Today and yesterday at the farm

Lenrac2 · Mar 30, 2023

It's feeling like spring! We are taking advantage of the farm before they start planting. Bob got the coins. A 1918 wheat and an 1864 Indian. Weird thing is we find very few coins but we have found 3 1864 indians. Very odd. I got some nice flat buttons. We found some pretty chert chips. To the left of the dog tag (Bob's find) is 2 items I have questions about. The lead thing marked 1/2 is that a fishing weight or ?? The thing next to the weight has a round glass in the center but light does not go through. What could it be? Thanks for looking!

BennyV · Mar 31, 2023

Lenrac2 said:
It's feeling like spring! We are taking advantage of the farm before they start planting. Bob got the coins. A 1918 wheat and an 1864 Indian. Weird thing is we find very few coins but we have found 3 1864 indians. Very odd. I got some nice flat buttons. We found some pretty chert chips. To the left of the dog tag (Bob's find) is 2 items I have questions about. The lead thing marked 1/2 is that a fishing weight or ?? The thing next to the weight has a round glass in the center but light does not go through. What could it be? Thanks for looking!

Looks like an old coin sinker. I have a mold for that.

nagant · Mar 31, 2023

Lenrac2 said:
The thing next to the weight has a round glass in the center but light does not go through.

looks kinda like a microscope lens

ToddsPoint · Mar 31, 2023

Due to people hoarding coins during the civil war, they were in very short supply. To answer that, the mint produced 54 million 1864 Indian head cents. A far higher number than minted before and after. It wouldn’t be until 1890 that the mint matched that number again. Look for the “L” on your 1864. It’s just below the ribbon that goes across liberty’s neck. Very hard to see. Worth 4-5X as much as 1864 without L.

E-Trac-Ohio · Mar 31, 2023

Well done !

billb · Mar 31, 2023

Congratulations
On your great teamwork and recoveries

Lenrac2 · Mar 31, 2023

BennyV said:
Looks like an old coin sinker. I have a mold for that.

Thank you Benny!!

Lenrac2 · Mar 31, 2023

nagant said:
looks kinda like a microscope lens

That's a great idea! I knew it reminded me of something! I think that's it!

Lenrac2 · Mar 31, 2023

ToddsPoint said:
Due to people hoarding coins during the civil war, they were in very short supply. To answer that, the mint produced 54 million 1864 Indian head cents. A far higher number than minted before and after. It wouldn’t be until 1890 that the mint matched that number again. Look for the “L” on your 1864. It’s just below the ribbon that goes across liberty’s neck. Very hard to see. Worth 4-5X as much as 1864 without L.

Thank you so much for that explanation! I did not know about the "L"! I'll have to check them! Is it only on the 1864s?

river roamer · Mar 31, 2023

Congrats to you and Bob on your finds

Digger RJ · Mar 31, 2023

Lenrac2 said:
It's feeling like spring! We are taking advantage of the farm before they start planting. Bob got the coins. A 1918 wheat and an 1864 Indian. Weird thing is we find very few coins but we have found 3 1864 indians. Very odd. I got some nice flat buttons. We found some pretty chert chips. To the left of the dog tag (Bob's find) is 2 items I have questions about. The lead thing marked 1/2 is that a fishing weight or ?? The thing next to the weight has a round glass in the center but light does not go through. What could it be? Thanks for looking!

Very Cool!!! Congrats!!!