Tennis ball sized Bell

[rc2125]

Mid-Late 1800's farm house property, got permission a few months ago, but ground froze before I could detect it. Been waiting all winter to get out there. Very first target was a rough 1865 IHP. Got another couple indians, one really nice and a rough 1838 large cent. When working an area riddled with big fat square nails, like they were dumped there, got a sharp tone in the 30's, suspected a big piece of iron or tin (nox 800). Turned out to be a monster bell, compared to most crotal bells i've found and seen. Marked "No 12", looks to be like 2.5"-3", tennis ball sized. Cleaned it up just a little with CLR. It even sounds pretty good still...







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[HistoryStudent]

That bell is awesome! The site was definitely worth waiting for

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Love the crotal bell and other relics, congrats!

 

[Yooper Rich]

Hope I do as well on mine. The crotal is a beauty and rare as hens teeth in that condition and in one piece. Really nice digs!

 

[Iffy Signals]

Awesome bell. Found my first this year. Mines a No 2 in great condition.

 

[devldog]

Rc, Congrat's on some nice finds. I really like the bell too. All good finds.

 

[Tpmetal]

man I am jealous of that bell, i love finding bells. never have I seen a crotal so big and in such great condition

 

[A2coins]

That is cool

 

[BLK HOLE]

Now that is a Bell!

 

[xr7ator]

Yep, I'd go back! Grats on the cool finds.

 

[Hawks88]

Love that bell. That’s a beauty. The 1864 IHP is in great shape too. Congrats

 

[A2coins]

Hard to find those in one piece

 

[pulltabfelix]

Fantastic find with that bell. Plus lot of other pieces of history. How long did you hunt to find all that stuff? Looks like a lot of digging.