Toy Soldier Pieces

[Carolina Tom]

I went out with Tnetters KurtStuben & Smittyman today. It was chilly but sunny at the Honey Hole

Here is the obligatory pic of Smittyman. A mind is a terrible thing to waste.



Here what I emptied out of my pouch.



I have been digging almost all of the targets lately. I really want to dig more gold rings. I dug a ton of pulltabs and junk. I won’t tell you Kurt got a gold ring today. All I got was Jefferson nickels.



I did manage to get a war nickel and a dozen wheaties. YTD silver coins: 7



I found an oil lamp. Here is the adjustment knob, with an 1897 patent date on it.



When I first cleaned this, I swear I saw wheat on it. I don’t see it anymore. It weighs 2.9 grams, same as a wheatie. I suspect some kid put Mr. Lincoln on the railroad tracks. I put that coin in there for scale.



I really like lead toy soldiers, so it hurts when I always seem to find them in pieces. This site has given up 8 partial lead toy figures.

Here is a leg and foot that came from the same hole.



I found 2 bases, a Barclay #678 and a Manoil #32.



I did manage to find this relatively intact knight, with JAPAN across his back. Coin, again for scale. It’s a small figure.



Here is pic of all of the lead I found today. I cleaned the tag. I believe it is an old phone pole tag. We have found several of them on this site.



Thanks for looking, and best of luck on your hunts.

 

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[weregolf]

A lot of coins, you are lucky

 

[dirtlooter]

hey Tom, the gold seems to run in cycles. I found 5 golds in like a month or so and haven't seen any since (seems like years ago now). I dig every pull tab and pull ring too and have exceeded the quota I am sure for tabs to gold ratio. But, got several Buffs and a lot of nickles. Keep at it my friend, I hope you find one of those honking huge 14k rings to show the others that you still got it! LOL Jerry

 

[washingtonian]

Nice save on the war nickel! It's cool that spot is still producing for you guys [emoji106]

 

[washingtonian jr]

Silver and a dozen wheats is a good day in my book! Keep pounding!

 

[WaterScoop]

Awesome stuff!



I can just imagine the children laying with those lead soldiers!

 

[treblehunter]

I hope Kurt post that find, I love those war Nics. I love that pic of Smittyman, looks like he stole something. We used to have a funny saying, "a waste is a terrible thing to mind"
Keep digging brother, I'm going to hit the woods for a couple hours tomorrow after church.

 

[Trezurehunter]

Looks like a nice variety of finds Tom. Keep it up. War Nickels are always a good find.

 

[Carolina Tom]

Awesome stuff!

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I can just imagine the children laying with those lead soldiers!

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The site is 8 acres and these lead toys have been found all over it, not localized in one small spot. We usually don’t find these, but do find a lot Tootsie Toy cars. Zero cars, 9 lead figures... completely opposite of every other spot that I’ve hunted... thank God.

 

[Carolina Tom]

I hope Kurt post that find, I love those war Nics. I love that pic of Smittyman, looks like he stole something. We used to have a funny saying, "a waste is a terrible thing to mind"
Keep digging brother, I'm going to hit the woods for a couple hours tomorrow after church.

Kurt should post today. He was thrilled with the find, I on the other hand, felt like crying. JK.

GL in the woods, I’m headed to meet P@tch for a bit of digging.

 

[against the wind]

Sweet hunt Tom and nice that you shared it with other Tnetters. Congrats on all your finds especially the war nickel.

 

[Carolina Tom]

A lot of coins, you are lucky

Lucky?

This is skill, mad skill at that my man. Google “skill” and my picture comes up!

OK, it’s mostly luck.

 

[BLK HOLE]

Cool finds, I do like this soldiers there is a whole one with your name on it! Congratulations

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Very nice pouch full of goodies!

 

[A2coins]

thanks. for sharing your finds thats alot, i have a new at max havent got out yet ground is too frozen imagine little tiny tim with a brand new bike at christmas time staring oout the window with a tear in his eye watchiing a blizzard thats me only its big tommy my kids dont mind winter cause there too busy on there phoones i remember when there were kids playing outside on bikes at parks ect i wonder if there will be much to find for the next generation of detectoristts lol sorry for the rant had to vent keep up the great finds tom

 

[Subterranean]

So many amputations at that toy soldier field hospital, the horror. Looking forward to seeing some more complete figures coming out of that great site, Tom! Sub

 

[P@tch]

Congrats on all the Lead toy's you have found lately. I enjoy digging them myself, but you're on 🔥 digging all of them lately. See you soon