Silver Quarter, Toasted LC & a Horseshoe!

ANTIQUARIAN · Aug 29, 2014

I got back to the site for 3hrs today where I found the British Martingale & the Batwing Buckle ... actually I was about 300m to the west. :tongue3:

Unfortunately, nothing quite as old or as interesting as my last couple of hunts here, but I did find a toasted George V LC, a 1943 George IV Silver Quarter. I also found a bunch of pennies under the tree in the pic all dating from 1941 - 1963 ... nothing newer! :icon_scratch:

I think my favourite find had to be the horseshoe, I just love finding horseshoes! :laughing7:

I have the 1953 - '63 pennies tumbling right now and will post a pic of them all cleaned up tomorrow morning! :thumbsup:

Thanks for looking and hope you all have a great Labour Day weekend,
Dave

PS. Also included is a pic of all the silvers I've found since June.

RelicMedic · Aug 29, 2014

Good score on the silvers and horseshoe! That is one ugly LC lol. Our Canadian soil is so harsh in the coppers. Well done sir

g-olden years · Aug 29, 2014

Beautiful silver & love the horseshoe! :occasion18:

Andi

beez0404 · Aug 29, 2014

Excellent finds. I tumble my wheat pennies in white vinegar with a sprinkle of salt and they come out quite nice.

Zodiacdiverdave · Aug 30, 2014

Hey Dave nice score on the silver. It's a shame how our soil eats away on those large coppers.
ZDD

Msbeepbeep · Aug 30, 2014

Nice silver score! I like finding odd things now and then starts the "I wonder how this got here?" Train of thought.
Did you find the rifle casing there too? I found one at a Jr high last week, and wondered how it got there.
Just don't tell Limitool you found a horse shoe he loves finding those, he has a ton of them! He he!

Gridwalker306 · Aug 30, 2014

Sweet silvers! Shame about the battered and deep fried large cent. Maybe that horseshoe will direct you to some more great finds!

Evolution · Aug 30, 2014

Pretty good amount of silver you have there. Keep up the good work. :thumbsup:

dirtlooter · Aug 30, 2014

it might be toasted really badly, but I would love to find it! awesome finds, great silver and you are having fun

46Wheat · Aug 30, 2014

Nice digs and thanks for sharing those pictures

Old Dude · Aug 31, 2014

Nice finds Dave. I think you said before, but do you just use sand for tumbling? I bought some of those little pyramid shaped polishing material and am not happy with it.

ANTIQUARIAN · Aug 31, 2014

~ACE~ said:
Good score on the silvers and horseshoe! That is one ugly LC lol. Our Canadian soil is so harsh in the coppers. Well done sir

Thanks very much ACE! :thumbsup:

Funny thing is most of the LC's I find in Southern Ontario are always in decent shape, but the ones i find in the soils of Eastern Ontario are always toasty.
I like to call it 'the limestone' effect! :laughing7:

Dave

g-olden years said:
Beautiful silver & love the horseshoe! Andi

Thanks for your post G! :icon_thumright:

I love finding horseshoes as well ... I must have 10 of them hanging in my workshop now! :laughing7:

Dave

beez0404 said:
Excellent finds. I tumble my wheat pennies in white vinegar with a sprinkle of salt and they come out quite nice.

Thanks for your advice on your 'tumbling solution' beez! :thumbsup:

I use aquarium gravel, 3 teaspoons of beach sand and a squirt of dishwasher detergent.
Best of luck to you,
Dave

Zodiacdiverdave said:
Hey Dave nice score on the silver. It's a shame how our soil eats away on those large coppers.
ZDD

Yeah, this seems to be even more true for our LC's dated post-1902 when the copper composition was changed in our coin. :icon_scratch:

Best of luck to you Dave,
Dave

Msbeepbeep said:
Nice silver score! I like finding odd things now and then starts the "I wonder how this got here?" Train of thought.
Did you find the rifle casing there too? I found one at a Jr high last week, and wondered how it got there.
Just don't tell Limitool you found a horse shoe he loves finding those, he has a ton of them! He he!

Thanks very much for your post BB! :thumbsup:

I found the 20+ bullet casings at a 1920 period park near where I live.
This park is located in Eastern Ontario in an area settled around 1790.
Dave

J.Cache said:
Sweet silvers! Shame about the battered and deep fried large cent. Maybe that horseshoe will direct you to some more great finds!

I always hope that whenever I dig a horseshoe on a site that it's an indicator of good things to come, but I'd be happy just to have dinner ready when I get home! :laughing7:

Dave

Evolution said:
Pretty good amount of silver you have there. Keep up the good work.

Thanks very much my friend! :icon_thumright:

The only place I find silver is in parks, but they're such a pain in the butt to detect because of all the darn pennies! :laughing7:

Finding a silver at a pre-1900 farm is like finding hens teeth!
Dave

dirtlooter said:
it might be toasted really badly, but I would love to find it! awesome finds, great silver and you are having fun

Thanks for your post dirtlooter! :thumbsup:

I love finding old LC's too, thankfully here in Canada they were made until 1920.
I'll tell you though, I'd much rather find an IH then a CDN LC anyday! :laughing7:

Dave

46Wheat said:
Nice digs and thanks for sharing those pictures

Thanks for your post bud, as you can see I love to take pictures! :laughing7:

Dave

Old Dude said:
Nice finds Dave. I think you said before, but do you just use sand for tumbling? I bought some of those little pyramid shaped polishing material and am not happy with it.

Hi Dave!

I use a combination of 3/4" - 1" polished aquarium gravel, 3tsp of beach sand, a couple of squirts of dishsoap and very hot water.
I then let it tumble for 12hrs, rinse and repeat as needed. :thumbsup:

Dave

treblehunter · Aug 31, 2014

Those boils on that LC is such a shame, it is so hard to find the good ones that were protected somehow from corrosion. I love those silvers and your cleaned up pennies. I just found a 1982 canook penny last Monday in Oracoke NC in the Outer Banks in the yard of my week rental house. She was very far from home. I still get a kick out of pulling a horse shoe from the ground. I have about two horses that can be shod now!

ANTIQUARIAN · Sep 1, 2014

treblehunter said:
Those boils on that LC is such a shame, it is so hard to find the good ones that were protected somehow from corrosion. I love those silvers and your cleaned up pennies. I just found a 1982 canook penny last Monday in Oracoke NC in the Outer Banks in the yard of my week rental house. She was very far from home. I still get a kick out of pulling a horse shoe from the ground. I have about two horses that can be shod now!

Yeah, I've never seen anything quite like that before. I tried to pick one of the 'boils' off with my fingernail and part of the coin came away with it as well.
I know a lot of Canadians head to FL, NC & SC for holidays, a buddy of mine who lives in Toronto takes his trailer and kids to NC every summer.
Best of luck to you Treb,
Dave