Snow Covered Frozen Relic Hunt!

[SaginawIan]

Dantheman and I hunted a few spots over turkey day weekend and - boy, it was cold, wet, and snowy! We got 3-4 inches of snow while we were detecting the woods today! We actually had to bang our coils on a tree every few feet because the snow packed on the coil and weighed it down. Great time and good finds all over. Here's my digs from the last few trips out.

Ian

 

[melvin_it]

WOW...I can't figure what you can do in the summer

Sweet finds.

M.

 

[SaginawIan]

oops, jacksonian - i read it - googled it and then somehow got jeffersonian. Thanks for the link, what's the story on JACKSONian buttons? Is that just a brand? Are they old school?

Oh yes, Fisher finds -the famous Buckleboy 1266 and the F75. That 1266 works better where the F75 does not - basically anywhere there are powerlines. So I got both in my backpack.

I'm hoping that the LC will come before the deep freeze . . brrrrrrrr. Now I'm going to check out your post with the flying eagle penny and silver. . . congrats to you to! That new 1266 is serving you well I see.

Ian

 

[xdanthemanx]

those look like fisher finds to me....................

DTM

 

[Michiganne]

Excellent haul, Ian! Great relics and love the shield nickel. Glad you guys perservered.

HH
p.s. Is the "horse rump" part of a weathervane?

 

[SaginawIan]

Good call on that horses butt thing. I thought it might be a cast iron childs toy or a piggy bank, but it certainly could be a weather vane - considering there we were near an old barn ??

Ian

 

[mpostma]

Nice Digs Ian!
I love that Sheild Nickel! That is sweet!
I'm glad to see there are others that are as crazy, or crazier than I am!

We have nearly a foot of snow on the ground up here already.

Had to drive to Lansing and back on Sunday, taking my daughter to the bus station. I was drooling as I noticed that there was almost no sign of snow! It was over 32 degrees, and I could see ground! My wife poked me in the ribs, looked me in the eye and said, "If I look in the back of the van and find your metal detector you are a dead man!"

Here I am, but I'm thinking it may have been a small price to pay as I watched all those old abandoned farms and stores along 127 pass me by!

I hope you find that LC yet this year! You certainly deserve anything you can dig this time of year!

 

[zaxfire69]

Now that is my kind of diggin. I have one of your buckles. Found one at an old 1800's site I am hunting. With my F75 of course. You are on to something awesome. Keep diggin that site. You da man

 

[BuckleBoy]

oops, jacksonian - i read it - googled it and then somehow got jeffersonian. Thanks for the link, what's the story on JACKSONian buttons? Is that just a brand? Are they old school?

Oh yes, Fisher finds -the famous Buckleboy 1266 and the F75. That 1266 works better where the F75 does not - basically anywhere there are powerlines. So I got both in my backpack.

I'm hoping that the LC will come before the deep freeze . . brrrrrrrr. Now I'm going to check out your post with the flying eagle penny and silver. . . congrats to you to! That new 1266 is serving you well I see.

Ian

Jacksonian refers to the style of the buttons, as best I can tell--and they Are old school 1820's and '30's buttons.

Glad the old Gal is coming through.

I've been using the Tesoro a lot lately--getting used to it with the bigger coil on it. Will be back to Fisher soon though. You know how it is learning a new one. Takes some consistent use.


Best Wishes,



Buckles

 

[woody50]

Great finds, it is also great to let people know what you can find in the snow. Another benefit of the snow is that you know EXACTLY where you have searched! That makes it easier.

 

[Dman]

WOW. Looks like you have a great spot to hunt.
Dman

 

[liftloop]

love the old nic and old knive,My unckle told me that, in the old day's they would hide all the silver ware,like berry it in the ground when the hole family would go on vacation, or if they had too leave for a long period of time.those old spoon's are whearth more than money.In other word the old eat'n iron looks good.

 

[Golden1]

 

[crazyjarhead]

Nice hunt and a hardcore one at that. Nice shield nickle and other relics you found. Ron

 

[seger98]

Ditto to all above!

 

[Ohio Jerry]

Nice bunch of coins and relics Ian!! Looks like you had a ball
Jerry

 

[Kas]

You're tearing it up with that f-75. Good work.

Ken

 

[topdog]

Fantastic finds.

 

[SaginawIan]

Thanks for the compliments everyone! I'm pround of that Shield Nickel for sure - it's amazing to see one of those pop out of the ground.

woody - being able to see where I detect in the snow was actually pretty helpful - it looked pretty impressive when we were done - you could see our foot steps in grid patterns

zaxfire - Are you from michigan? It looks like the Detroit Tigers mascot on your avatar - gotta love the f75! Is that your main detector? It has become mine

Liftloop - that's interesting about the buried silverware - I did find most of those in the same area and some were in good useable condition so I wondered whether they were discarded or not.

mpostma - I gotta tell you that I also get in the "doghouse" over metal detecting quite often - my wife thinks I'm nuts most of the time.

Ken - Yes - the F75 is TEARing it up - im not kidding that thing is good -deep - and accurate.

Will - thanks for the info on that button - wow, that thing is old then , I thought so. Good luck with that Silver Umax!

Ian

 

[camb1]

WOW that is a great selection of finds.

 

[HolyDiver]

Now that's dedication! Looks like everything paid off.