dirtfisher1127
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- Aug 8, 2011
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I know this story is going to sound too weird to be true, but you have my word that it happened exactly as I am about to relate it!
I finally got permission to hunt a pasture field next to an 1850's home a couple of years back. There was no sign of any building foundations or significant structures of any kind--just open pasture.
I was hoping for some spillover relics from the old house next door, although it was about a quarter of a mile away--O.K..........I am an optimist!
In any event, I parked my car at the gate and crossed the fence into the field. The fence was only about ten feet from a major thoroughfare, but I turned my detector on anyway and proceeded to ground balance it. I can't recall if I laid the coil directly over this object when I tried to ground balance, or I got a strong "hit" immediately after ground balancing, but I dug the object from about 4 inches down and found this object (see photo 1) I looked around the area for quite a while, but with only a few non-productive signals.
I then proceeded to search the field for the rest of the afternoon and came up with one item--a standing liberty quarter. As it was getting late, I hunted back towards the car. When I approached the gate I remembered the location of the cob--five fenceposts down from the gate. I made a final quick sweep of the area and BAM! another silver signal. You guessed it--(see photo 2)
It wasn't until I got home and rinsed the dirt off these two pieces that I actually realized what I had found--(see photos 3 & 4)
How or why they got there is anybody's guess, but I'm not complaining!
Aside from the fact that I know this is a cob cut into two pieces, I know almost nothing about these items. If anyone could educate me as to a possible date and origin of these pieces, I would love it! Thanks so much.
I finally got permission to hunt a pasture field next to an 1850's home a couple of years back. There was no sign of any building foundations or significant structures of any kind--just open pasture.
I was hoping for some spillover relics from the old house next door, although it was about a quarter of a mile away--O.K..........I am an optimist!
In any event, I parked my car at the gate and crossed the fence into the field. The fence was only about ten feet from a major thoroughfare, but I turned my detector on anyway and proceeded to ground balance it. I can't recall if I laid the coil directly over this object when I tried to ground balance, or I got a strong "hit" immediately after ground balancing, but I dug the object from about 4 inches down and found this object (see photo 1) I looked around the area for quite a while, but with only a few non-productive signals.
I then proceeded to search the field for the rest of the afternoon and came up with one item--a standing liberty quarter. As it was getting late, I hunted back towards the car. When I approached the gate I remembered the location of the cob--five fenceposts down from the gate. I made a final quick sweep of the area and BAM! another silver signal. You guessed it--(see photo 2)
It wasn't until I got home and rinsed the dirt off these two pieces that I actually realized what I had found--(see photos 3 & 4)
How or why they got there is anybody's guess, but I'm not complaining!
Aside from the fact that I know this is a cob cut into two pieces, I know almost nothing about these items. If anyone could educate me as to a possible date and origin of these pieces, I would love it! Thanks so much.
