Same spot - More Silver..and now a little Gold!

[black651]

I have been hunting one spot exclusively over the last month. It's been a real blast to finally have a good area that has a great deal of older (1880's - 1960's) coins and relics in it. I've managed to pull out 16 silver coins from there and numerous pieces of costume jewelry and religious medals etc.

Today I had to go in and attend a training meeting so I got home in the afternoon and got my gear - and bugged out to go hunt! Within 30 minutes I had my first silver Washington Quarter (1952)! That had me happy as a clam! An hour later I had my fifth Mercury and Roosevelt dimes (1944 and 1957)! I figured it couldn't get any better and settled down to hunting in all the nooks and crannies I hadn't hit yet. I began digging the "iffy" low signals that I would normally just note on my log book and continue on. The second one I dug turned out to be a ring. It was covered in grime and I figured it was another kid's trinket ring as I had pulled out three from this same area already. I hit nothing but clad from the 1960's for the last hour and packed up to go home.

When I got home and washed off the ring, I noticed it had some shiny coating under the grime. Being careful, I put a little elbow grease into my efforts and was rewarded with a shiny little gold band - marked "14K"! It has seen some considerable wear and since it doesn't have a hallmark on it I suspect it may be made pre-1906? The spot I dug it in was the same area I found my Barber dimes and "V" nickels. It's very small but I imagine hands were smaller back then - but it could have been made for a child as well.

BTW: I didn't scratch the coins - these were found above ground in some leaves and debris. It was a bit of a bummer to see the scratches but in no way did it affect the overall blast that this hunt was as a whole.

I've got the next few days off and I can tell you that I am going to be hunting this honey spot all dang day tomorrow!!

Thanks for reading my little report and thanks for all the awesome advice given on here! You guys (and gals of course) are the best!!

 

[tuatara]

Good work on coins, ring and other relics

 

[MUD(S.W.A.T)]

Nice post and hunt !!

Keep @ It and HH !!

 

[black651]

Thanks for the comments!

I just noticed something on the keys - the numbered one (I think it's a mailbox key or something from an apartment) has a name on the back of it! Always nice to have some clues to go by. The city is underneath this as well - "Saint Paul, Minn" - which would date this to before 1960's when they switched the abbreviations to two letter state codes. I'll update this if I find out anything.

Thanks again and HH!

 

[Argentium]

Black , have you been able to get a sense of what your hot spot was in the past ? Old school,
or fairgrounds or park ? clearly it is an area where people have gathered (and dropped things )
for a century or so . nice finds ! Argentium.

 

[black651]

I found this spot through an old photograph. There was a very large house located there and in the photo I can see a small child in the front yard with his mother sitting on the porch watching. I'm pretty sure a lot of the items were probably dropped by those just passing through as it was located near a public transportation line.

I was just looking for a possible match to the name on the keys - "J.F. Ptacek Saint Paul, Minn." but came up with several hits. No exact matches on the Census, Birth or Death indexes so far. The small ID tag I found last week was a dead end as well.

I need to get to the library and do some deep digging in the directories there to find out more of the history of this particular spot.

Thanks!

 

[ANTIQUARIAN]

Great looking finds man! I think your correct in saying that the ring certainly has some age to it Congrats again on your finds, I enjoy reading your posted stories.

 

[Tuberale]

Those small gold are hard as heck to find: an indication of your skill with a detector.

 

[CRUSADER]

The ring looks to be Gold plated Late 1800s most likely, they are mostly found with the 14K or other marks on a brass core, at least yours has most of the gold left.

 

[Wldbil]

Those are some great finds... Silver and Gold in the same day can't be beat. Keep us posted on what the full day hunt turns up.

 

[Bunker]

Nice job!!! I have got to get up north, things are really slow down here in Florida. Found a few contacts and hopefully they will produce some huntable land!
HH
Bunker

 

[SirJoey]

Ok now, all I need is the exact coordinates of that spot for my GPS...

Great digs, congrats!










The Lord Is My Shepherd!

 

[jamesbibb]

be easy man, scratchy silver....

 

[GopherDaGold]

be easy man, scratchy silver....

I was just gonna say those scritchies look pretty fresh!
I'll still take scratched silver to no silver any day.