Winter Relic Hunt - Large Hunka Silver - what fun!

[SaginawIan]

Dantheman and I are still swinging the coils here it here in Michigan . Get this - Dec. 24th - we have 12" of snow, Dec. 27th - we're out swinging the coils!! A warm spell and heavy wind got rid of the snow. Plus, the extra moisture made digging like scooping ice cream!

So we got a couple quick hunts in - A heart-stopping find for me: Large Silver! 1918 walking half! Then I dig what I thought was a real gun - given how heavy the thing is - but heck, it's a cap gun - who the heck is "Gene Autry"? And finally, I dug an eagle button at the same place that dantheman dug a civil war era spur a couple months back. Can anyone tell me about that button? It looks different than other eagles I've dug - the wings are shorter and the talons are much thicker? Plus - there is no maker mark that I can see. Oh yeah, and a dateless Buffalo - do these things ever have dates??

Well, hope all is well with everyone. Happy new year!

Ian

 

[Pangus]

Re: Winter Relic Hunt - what fun!

Gene Autry was a famous country singer from days gone by...

http://www.geneautry.com/

 

[John Deere Digger]

Nice hunt.
JDD

 

[arizonaames]

Re: Winter Relic Hunt - what fun!

Gene Autry was a famous country singer from days gone by...

http://www.geneautry.com/

And very rich radio and TV mogul all over the US.

 

[crazyjarhead]

Darn nice hunt Ian. Great half dollar too. Looks like are days are numbered again

 

[phantomfinder]

WOW you found some very cool things , wtg

 

[chefrider]

Gene Autry was a very busy man"back in the day". Great finds you got there.....HH

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Autry

 

[woody420]

WOW you found some very cool things , wtg

 

[Detectingfreak]

Real Nice job on the Walking Liberty Half dollar!!! That 1918 is sure a beauty!!!

 

[johnreb1980]

Great finds.

 

[duggap]

In his later years he owned one of the major league ball clubs. For some time he was one of the wealthiest of the Hollywood bunch.

 

[kdismuke1]

AWSOME FINDS. CONGRATS

 

[Michiganne]

Excellent half, Ian! Glad you and Dan are out digging.

HH

 

[SaginawIan]

Thanks everyone we actually got out again today and found a few nice things. We will post pics soon! Hh - ian

 

[Admiral de Salee]

Stellar finds, Ian! I didn't see any commentary in the topic about the button, but it looks 1810 - 1850 to my unlettered eye.

Did you get out during that brief warm spell? Must have, or you'd have needed an ice spud to get 3" down.

 

[BureFreak]

It does look like a standard eagle button used by a large amount of the Union Army during the Civil War. The time frame is right for the previous post for it being 1810 - 1850. That given, it could be pre-war, but either way, a great find. Get back out there and find some more. You could be in a great area with many more artifacts to be had!

HH

Nate

 

[tymcmurray]

Congrats on the silver!