Tnet'er hunt with a little bit of everything

[pa-dirt_nc-sand]

Weather was perfect in W PA for detecting. Made it out to the park woods with local Tnet'ers Steve of PA and High VDI.

Steve spent a chunk of time digging in the cellar hole. I think he found enough flatware and cookware to outfit his kitchen... High-V had a tiny sharp shooter style coil and was squeaking out hidden targets. I had my DD coil and dug everything that did not blow my ears off above iron and found items in just about every category.

My first target was a bird.View attachment 1542489
BTW, Birds ring up like silver dimes. Not sure what it was from.
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Got my silver coin fix in with a nice Merc hidden under roots.
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My best find from the weekend probably is this sash buckle, circa 1850.

An art nouveau pocket mirror maybe my second favorite, circa 1900.


Here is everything.


The piece with "Washington" on it was identified as a dial pointer for an old radio. The car is stamped Tootsie on the underside. Harmonica reeds, religious pendants and wheats to round off a good hunt.

Note sure what this guy is:


Good luck out there!

 

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[Truth]

Wow great hunt a little bit of everything and I love going hard under a root to be paid of with a silver....great feeling. Congratulations

 

[kingskid1611]

You make everything clean up good. Nice collection of finds.

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Congratualtions on the nice relic hunt!

 

[thrifty76now]

Well I like the old toy car best.The rest of your stuff is neat.

 

[Steve in PA]

Great day to be out. Had fun digging with you guys. I'll get my stuff posted eventually. By the way that buckle is a sash buckle, not a shoe buckle.

 

[BeenThere DugThat]

Looks like a fun hunt, nice selection of targets.

 

[pa-dirt_nc-sand]

Great day to be out. Had fun digging with you guys. I'll get my stuff posted eventually. By the way that buckle is a sash buckle, not a shoe buckle.

Thx for the clarification on the buckle. I googled sash buckle and a few pics like this showed up.

 

[Kurios1]

Sweet hunt with your mates. The sash buckle is causing me to drool. Nice variety of cool relics and your silver Merc. Excellent gathering and some cool history recovered.

 

[dirtdigginfool]

Congrats on a great hunt with even better friends...the buckle, the mirror, the silver and everything else are awesome...looked like an excellent day all around...Ddf.

 

[billpa]

Nice finds you dug up there.

 

[HighVDI]

Lol on Steve and his flatware! Definitely a neat spot and a great day. We sure do need to meet up again soon. When you plucked that dime out it had that old silver look and I thought for sure you had a seated. Congrats on the silver and other neat finds. You're definitely proficient with that ACE. I'll post up my finds a little later too.

 

[washingtonian]

I like the coloring of that merc. Nice digs!

 

[pa-dirt_nc-sand]

Sweet hunt with your mates. The sash buckle is causing me to drool. Nice variety of cool relics and your silver Merc. Excellent gathering and some cool history recovered.

Thx! It was our first time out as a group. We all live nearby and connected via Tnet. The sash buckle did not look like much until some gentle cleaning and then the pattern and patina came through.

 

[pa-dirt_nc-sand]

Lol on Steve and his flatware! Definitely a neat spot and a great day. We sure do need to meet up again soon. When you plucked that dime out it had that old silver look and I thought for sure you had a seated. Congrats on the silver and other neat finds. You're definitely proficient with that ACE. I'll post up my finds a little later too.

Thx, the Merc popping out was cool. At that site it could have been a Rosie all the way back to a Seated, fun to share that moment with you. Many more to come this year.

 

[trdking]

Love the car

 

[highnam]

Yup that sash buckle is choice! Does it look like the little mystery piece had a inlay of mother of pearl? Maybe some fancy cuff link?

 

[WaterScoop]

Nice hunt with some sweet recoveries.

 

[pa-dirt_nc-sand]

Yup that sash buckle is choice! Does it look like the little mystery piece had a inlay of mother of pearl? Maybe some fancy cuff link?

Thx! The small piece has a mother of pearl inlay. I think you are correct in the cuff link ID. I bet the end had some kind of linkage to the other one for the set. Thx again!

 

[Back-of-the-boat]

Yep I love the car I'll give you my address to send it to.LOL very nice hunt.