McCDig
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- Jan 31, 2015
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- Location
- Baltimore, Maryland
- 🥇 Banner finds
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- Detector(s) used
- Fisher F75
- Primary Interest:
- Metal Detecting
Got a late start on Thursday for an after work hunt. Hit the ground at about 6:30 and was there for an hour and a half. Found some square nails, a small iron buckle and thought I may not find a coin. Got a 95 signal that seemed large so I thought it was a horseshoe; turned out it was a Walker half. Leaving the parking lot I spoke with the gentleman who locks the gate at night; he grew up in the area and recalled sledding every winter down the very hillside I had detected.
Friday, I tried another park in Dundalk, but it was a bust because it was filled when the neighborhood was put it. Just found modern stuff, no deep old signals
Not to be deterred, I headed back to an area where I'd had some success and spent the rest of the day there. Lots of wheats. Did find a merc. Dug an old police button made by John A Griffith & Co. of Baltimore. I looked through Baltimore City directories from 1859 through 1890 and this company shows up in 1865. Since the company was a tailor service, I'm not clear whether they made the buttons or had them made with their name as the backmark; Waterbury made an identical button. Found an old suspender buckle, just didn't have room to fit it or the clad in the picture; clad came to $4.09.
Thanks for checking out the pics!
Friday, I tried another park in Dundalk, but it was a bust because it was filled when the neighborhood was put it. Just found modern stuff, no deep old signals
Not to be deterred, I headed back to an area where I'd had some success and spent the rest of the day there. Lots of wheats. Did find a merc. Dug an old police button made by John A Griffith & Co. of Baltimore. I looked through Baltimore City directories from 1859 through 1890 and this company shows up in 1865. Since the company was a tailor service, I'm not clear whether they made the buttons or had them made with their name as the backmark; Waterbury made an identical button. Found an old suspender buckle, just didn't have room to fit it or the clad in the picture; clad came to $4.09.
Thanks for checking out the pics!
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