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Some Old Mill Finds... No Shield Indian Head- UPDATE: ID ON ENGRAVING

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Mr. Weatherman blew it today. Rain was in the forecast, but it was partly sunny all day. I hit an old mill site today that I hit many times before, but not with the DFX. Overall, it was not a great day, but I did manage to find a silver plated watch back that I almost threw out as trash. Upon closer examination, it has the initials H.B. and some other writing I cant make out.

I also found a silver salt shaker top, a small rosette, a very old domed button, some Wheaties, and the 1859 No Shield Indian Head, which rang in exactly on "pull tab". A bit of advice: If you want to dig the Flying Eagles and early Indian Heads, you need to dig the pull tab signals.

Happy Hunting!

UPDATE: The name engraved on the watch back is "H. Bailey"
 

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Re: Some Old Mill Finds

Very nice Injun
Congrats :thumbsup:

fortbball9
 
Re: Some Old Mill Finds

Nice fatboy Neil. I sure know about pulltab digging. The Flying Eagle I found this year read exactly Pulltab on the XL Pro.
Chris
 
Re: Some Old Mill Finds

Great looking finds.
 
sweet finds neil
 
the dfx is hell on old coppers.....sucks em right up
 

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