pmcauliffe
Tenderfoot
- Oct 25, 2015
- 7
- 10
- Detector(s) used
- Garrett Ace 250
- Primary Interest:
- All Treasure Hunting
Hi everyone! New to the site and happy to be here. Please feel free to offer any advice on my posts and how I have posted it (grammar, etc.).
Today, I went out to an old cornfield close to my hometown, that I got permission to detect, in hopes of finding some old relics. I discriminated greatly due to the amount of trash I saw lying around the edges of the cornfield (probably my first mistake lol). Got hundreds of hits for iron/foil; most of which I ignored. Came out with just a couple things and a lot of trash. I will share something with you all that I know the identity of and I will also share something I will need your help determining what it is.
First, I found an aluminum cap with the letters EPCO on it in older style writing. With a little research I found out that it was a cap to a cold cream container made between 1910-1930 (this was a dairy farm after all).
The second major find I can not determine what it is. I know it is made of lead because I could melt it with a lighter and it's super heavy for its size. It is spherical in shape but looks shattered. One end is flat as if it hit something very hard. I am leaning on my common sense and thinking it's possibly just a lead counter-weight but because of its spherical shape I'm thinking it could possibly be a round shot.
I will be providing pictures of both so please lend me your opinion and try to help me determine what the second item is! Thanks friends, hope to hear from you soon!
Pat
Today, I went out to an old cornfield close to my hometown, that I got permission to detect, in hopes of finding some old relics. I discriminated greatly due to the amount of trash I saw lying around the edges of the cornfield (probably my first mistake lol). Got hundreds of hits for iron/foil; most of which I ignored. Came out with just a couple things and a lot of trash. I will share something with you all that I know the identity of and I will also share something I will need your help determining what it is.
First, I found an aluminum cap with the letters EPCO on it in older style writing. With a little research I found out that it was a cap to a cold cream container made between 1910-1930 (this was a dairy farm after all).
The second major find I can not determine what it is. I know it is made of lead because I could melt it with a lighter and it's super heavy for its size. It is spherical in shape but looks shattered. One end is flat as if it hit something very hard. I am leaning on my common sense and thinking it's possibly just a lead counter-weight but because of its spherical shape I'm thinking it could possibly be a round shot.
I will be providing pictures of both so please lend me your opinion and try to help me determine what the second item is! Thanks friends, hope to hear from you soon!
Pat
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