Some silver on this frosty 95 degree day

ModernMiner · Jul 18, 2011

Yesterday I happened to spot an empty old house (1935) for sale a block off Main St USA. After talking with neighbors and using the tax records website I was able to come up with a phone # and also gain permission. :thumbsup:

I figured since today was supposed to be the "coolest" day of the week at a frosty 95 degrees I had better get out and hit it. My Shamwow underwear did a fine job most of the day. :tongue3:

I started out great within the first 10 minutes scoring a couple silver dimes in the same hole. Unfortunately that was about the highlight of the yard. :laughing9:

I was told there was a gold ring lost in the back yard many years ago, but I found two large bottle/trash areas that kind of killed the mood.

I was glad to at least have the chance to knock the dust off the ol' Silver Umax waiting for cooler weather this fall.
My finds were:
*1956 Rosie
*1943 Merc
*1928-56 Wheats
*Silver pin (real silver) - Any ideas what it is supposed to symbolize? :dontknow:

*Pine State Creamery token- Good for 3 cents. (My favorite find of the day)

*Beat up FOB
*Padlock, spoon, watch, etc.
*Three small glass bottles buried 1/2 way in the dirt

Thanks for looking Folks & Happy Birthday to Quindy!!! (He's 72 today) :occasion15:

-MM-

N.J.THer · Jul 19, 2011

Cool stuff...love the 4 digit phone number. You should play the pick 4.

Thanks for posting.
NJ

ggossage · Jul 19, 2011

Your Captain's bars could be Lieutenant's bars if they belonged to a naval officer. Here's Wiki's rank breakout (scroll to bottom): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Air_Force_officer_rank_insignia#Past_insignia

I joined the service back in 1984 and we used clutch pin fasteners by then: http://www.thepinpeople.com/attachments/customlapelpins/

I don't know when the transition from the older style fastener that you have on your pin occurred, but I suspect it happened around the WWII timeframe.

This last link may or may not be of help--but it's an interesting history of military insignia nonetheless:
http://books.google.com/books?id=tr...ved=0CEgQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q= fastener&f=false

allen · Jul 19, 2011

Looks like you had a great day of detecting !!

Lucky13 · Jul 19, 2011

Some really nice finds you have there,Hope you get the chance to get back out there once again,Those captain bars alone tell me its worth a second go at the site,Great Job!! :icon_thumleft:

Seabiscuit · Jul 19, 2011

Good Finds man! I wish I was with you hunting that place.

Happy Birthday Quindy!
Seabiscuit

steelheadwill · Jul 19, 2011

Nice batch of Silver and Relics !
First silver bars Ive seen, nice :wink:

ModernMiner · Jul 19, 2011

HISPAN said:
nice pics and finds....congrats!
H

Thanks Hispan. :icon_thumleft:

N.J.THer said:
Cool stuff...love the 4 digit phone number. You should play the pick 4.

Thanks for posting.
NJ

N.J.,
Great idea. You can bet I'll be playing the Pick 4 now. I'm a gambler by heart anyways. "Come on 3-9-1-0 !!!" :hello2:

Thanks,
Doug

ggossage said:
Your Captain's bars could be Lieutenant's bars if they belonged to a naval officer. Here's Wiki's rank breakout (scroll to bottom): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Air_Force_officer_rank_insignia#Past_insignia

I joined the service back in 1984 and we used clutch pin fasteners by then: http://www.thepinpeople.com/attachments/customlapelpins/

I don't know when the transition from the older style fastener that you have on your pin occurred, but I suspect it happened around the WWII timeframe.

This last link may or may not be of help--but it's an interesting history of military insignia nonetheless:
http://books.google.com/books?id=tr...ved=0CEgQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q= fastener&f=false

GG,
Fantastic info. Thanks so much for the ID. I'm texting the property owner now. She said her uncle that lived there was in the service. I'm waiting to hear back now on which service & rank he was. It would be neat to return this to him if he is still around. :thumbsup:

Thanks again,
Doug

allen said:
Looks like you had a great day of detecting !!

Not too bad Allen. At least I was able to get the silver monkey off my back. :laughing7:

-Doug-

Lucky13 said:
Some really nice finds you have there,Hope you get the chance to get back out there once again,Those captain bars alone tell me its worth a second go at the site,Great Job!!

Thanks Lucky. Maybe after this 100 weather passes through. I would love to find that gold ring for them.
-Doug-

Seabiscuit said:
Good Finds man! I wish I was with you hunting that place.

Happy Birthday Quindy!
Seabiscuit

Floyd,
I wish you were too. At least it was on dry land. :fish:

See you soon Buddy,
Dug

steelheadwill said:
Nice batch of Silver and Relics !
First silver bars Ive seen, nice

Thanks Herbie.
First ones I've seen too. At first I thought it was an "H" pin. :laughing9:

-Dug-

ModernMiner · Jul 19, 2011

Well, it turns out the 3 cent Pine State token was listed on the token website, but they were in need of and actual image of one.
I was able to contribute by adding a few photos of mine. :headbang:

http://tokencatalog.com/token_record_forms.php?action=DisplayTokenRecord&td_id=76551&inventory_id=222727&td_image_id=122481&attribution_id=77087&td_create_uid=173&record_offset=1

I love this hobby! :tongue3:

Thanks all,
MM

CMDiamonddawg · Jul 19, 2011

nice digs MM 8) what a great ride 8) 8) Blues mobile dawg

ANTIQUARIAN · Jul 19, 2011

Very interesting finds Doug . . . from such a "modern" house! :laughing7:

I thought you only hunted Colonial homes? :thumbsup:

Just kidding man . . . I bet that gold ring is still there too! :icon_thumright:

Dave

ModernMiner · Jul 19, 2011

CMDiamonddawg said:
nice digs MM 8) what a great ride 8) 8) Blues mobile http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yil9wlfa0yo&feature=player_detailpage dawg

LMAO! Great flick. :thumbsup:

Thanks CMD.
-Dug-

ANTIQUARIAN said:
Very interesting finds Doug . . . from such a "modern" house!
I thought you only hunted Colonial homes?

Just kidding man . . . I bet that gold ring is still there too!

Dave

Dave,
I'll hunt anything but Snipe. :tongue3:

I do love me some old plantation properties though. :icon_thumleft:

I'll take silver from any house. :laughing7:

Come on gold ring!
-Doug-

sekypaleo · Jul 19, 2011

Way to brave the heat Doug! I want to try this weekend but the highs this weekend up here will be high 90's...dont know if I can take that. Congrats on the silver!

SpringTxDigger · Jul 19, 2011

Congrats on a good hunt. Those are some nice finds. 95 degrees huh. Try hunting here in the Houston area. 95 is a cool front.

ModernMiner · Jul 19, 2011

sekypaleo said:
Way to brave the heat Doug! I want to try this weekend but the highs this weekend up here will be high 90's...dont know if I can take that. Congrats on the silver!

Thanks Buddy.
I think I'm going to buy one of those umbrella hats and mount a battery operated fan in it.

I drank water like crazy the whole day and was wringing out my headband numerous times.
Good luck,
Doug

SpringTxDigger said:
Congrats on a good hunt. Those are some nice finds. 95 degrees huh. Try hunting here in the Houston area. 95 is a cool front.

No thanks STD, I know you guys got it rough down there. :icon_sunny:

The humidity here kills me every summer. I miss that Calif weather.

-MM-

phifly04 · Jul 19, 2011

very nice hunt,love the bars.Would be cool if ya could reunite em with the Captain. GL
Dave

ModernMiner · Jul 20, 2011

phifly04 said:
very nice hunt,love the bars.Would be cool if ya could reunite em with the Captain. GL
Dave

Thanks Dave.
I spoke to the owner of the property. She said those bars would have been her uncles, but he passed away two years ago.

I'm going to give all the relics to her today.
-MM-

Hunter · Jul 20, 2011

Nice finds! :thumbsup:

High Plains Digger · Jul 20, 2011

Way to add information to the library of the internet! Now someone else in Raleigh will find a 3c token and there will be a picture there. Cool.

And speaking of cool, why don't we all pack up and go out to San Fran with our Tnet buddy there, He had blue skies and 70 degrees. FIELD TRIP!. No need to wait for winter.

ModernMiner · Jul 20, 2011

High Plains Digger said:
Way to add information to the library of the internet! Now someone else in Raleigh will find a 3c token and there will be a picture there. Cool.

And speaking of cool, why don't we all pack up and go out to San Fran with our Tnet buddy there, He had blue skies and 70 degrees. FIELD TRIP!. No need to wait for winter.

ROAD TRIP!!!! :hello2:

Thanks HPD. :thumbsup:

B|lker · Jul 20, 2011

rtde3 said:
I got to get me some of those sham-wow under britches, do they come in 2XL?
That token is way cool!
I like the bottle stopper also!
Now go back and find that gold ring!
With a fresh pair of Sham wows of course!

DITTO DUG
THE GROIN GURU

Let me know if you need help finding the Gold and where to get the Sham Wow underwear.

Were you using a jack hammer or pick-ax to dig with in this dry weather?

Some silver on this frosty 95 degree day

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