Second Batwing buckle this week, semi key Indian head (1867), and a thimble

[Evolution]

Got out for a hunt with my buddy FatTony315 today. We stopped at an old (early 1800s) house and were granted permission to detect although the home owner said that it has been detected before. We took that as a challenge and dove right in. My first find was an indian head although I couldn't read the date until I got home and cleaned it up a bit. It turned out to be an 1867 (a semi key date).



I continued around the front of the house and got a nice midrange signal on my VX3. Pulled this interesting thimble up from about 3 inches deep.



Not too far from the thimble I got a nice high 80's VDI hit on the VX3 pinpointing at about 6 inches. I dug down to that depth and still nothing.... but the signal was definitely still in the hole.... so I dug down another couple of inches... still nothing...a couple more inches and the pinpointer was saying I was right on top of it. Popped a nice batwing buckle out from at least 10 inches deep. Here's a picture of it in the hole followed by a pic of my digger in the hole almost buried up to the hilt.



This one was a medium sized buckle. I found one on Monday that was slightly larger. Here's two pics of the one I found today followed by a picture of the two together.



The owner was right. This place has definitely been hunted before.... but thankfully they left a few things for Tony and I to find.



Thanks for looking. Happy hunting.

 

[Valley Ranger]

Very nice!

 

[Fattony315]

You got to be kidding me, 2 batwing buckles. Sweet.

 

[Bubba65]

Hey Evolution you have some SWEET DIGS there, CONGRATS

Bubba65

 

[CASPER-2]

 

[seanymph]

Awesome IH!

 

[TNGUNS]

Great stuff.........luvin the buckle and IH. Congrats

 

[treblehunter]

Still amazes me that great finds are still at heavy hit areas, to me its another lure to metal detecting. Almost magical.
Congrats on those cool finds, Good work.

 

[johnnyblaze]

Looks like you found a matching buckle set

I got my first silver thimble saturday..

Hopefully more today..

Blaze

 

[jewelerguy]

hope that indian head continues to clean up well. it looks like it was nearly new when dropped

 

[Metdet49]

Nice finds Evolution. I love finding those batwing buckles. What does the writing on the thimble say? It looks like Albany Pianos (??) I'm from the Albany, NY area and was just curious.

 

[Evolution]

Nice finds Evolution. I love finding those batwing buckles. What does the writing on the thimble say? It looks like Albany Pianos (??) I'm from the Albany, NY area and was just curious.

It appears to say Dorwaldt Mclure...Albany Pianos.

 

[Evolution]

hope that indian head continues to clean up well. it looks like it was nearly new when dropped

It cleaned up pretty well but unfortunately there is a little corrosion on the obverse. The obverse of this coin seems to have been very weakly struck. The reverse seems normal. Thanks for the reply.

 

[G.A.P.metal]

Outstanding finds love the Batwing.
Gary

 

[creade]

Love that thimble ,I keep hoping I'll find one

 

[Jyverb64]

Nice buckles and the indian and thimble make it a great hunt

 

[BuckleBoy]

I've always wanted a batwing buckle. Such cool and iconic buckles to dig.

Congrats,

Buck

 

[Evolution]

You got to be kidding me, 2 batwing buckles. Sweet.

Between these two and the smaller one you found earlier this year I'm thinking we have all the sizes covered. They'd look nice all together in a display case.

 

[Evolution]

I've always wanted a batwing buckle. Such cool and iconic buckles to dig.

Congrats,

Buck

Thanks for the reply Buck. I feel the same way about all those Spanish silvers you guys have been digging. Still looking for my first...I'd love to find one of those.

 

[thrillathahunt]

I'm like you, I consider it a challenge when someone tells me a place has been hunted before, and always seem to find a goody or two. It was definitely worth another shot.