New permission yields WWII ring and 9 silvers, including a spill

arbuckle

Jr. Member
Mar 24, 2024
90
758
Got a new permission near my house, I was approached while detecting an adjacent spot and struck up a conversation. The homeowner is in his late 60s and the home was his parents, one of those guys who knows everything about the area and just loved to talk.

I spent yesterday and today just running a rough coin setting in Field 2, notched out a bunch, just looking for the obvious high tones. Still plenty of area to cover in this yard with more careful settings.

Best find so far was also one of my first here. I had just gotten back to back Mercs, so I knew I had found a good plot. Out pops a ring, fairly thin but felt like silver, and I could see some designs on it. Got it home and rinsed it, some of the tarnish started to come off. I ended up soaking it in a few cycles on hot peroxide which worked very well to flake off most of the grime, then baking soda paste to bring a bit of the shine back. Revealed hand engraved details, CASABLANCA 1943. These rings were picked up by servicemen in the African Theater during the war as memorabilia, and I found several other examples online. So, I put 2 and 2 together and figured I would come back and ask the homeowner if his old man was in the service. The timeline fits with his age and the fact that it was his parent’s house. Today, I asked and he said his father was indeed in the service. He wasn’t certain exactly where he was stationed, but spent some time in Panama before being sent over the Atlantic. This was enough for me to give him the ring, as the chances seemed high it was his father’s.

IMG_9490.jpeg

IMG_9487.jpeg

IMG_9489.jpeg

IMG_9488.jpeg

IMG_9484.jpegIMG_9485.jpeg

Anyways, today gave 7 more silvers, including 2 more Mercs, a lone Washington, and a spill of 3 Rosies and a Washington.
Dates recovered:
1940 Mercury Dime
1942 D Mercury Dime
1942 S Mercury Dime
1943 Mercury Dime
1952 D Roosevelt
1958 Roosevelt
1961 D Roosevelt
1958 D Washington
1964 Washington

IMG_9507.jpeg

IMG_9508.jpeg

IMG_9509.jpeg

IMG_9501.jpeg


IMG_9506.jpeg IMG_9502.jpegIMG_9503.jpegIMG_9500.jpegIMG_9499.jpegIMG_9498.jpegIMG_9504.jpeg
 

Upvote 36
Got a new permission near my house, I was approached while detecting an adjacent spot and struck up a conversation. The homeowner is in his late 60s and the home was his parents, one of those guys who knows everything about the area and just loved to talk.

I spent yesterday and today just running a rough coin setting in Field 2, notched out a bunch, just looking for the obvious high tones. Still plenty of area to cover in this yard with more careful settings.

Best find so far was also one of my first here. I had just gotten back to back Mercs, so I knew I had found a good plot. Out pops a ring, fairly thin but felt like silver, and I could see some designs on it. Got it home and rinsed it, some of the tarnish started to come off. I ended up soaking it in a few cycles on hot peroxide which worked very well to flake off most of the grime, then baking soda paste to bring a bit of the shine back. Revealed hand engraved details, CASABLANCA 1943. These rings were picked up by servicemen in the African Theater during the war as memorabilia, and I found several other examples online. So, I put 2 and 2 together and figured I would come back and ask the homeowner if his old man was in the service. The timeline fits with his age and the fact that it was his parent’s house. Today, I asked and he said his father was indeed in the service. He wasn’t certain exactly where he was stationed, but spent some time in Panama before being sent over the Atlantic. This was enough for me to give him the ring, as the chances seemed high it was his father’s.

View attachment 2176767
View attachment 2176768
View attachment 2176769
View attachment 2176770
View attachment 2176765View attachment 2176766

Anyways, today gave 7 more silvers, including 2 more Mercs, a lone Washington, and a spill of 3 Rosies and a Washington.
Dates recovered:
1940 Mercury Dime
1942 D Mercury Dime
1942 S Mercury Dime
1943 Mercury Dime
1952 D Roosevelt
1958 Roosevelt
1961 D Roosevelt
1958 D Washington
1964 Washington

View attachment 2176772
View attachment 2176773
View attachment 2176774
View attachment 2176775

View attachment 2176782 View attachment 2176776View attachment 2176777View attachment 2176778View attachment 2176779View attachment 2176780View attachment 2176781
That is wonderful to have found and researched! Awesome finds and cool return!
 

Hi, some great photos of your finds.
Am I seeing this one correctly? What does it actually read?
View attachment 2176834
Thanks! And you are indeed reading it correctly 😂 Frank came out and told me it’s a token you could pay a penny or nickel to type into a fully mechanical machine and it would stamp it for you when you cranked a wheel or pulled a lever. Probably intended more for names to be stamped in rather than this one. So I guess a kid was having some fun.
 

Thanks! And you are indeed reading it correctly 😂 Frank came out and told me it’s a token you could pay a penny or nickel to type into a fully mechanical machine and it would stamp it for you when you cranked a wheel or pulled a lever. Probably intended more for names to be stamped in rather than this one. So I guess a kid was having some fun.
That's a classic. Iv never heard of that here. What a funny find. 👍😂
Keeper for laughs sake for sure. 👍
 

Got a new permission near my house, I was approached while detecting an adjacent spot and struck up a conversation. The homeowner is in his late 60s and the home was his parents, one of those guys who knows everything about the area and just loved to talk.

I spent yesterday and today just running a rough coin setting in Field 2, notched out a bunch, just looking for the obvious high tones. Still plenty of area to cover in this yard with more careful settings.

Best find so far was also one of my first here. I had just gotten back to back Mercs, so I knew I had found a good plot. Out pops a ring, fairly thin but felt like silver, and I could see some designs on it. Got it home and rinsed it, some of the tarnish started to come off. I ended up soaking it in a few cycles on hot peroxide which worked very well to flake off most of the grime, then baking soda paste to bring a bit of the shine back. Revealed hand engraved details, CASABLANCA 1943. These rings were picked up by servicemen in the African Theater during the war as memorabilia, and I found several other examples online. So, I put 2 and 2 together and figured I would come back and ask the homeowner if his old man was in the service. The timeline fits with his age and the fact that it was his parent’s house. Today, I asked and he said his father was indeed in the service. He wasn’t certain exactly where he was stationed, but spent some time in Panama before being sent over the Atlantic. This was enough for me to give him the ring, as the chances seemed high it was his father’s.

View attachment 2176767
View attachment 2176768
View attachment 2176769
View attachment 2176770
View attachment 2176765View attachment 2176766

Anyways, today gave 7 more silvers, including 2 more Mercs, a lone Washington, and a spill of 3 Rosies and a Washington.
Dates recovered:
1940 Mercury Dime
1942 D Mercury Dime
1942 S Mercury Dime
1943 Mercury Dime
1952 D Roosevelt
1958 Roosevelt
1961 D Roosevelt
1958 D Washington
1964 Washington

View attachment 2176772
View attachment 2176773
View attachment 2176774
View attachment 2176775

View attachment 2176782 View attachment 2176776View attachment 2176777View attachment 2176778View attachment 2176779View attachment 2176780View attachment 2176781
that's my kind of fun. Great hunt and pics. Love that ring
Got a new permission near my house, I was approached while detecting an adjacent spot and struck up a conversation. The homeowner is in his late 60s and the home was his parents, one of those guys who knows everything about the area and just loved to talk.

I spent yesterday and today just running a rough coin setting in Field 2, notched out a bunch, just looking for the obvious high tones. Still plenty of area to cover in this yard with more careful settings.

Best find so far was also one of my first here. I had just gotten back to back Mercs, so I knew I had found a good plot. Out pops a ring, fairly thin but felt like silver, and I could see some designs on it. Got it home and rinsed it, some of the tarnish started to come off. I ended up soaking it in a few cycles on hot peroxide which worked very well to flake off most of the grime, then baking soda paste to bring a bit of the shine back. Revealed hand engraved details, CASABLANCA 1943. These rings were picked up by servicemen in the African Theater during the war as memorabilia, and I found several other examples online. So, I put 2 and 2 together and figured I would come back and ask the homeowner if his old man was in the service. The timeline fits with his age and the fact that it was his parent’s house. Today, I asked and he said his father was indeed in the service. He wasn’t certain exactly where he was stationed, but spent some time in Panama before being sent over the Atlantic. This was enough for me to give him the ring, as the chances seemed high it was his father’s.

View attachment 2176767
View attachment 2176768
View attachment 2176769
View attachment 2176770
View attachment 2176765View attachment 2176766

Anyways, today gave 7 more silvers, including 2 more Mercs, a lone Washington, and a spill of 3 Rosies and a Washington.
Dates recovered:
1940 Mercury Dime
1942 D Mercury Dime
1942 S Mercury Dime
1943 Mercury Dime
1952 D Roosevelt
1958 Roosevelt
1961 D Roosevelt
1958 D Washington
1964 Washington

View attachment 2176772
View attachment 2176773
View attachment 2176774
View attachment 2176775

View attachment 2176782 View attachment 2176776View attachment 2176777View attachment 2176778View attachment 2176779View attachment 2176780View attachment 2176781
that's my kind of fun, wtg. Love the finds and pics. The ring is very cool and unique to anything I've dug from that era, super cool. love that silver!
 

Congratulations on all the silvers, and the return of the ring.

The indoor lighting really gives the photos a yellow/orange effect.
 

That's a classic. Iv never heard of that here. What a funny find. 👍😂
Keeper for laughs sake for sure. 👍
I remember the machines were at the fall fair events.
It was a regular item that was with the carnival.

Also the penny rolling machine.
The one that made a copper into a thin long oval engraved souvenir.
 

Congratulations on all the silvers, and the return of the ring.

The indoor lighting really gives the photos a yellow/orange effect.
Thanks! I’m still working on the lighting, it’s just an ikea lamp but it does well when I want to aim it at different directions, works great for coin details, but like you said it gives an orange hue. Personally, I like it rather than a whiter light.
 

Fantastic find and great silver finds! Congrats! Thanks for posting. Good luck on returning the ring! It is very satisfying to be able to return personal item like that!
 

Thanks! I’m still working on the lighting, it’s just an ikea lamp but it does well when I want to aim it at different directions, works great for coin details, but like you said it gives an orange hue. Personally, I like it rather than a whiter light.
What type of bulb does the lamp use?
 

Top Member Reactions

Users who are viewing this thread

Back
Top