Ring #49, Wheats, Bullet and Old Religious Cross & Locket

[Natman]

Ring #49, Wheats, Bullet and Old Religious Cross & Locket

Hi all,

I went out yesterday to a house I've checked numerous times..I came up with 7 more wheats..I must have pulled up 40 of them in this back yard alone!

What's funny is that I wanted to dig signals that didn't even appear to be coin signals..the thick grass and bumpy terrain of the yard made the wheat signals appear to be junk. I'd re-check the hole each time I dug out a clump of earth and the signal would not only get stronger, but change to a more favorable target until the display started showing it was a coin.

I also found an old cross and an old locket..the locket is only the width of a dime, and I didn't know what it was until I looked at it under a magnifyer and saw it could be separated. I was surprised to find an image of Jesus on one side and Mary on the other. (Does anyone know what the letters and intials mean?)

Today I felt like ring hunting so I took off to a few schools and found about $5 in clad and my 49th ring of the year! It was another .925 silver, found in the wood chips.

This 2-ringer bullet was found in a yard where I dug up a 1945 Merc..can anyone tell me what kind of bullet it is or its approximate age?

Thanks,
Nat

 

[silverfreak]

Re: Ring #49, Wheats, Bullet and Old Religious Cross & Locket

Excellent finds nat. That is some neat stuff.

 

[Green1]

Re: Ring #49, Wheats, Bullet and Old Religious Cross & Locket

go natster !!! some cool finds there,, and great little ring !!

 

[WindHarvester]

Re: Ring #49, Wheats, Bullet and Old Religious Cross & Locket

I always look forward to your posts Nat, great finds as usual.

Take care and have a great weekend!

Lonnie

 

[Nana40]

Re: Ring #49, Wheats, Bullet and Old Religious Cross & Locket

Super finds, Nat! 8) Love the cross and locket!
I'm missing hunting those wood chips too. After reading your post..I might have to visit the playgrounds this afternoon!

Congrats! Nana

 

[John (Ma)]

Re: Ring #49, Wheats, Bullet and Old Religious Cross & Locket

Excellent finds!!!

 

[sniffer]

Re: Ring #49, Wheats, Bullet and Old Religious Cross & Locket

natman, not sure on the bullet, but, you could try your local catholic priest the words are probably latin, he could probably tell you what it means

 

[Evolution]

Re: Ring #49, Wheats, Bullet and Old Religious Cross & Locket

I love the religious items. Good digs.

 

[Merf]

Re: Ring #49, Wheats, Bullet and Old Religious Cross & Locket

Great finds Nat and excellent Pics.

 

[River Rat]

Re: Ring #49, Wheats, Bullet and Old Religious Cross & Locket

Fantastic finds as always, Nat. Love the cross & locket (hope to see what it really is) and as always you find some really nice rings.

RR

 

[kevo]

Re: Ring #49, Wheats, Bullet and Old Religious Cross & Locket

49? Man, you're killing them. Congrats and HH

 

[dr-quest]

Re: Ring #49, Wheats, Bullet and Old Religious Cross & Locket

Hey nice stuff nate.The last time I was here you were hopeing for gold ring #1.I see a count of 49 so I assume you got the gold and a lot more.
Nice haul
HH

 

[DDEXPII]

Re: Ring #49, Wheats, Bullet and Old Religious Cross & Locket

nat nice finds as allways

HH
DDEII

 

[Leon]

Re: Ring #49, Wheats, Bullet and Old Religious Cross & Locket

Very nice Nate, WTG!!!
Love the pendant, and your smoke'n on those rings...
Continued Good luck, & Happy hunting~

 

[civilman1]

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#49...Sweet....Locket even sweeter,Great day Nat!!! Take some measurement's of the bullet,look's pretty modern,blackpowder....HH!!

 

[ModernMiner]

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Nat,
Congrats on the silver pieces. Some very nice jewelry finds.
You may want to ask Sentinal or Buckleboy on that bullet.
Congrats,
MM

 

[Natman]

Re: Ring #49, Wheats, Bullet and Old Religious Cross & Locket

Hey nice stuff nate.The last time I was here you were hoping for gold ring #1. I see a count of 49 so I assume you got the gold and a lot more.

DOC ! I just about gave you up..hope all's well with you..yes, my first gold ring ever was found I believe sometime in June, a 10K, and my next gold was a tiny nugget ring lost by a grade schooler by the swings.


Thanks MM, hopefully they'll see it here and if not I know who to ask now.

cman, The bullet measures 11/16" tall by 3/8" wide. It was light brown when I found it but I cleaned it up to show the original lead.

Thank you for all the nice comments.

Nat

 

[panzermeyer]

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Nice recoveries !!!!God Bless and HH..Panz

 

[BuckleBoy]

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My hunch on the bullet is that it is more modern than CW--I can't ID it for certain because I'm not that familiar with more recent bullet types. I will say this--when you do find a CW-era bullet...it should have a white patina on it. You will want to leave that patina intact. It is contributing factor to the bullet's authenticity.


Regards,

Buckleboy

 

[Natman]

Re: Ring #49, Wheats, Bullet and Old Religious Cross & Locket

Thanks Buckleboy, I knew it most likely wasn't..I dug a .58 cal mini ball some years back and it was about twice the size of this one.

Nat