this weekends finds

[Gridwalker306]

this weekend's finds

My wife was so gracious to let me have the whole weekend to go detecting! She and our little daughter and my mother-in-law went to the cabin at the lake for the weekend. I hunted about 6 hours on Friday, 8 hours yesterday, and 4 hours today. I know that a lot of you folks find a ton of coins and things in a much smaller amount of time, but I live in a very small town...like around 100 people. It's got a lot of history, and it's basically never been detected until I came along. Almost all the other towns around here have been hit hard--I really lucked out. So therefore I usually opt to stay close to home and see what I can find. That being said, I think I need to explore other areas.

The little fish scale is dateless, but I found a variation (reverse variety RF8 ) that puts it 1899 to 1901. My oldest Canadian silver coin woohoo!

Then my first Buffalo Nickel...another dateless coin, although I think I can see 1919...

A few wheats, silver plated ring, couple of 1960's silver coins, and a little bit of this and that popped up.

Then the craziest thing I have dug up yet. The 3 Merry Widows condom tin. When I got home I realized I could open it carefully--THE GOODS ARE STILL INSIDE!!! :surprised: It's probably 80 to 100 years old...made to be RE-USED...interesting to say the least!

Happy hunting everybody

 

[NolanTheExplorer]

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Nice work! Sounds like a good fathers day weekend!

 

[Shark27]

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Nice hunt! good group of finds. Is there any writting on that crest shield item second down on the left?

Shark27

 

[treasurepirate1]

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can't wait for my first Victorian fish scale

 

[Gridwalker306]

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Treasurepirate1, those fish scales are great to find. They are so tiny, when they are deep they can be an iffy signal. I was surprised when this Victorian one came out...I was expecting a penny. Happy hunting!

 

[Tuberale]

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Some sweet finds for sure, J.Cache! Nice pile of coins. I've heard the term "fishscale" before, but never found any like your silver myself. Thanks for sharing.

Can your coil be submerged? If so, you might consider the local shallow lake areas, for everything that got lost while cooling off. Even small town people liked to get cool in the summer, as your family seemed to be telling you. And the best time to be with/near them is ... now, unless the waves get to the box. Know what you're saying about small communities, having lived and taught in a few. There is one really nice thing about smaller communities: everyone knows everyone's business, and probably knows whether ANYTHING has been lost or cached there.