ShovelinDave
Hero Member
- Jul 11, 2009
- 619
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- Detector(s) used
- Bandido 2 - umax, Garrett Ace 400, Garrett AT Pro, Garrett AT Pinpointer
- Primary Interest:
- All Treasure Hunting
Howdy Folks, it's been a while since my last post. As the title states, all I have been finding is wheat cents. I couldn't get my coil over a piece of silver for nothing. I didn't work the city as much this year. The places I was getting into wasn't producing anything worth noting. I guess I got tired of digging so much trash with no good results. Farmers started harvesting the fields and I was getting into any one of them that I could. Finding LC's and IHC's sure made me feel a lot better.
So I'm going to start out with my hunts from the last couple weeks. I caught up with one of the farmers who has given me permission to all of his fields. He told me of a field that he leases from the owner and there use to be a big house and barn on the property. Long gone before his time and he's in his 60's. He told me where in the field and so I got started. I started gridding the area and wasn't finding much other than trash. I then moved to a different part of the field finding more trash. I then got a nice 84 on the VDI and popped the plug. Still, in the hole, it was now an 87 and not sounding so good. It was a small lid with a pull tab top. Moving along I kept getting 82 and 84 signals which turned out to be trash and more slaw. I got another 84 VDI and popped the plug. It's in the plug and now reading 82 with a trashy sound to it. Thinking more can slaw. I flung the shovel from over my shoulder to flatten the plug. As I hit it, I saw a little round piece of silver come out of the plug and plop back into the hole. Looking down into the hole and seeing it, I thought finally. Turns out to be Seated Dime. Looked at the date and couldn't believe it. I have found four Seated Dimes thus to date. Three out of the four are dated 1877. It just seems odd to me. It started getting dark. I was making my way back to the car. Got a solid tone and plucked a lead seal, with no markings, out of the hole. The next day I had a couple hours to hunt. I made my way back to a field where I've found Minnie Balls. I dug a little deeper into the history of the area and I think this was a Civil War Training Camp. I found a handful of them and then it got quiet. I was happy with what I found but have yet to find anything other than Minnie Balls. No buttons or anything else of the time period. A couple of the pistol bullets look old because the lead looks the same as the Minnie Balls. The next weekend I got out on a Sunday. It was windy and I chose to make my way out to some woods. I dug a handful of brass headstamps this day. Kept hoping for a nickel but it wasn't meant to be. Once again I got a nice 84 on the VDI. Popped the plug and it was now reading 82 in the hole. Loosened up the dirt and fished out a 1947 Roosevelt. Not much after that other than a neat button. If I was to guess I would say early 1900's. So that's it for the last couple hunts. I will put up some pictures. Some of them being from hunts over the last couple of months.
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Marion Steam Co. watch fob that has been shot, Brass Spigot. 1959 Falstaff Beer Cardinals & Bears schedule token.Small bottle dump in woods.1872 tag?Pocket watch.
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First cow tag, an old key, brass thimble, IHC's, buttons. 3rd LC, 1949 Italian coin, wheats, and a Buffalo. Trigger guard, I think a watch fob, 1953 dog tax tag. 4th LC, wheat cent, brass knuckles found close to each other.
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Great Seal Coat and Cuff button. Wheat's and No Cash Tokens. Buckles, buttons, suspender clip.
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Thanks for looking. I wish everybody a Merry Christmas and a Happy Hunting New Year. SD
So I'm going to start out with my hunts from the last couple weeks. I caught up with one of the farmers who has given me permission to all of his fields. He told me of a field that he leases from the owner and there use to be a big house and barn on the property. Long gone before his time and he's in his 60's. He told me where in the field and so I got started. I started gridding the area and wasn't finding much other than trash. I then moved to a different part of the field finding more trash. I then got a nice 84 on the VDI and popped the plug. Still, in the hole, it was now an 87 and not sounding so good. It was a small lid with a pull tab top. Moving along I kept getting 82 and 84 signals which turned out to be trash and more slaw. I got another 84 VDI and popped the plug. It's in the plug and now reading 82 with a trashy sound to it. Thinking more can slaw. I flung the shovel from over my shoulder to flatten the plug. As I hit it, I saw a little round piece of silver come out of the plug and plop back into the hole. Looking down into the hole and seeing it, I thought finally. Turns out to be Seated Dime. Looked at the date and couldn't believe it. I have found four Seated Dimes thus to date. Three out of the four are dated 1877. It just seems odd to me. It started getting dark. I was making my way back to the car. Got a solid tone and plucked a lead seal, with no markings, out of the hole. The next day I had a couple hours to hunt. I made my way back to a field where I've found Minnie Balls. I dug a little deeper into the history of the area and I think this was a Civil War Training Camp. I found a handful of them and then it got quiet. I was happy with what I found but have yet to find anything other than Minnie Balls. No buttons or anything else of the time period. A couple of the pistol bullets look old because the lead looks the same as the Minnie Balls. The next weekend I got out on a Sunday. It was windy and I chose to make my way out to some woods. I dug a handful of brass headstamps this day. Kept hoping for a nickel but it wasn't meant to be. Once again I got a nice 84 on the VDI. Popped the plug and it was now reading 82 in the hole. Loosened up the dirt and fished out a 1947 Roosevelt. Not much after that other than a neat button. If I was to guess I would say early 1900's. So that's it for the last couple hunts. I will put up some pictures. Some of them being from hunts over the last couple of months.
![IMG_20181123_155731.jpg IMG_20181123_155731.jpg](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/1495/1495845-b4b8497c250fcaca61eb647340e34380.jpg)
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Marion Steam Co. watch fob that has been shot, Brass Spigot. 1959 Falstaff Beer Cardinals & Bears schedule token.Small bottle dump in woods.1872 tag?Pocket watch.
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First cow tag, an old key, brass thimble, IHC's, buttons. 3rd LC, 1949 Italian coin, wheats, and a Buffalo. Trigger guard, I think a watch fob, 1953 dog tax tag. 4th LC, wheat cent, brass knuckles found close to each other.
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Great Seal Coat and Cuff button. Wheat's and No Cash Tokens. Buckles, buttons, suspender clip.
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Thanks for looking. I wish everybody a Merry Christmas and a Happy Hunting New Year. SD