Quick Two-Hour Hunt in the Heat!

[ANTIQUARIAN]

On Friday afternoon I headed back to a site that I've hit a half dozen times over the past few years. In the third picture you see where either a drive shed or a small barn used to be. This site has been gone a long time and is only accessible after the harvest in the fall or before the crops are planted in the spring. So, when I drove by to see the site had recently been disked, I thought "I better hit it now before it gets planted again!" The glass 'eyeball finds' have always been plentiful here, due to the shear amount of glass preserve jar sealer lids I found here.

I've started detecting with '0 discrimination' lately, with the htz set at 12. the noise is overwhelming, but with the Deus I find the non-ferrous metal sounds literally jump out of the ground at me. I was fortunate enough to find an 1882 & 1905 LC, a complete 'Corona Jar' sealer lid and an interesting 'Bakelite' bottle screw top. I find the bottle top interesting, because it was still attached to the bottle when found and the lip of the bottle has a clear patent date of 1930 on it.

"Bakelite, sometimes spelled Baekelite, is an early plastic. It is a thermosetting phenol formaldehyde resin, formed from a condensation reaction of phenol with formaldehyde. It was developed by the Belgian-American chemist Leo Baekeland in Yonkers, New York, in 1907. One of the first plastics made from synthetic components, Bakelite was used for its electrical non-conductivity and heat-resistant properties in electrical insulators, radio and telephone casings and such diverse products as kitchenware, jewelry, pipe stems, children's toys, and firearms. The "retro" appeal of old Bakelite products has made them collectible."
Thanks very much for looking,
Dave

 

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[Trezurehunter]

Congrats on a pair of nice looking Large Cents.

 

[Hawks88]

Not bad for a two hour hunt. Lots of detail left on the coins. Congrats

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Nice hunt, congratulations on the old coppers!

 

[dirtlooter]

you are working that Deus the right way, sweet!

 

[thrifty76now]

Nice Vicky and George large pennies.

 

[ANTIQUARIAN]

Congrats on a pair of nice looking Large Cents.

Thank you Trezurehunter, they did clean up nicely.
Dave

Not bad for a two hour hunt. Lots of detail left on the coins. Congrats

Thank you for your post Hawks!
I've gotten pretty good at cleaning coins without removing the verdigris.
Dave

Nice hunt, congratulations on the old coppers!

Thanks Professor!

Best of luck to you,
Dave

you are working that Deus the right way, sweet!

Thank you Sir, the non-ferrous tones just seem to jump out of the soil into my pouch with the Deus!
Dave

Nice Vicky and George large pennies.

Thanks for your post and support thrifty76now!
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Edward VII (Albert Edward; 9 November 1841 – 6 May 1910) was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions and Emperor of India from 22 January 1901 until his death in 1910.

"The eldest son of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Edward was related to royalty throughout Europe. Before his accession to the throne, he was heir apparent and held the title of Prince of Wales for longer than any of his predecessors. During the long reign of his mother, he was largely excluded from political power, and came to personify the fashionable, leisured elite. He traveled throughout Britain performing ceremonial public duties and represented Britain on visits abroad. His tours of North America in 1860 and the Indian subcontinent in 1875 were popular successes, but despite public approval his reputation as a playboy prince soured his relationship with his mother.

As king, Edward played a role in the modernization of the British Home Fleet and the reorganization of the British Army after the Second Boer War. He re-instituted traditional ceremonies as public displays and broadened the range of people with whom royalty socialized. He fostered good relations between Britain and other European countries, especially France, for which he was popularly called "Peacemaker", but his relationship with his nephew, the German Emperor Wilhelm II, was poor. The Edwardian era, which covered Edward's reign and was named after him, coincided with the start of a new century and heralded significant changes in technology and society, including steam turbine propulsion and the rise of socialism. Edward VII died in 1910 and was succeeded by his younger brother George V."

 

[Carolina Tom]

Those two coppers are really nice. And as usual, thanks for teaching me something. I learned more about bakelite today.

Good luck to you sir!

 

[Javadroid]

Beautiful and beautifully done! Congrats mate!

 

[ANTIQUARIAN]

Those two coppers are really nice. And as usual, thanks for teaching me something. I learned more about bakelite today.

Good luck to you sir!

Thanks very much for your post Tom.
That's the one thing I love most about this hobby... I learn something new on almost every hunt!

Best of luck to you,
Dave

Beautiful and beautifully done! Congrats mate!

Thank you matey!
Now climb up the rigging and straighten out that tangled flag!

Dave

 

[HEAVYMETALNUT]

nice hunt Dave!

 

[ANTIQUARIAN]

nice hunt Dave!

Thanks very much Dave!
It's been a while buddy, hope you're doing well.

Dave