Went to a park in the Historic District and might have found a first.

[Truth]

This park goes back a long way the only problem is it’s mostly sand from when the river overflows. The river bottom is all sand so I always figure anything worth while is deep because I find old beer cans a foot down. But I figured since it overflowed last week MAYBE some old silver is on top...nope. But I did find some 2 deep targets that I found interesting with the 800. I believe my first hem weight at about 9”, clear signal so I dug it and a brass tuba about a foot down....Hey I never found one of those either at my honey hole which made it was a good day. Thanks for looking at my humble finds.

UPDATE!!!!! Thanks to Kray the tuba is a Pre Civil War US Infantry Hat Pin!!!!!!

 

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[trdking]

Does the Tuba still play?

 

[can_slaw]

Looks like a good day. Hem weights and sweet relics are all keepers in my book! Nice post Truth!!

 

[nhbenz]

Nice find, maybe a French horn?

 

[Kray Gelder]

Sweet finds, Truth! Check this out. Maybe better than you thought.

1858 US Infantry enlisted hat emblem. Standard infantry adornment worn during The War of Northern Aggression.

 

[DigToChina]

Sometimes you have to toot your own horn! Good finds. Did the knife open?

 

[Truth]

Sweet finds, Truth! Check this out. Maybe better than you thought.View attachment 1585358

1858 US Infantry enlisted hat emblem. Standard infantry adornment worn during The War of Northern Aggression.

HOLY $&@“ THAT’S IT!!!!! LOL OMG THANK YOU!! Unbelievable!!

And I thought it was a tuba!!! Lol

 

[Truth]

Sometimes you have to toot your own horn! Good finds. Did the knife open?

No

 

[Hawks88]

Cool finds. I like the horn.

 

[Kray Gelder]

HOLY $&@“ THAT’S IT!!!!! LOL OMG THANK YOU!! Unbelievable!!

And I thought it was a tuba!!! Lol

My pleasure. Really COOL find!

 

[verbious]

Nice recoveries!!!!

 

[washingtonian]

Looks like a hem weight to me, cool dig!

 

[metalev4]

Congrats on the Kepi hunting horn, insignia is always a good find

 

[trdking]

Sweet finds, Truth! Check this out. Maybe better than you thought.View attachment 1585358

1858 US Infantry enlisted hat emblem. Standard infantry adornment worn during The War of Northern Aggression.

Wow thats a new one on me. Pre civil war infantry. How sweet it is.

 

[can_slaw]

Krey, you never cease to amaze me. Truth, and all of us, were happy believing it was a tuba. You knew better, and were able to enlighten us to what he actually held. A beautiful, early, piece of American militiaria. Nice ID for sure!!

 

[Truth]

Wow thats a new one on me. Pre civil war infantry. How sweet it is.

I loving life right about now

 

[Kray Gelder]

Krey, you never cease to amaze me. Truth, and all of us, were happy believing it was a tuba. You knew better, and were able to enlighten us to what he actually held. A beautiful, early, piece of American militiaria. Nice ID for sure!!

Yeah, well, thanks for the kind words. I wasn't certain, and needed to verify. Really glad to find the matching image.

 

[Truth]

Krey, you never cease to amaze me. Truth, and all of us, were happy believing it was a tuba. You knew better, and were able to enlighten us to what he actually held. A beautiful, early, piece of American militiaria. Nice ID for sure!!

Thank you for saying what I was going to say myself once I came down off of this high. There’s a high school two blocks away from this park that was built in 1901 and I thought at best it was a high school tuba player that lost his pledge pin. And once again Krey educated me and takes his personal time to look up something I found and make an ordinary day in the something fantastic. And I was excited about my first hem weight......and still I’m. Now I’m over the top. That 800 was hitting deep, but It was mostly old Schlitz beer can about a foot down (Just now doing research I realize that Schilitz was started in 1849 I thought it was an old New Orleans rot gut beer from the 70s lol)

So having about 10 cans, at a foot down, I still dug this deep can signal. [emoji1317][emoji1317]

Thank you so much Krey

 

[Truth]

HOLY $&@“ THAT’S IT!!!!! LOL OMG THANK YOU!! Unbelievable!!

And I thought it was a tuba!!! Lol

Kray did you already know?

 

[Truth]

Yeah, well, thanks for the kind words. I wasn't certain, and needed to verify. Really glad to find the matching image.

A buddy of mine that I just met is a real relic nut! And when I was telling him the story I told him I found what I thought was a brass tuba and here in the excitement in my voice he said, “Did you find her US infantry pin?”

I started tripping he said that before even seeing it. This guy has conversations with me about old war things where I don’t even know what he’s talking about and he acts like I should. Lol I was a coin guy his whole world is relics.