20. I know how old the song is, but not the pistol. Black powder or smokeless?
Maybe if I stand at the crossroads at midnight I'll hear the answer.

 

Amazon Forum Fav 👍

Diving for Pleasure and Treasure - Grab it through Amazon!

[topdog]

Looks like it was a very productive afternoon. I bet there are still alot of goodies at that site to find. Maybe you will need to take another half day off from work to find them. Continued Success and HH.

 

[ModernMiner]

Well, I tracked down who the owner of the small gold ring with the "B" on it is.
It is the property owners niece's ring. Her name is BBarbara.
She will be giving the ring to her next time they visit.
-MM-

 

[Mirage]

Good deal on the IH. Also saw the Barber Dime.

Someone has to keep us Northern Folk entertained with finds during the winter.

Bob

 

[Baldingboy]

LOVE that MONKEY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Oh yeah...nice digs too!

 

[detectahead]

Congrats MM! Love that 68. Indians one of my favorites!

 

[ModernMiner]

Congrats MM! Love that 68. Indians one of my favorites!

Me too DH.
IH's & Mercs.

 

[Prober]

Nice Injun MM! Nice that you found Barbara too. Congrats on a successful hunt, love the lady thingy too.