Todays find, first Shield Nickel 1872!

[WYO_Yote]

Ground started to thaw a bit and decided to head out with my metal detector. Very productive couple of hours.

If anyone has any insight on any of these pieces, particularly the "wick/lantern" piece and spoon, I would sincerely appreciate it!

Thanks,
kj

 

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[DetectingGodlikeOnOlympus]

Neat stuff. It looks like you have some 45-70 cartridge casings, a couple of Spencer cartridge casings, the hasp from a steamer trunk, pewter spoon with casting seam, and a little iron key which I would guess is for a padlock.

1872 is a rarer year for shield nickels. That's a peach.

I'm guessing you are around an 1860s-1870s wagon trail.

 

[sandchip]

That nickel is killer. Love that patina with all those colors.

 

[RustyGold]

Awesome Shield Nickel! Congrats!

 

[Digger RJ]

Very Nice!!! Congrats!!!

 

[63bkpkr]

Could we have a close up of the spoon, tiny key, and the burner part? 5 cents never looked so good!..............63bkpkr

 

[washingtonian]

Beautiful coin. Well done!!

 

[Inspector]

That's a killer nickel and some nice relics, congrats on all the saves

 

[A2coins]

Nice shield those arent easy to find Well done

 

[OreElse]

Great finds....but that nickel is reall nice!

 

[Mikebk03]

Nice coin, Congrats!

 

[thrifty76now]

Great find those shield nickles are hard to come by.

 

[Whyme]

Very nice shield nick! Congrats!

 

[dirtlooter]

they never look that good around here, guess your dirt is very kind to the nickles

 

[lairmo]

Great looking Shield!!

 

[TimberCrack]

Nice Finds..congrats on finding some thawed out dirt here in Wyoming..Love to see the headstamps on your cartridge cases..how many are rimfire??

 

[WYO_Yote]

Hello fellow Wyomingite!! Its crazy how many cartridges Im pulling out the ground at this particular area. Many are rimfire, the majority of which don't have any writing whatsoever other than the "H" logo (these have 2 firing pin marks) The others that Im finding are center-fire, no primers, the majority of these cartridges have no visible writing except one. Clockwise "C 79 F 3". Other remarkable finds, there are many, is a Military Button, 1878 Indian Head penny (bad shape), and just today I found a large cast iron tea kettle. It was probably 3' in the ground and the metal detector went loco!

I can send ya some pics of the cartridge when I can a chance.

 

[DetectingGodlikeOnOlympus]

and just today I found a large cast iron tea kettle. It was probably 3' in the ground and the metal detector went loco!

I would imagine the natural circumstances under which a tea kettle would become buried three feet deep to be very uncommon. Did you notice and shards of glass or crockery in the hole? Were there any tin can remnants, bone, or charcoal/ash?

Does your metal detector indicate more metal in the hole?

I would personally be suspicious about the existence of a trash pit. It might be worth while to go back and explore the bottom of that hole some more, taking care to dig it wider and deeper. In fact, I won't be able to sleep easy until we know for sure.

 

[Yak1366]

Great looking V nickel!!!

 

[Kona Koma]

Good finds!