Probably My Best Relic Hunt I Ever Had!

John-Edmonton · May 13, 2009

Got out of the house this morning, and headed to a spot I have been researching for the last couple of weeks. Because there was a good probability of digging some older stuff, I figured the GTI 2500 would fill the gap. I hunted in discriminate mode mostly in relic program, however, I switched to true all metal when things got a little quiet. Here's all the goods I dug. There wasn't really too much trash....maybe a few old rusted bottle caps, pull tabs and foil.

My first two coin signals gave a belltone, size "B" at about three inches, and I got a dime, and then another seconds later. The rest of the day got me many more coins, and some nice oldies too.

Here's the pennies and nickels. I had many others from the forties on up.

That locket in the top left hand corner baffled me? Nice mother of pearl on one side, and three rings on the other. I'm not sure of the significance of those rings....any ideas? Also got, what I thought was an earring, which turned out to be part of a fishing spinner. That copper tube on the right is probably a whistle.

What I thought was an old flattened wine cap, after some cleaning turned out to be a case for a pocket watch. It has some beautiful artwork on it, and is probably silver. It has a number and a couple of stamps on it. Also got one of those old earring with the clasp, which I lost. May be gold plated....who knows?

Dug up an old watch, gold plate I imagine. It also has some very nice art work on it.

My last signal gave that over-load signal, and I figured that it was probably an old rusted can. Well....I dug it anyways, and out came a nice old powder-puff for a lady, from many years back!

And go figure, a cold front came through, and we got SNOW! But, not enough to stay on the grass. Tomorrows another day, and I am off from work again.

lazyaussie · May 13, 2009

stunning finds as usual John that watch looks like silver give us a closer pic of the stamps & i"ll see if i can ID it for ya
lazyaussie

John-Edmonton · May 13, 2009

lazyaussie said:
stunning finds as usual John that watch looks like silver give us a closer pic of the stamps & i"ll see if i can ID it for ya
lazyaussie

Here are the stamps. Good luck, and much appreciated :thumbsup:

beetle662 · May 13, 2009

Nice bunch of relics! I'd say you did very well!

Congrats John! Nice hunt as usual! :thumbsup:

allen · May 13, 2009

congrats on all of those old coins :thumbsup:

an those really neat looking relics.... :thumbsup:

Moonshadow · May 13, 2009

Really cool stuff! Love the watch and I bet there is plenty more to find at your site. Good luck!

HH,
Moon

jgas · May 13, 2009

Nice digs right there..That was a fun day for sure! Congrats :thumbsup:

jgas

lostcauses · May 13, 2009

800 silver Swiss is the pocket watch back. The wrist watch could be gold The movement would need to be removed to tell.
The item with the three ovals is an odd fellows wach fob end. with the watch case and fob end they may be more of it there, including chain. The siwish or whatever is a part of an old fishing lure.

Great hunt. More to be found.