Isaac
Hero Member
- Joined
- Oct 11, 2013
- Messages
- 773
- Reaction score
- 1,335
- Golden Thread
- 3
- Location
- Fairfax, Virginia
- 🥇 Banner finds
- 3
- Detector(s) used
- Whites MXT All Pro, Garrett AT Pro
- Primary Interest:
- Relic Hunting
Was hunting a house my aunt's friend owned in CT, built in 1732. This place was loaded with iron... being that it is a house almost 300 years old. I started off gridding the front yard, only to find clad, but then I got a deeper signal and it was a dandy button. I knew at this point the homestead was not filled in and that there is the possibility of some old coins and some more old relics to pop out. I get a bridal rosette and two later date Indian Head cents in the front yard then move on to the side yard afterwards. I get a few small relics in the side yard but nothing substantial. There was a field on the other side of the house which I decided to try as well, because I thought there could've been another old home that once stood there on the 1869 map, but it turned out the house was a little bit south of it and still standing. Not much was found there so I try another field on the property adjacent to this one, I found a little hot spot about 100 yards away from the house and dig a few things. First I get a piece of a change purse, then an 1863 fatty indian head, then a nice 1918 dog tag from the town I was nearby, then an ox knob, and then a fragment to an early colonial spectacle buckle. The finds slowed down and my time was running out so I got out from the field quickly. Before I get out of the field I had to swing back to the front of the house, where I wanted to give one last stop. On the way I get a screaming 75 on my MXT all pro, and out popped a 10 wheat cent and 1947 nickel spill, which was pretty neat. Now in the front yard, there was an area covered in snow in the morning which melted by the time I got back there, and swung in it. Immediately I get a deep teens signal and dug another indian head, that was the 4th one for the day. Then as I am about to leave, I checked out one more iron infested area of the front yard and go super slow. I get a higher-than-iron signal, nothing special, but it would occasionally bounce into the 80s. I flip a plug, and immediately see a silver rim about 6" deep. I immediately pull it out from the hole and saw that it was a seated quarter, 1856, I was so excited! I then rubbed the back off and saw the intricate "G" initial and felt the prongs from where a pin lay on the obverse of the coin, and just knew it was my first love token! HH!
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