FoundInNC
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Time: Today, 12pm-6pm
Site: Bingham Military School ruins, 1865-1891
Today was started off the same at the school, just filling my pocket with random small pieces of copper and scrap, but immediately I hit on a "dime" at 6 inches and dug it. I popped it out of the ground and thought at first sight that it was a 2 cent piece, but it was actually a hammered out BS Script button! I was very excited about that! Second, I hit on a "pulltab" at 3 inches and rolled what i believe to be a large cent out! It is completely smooth and I cannot make any details out. It is not corroded but my friend said it was a "woody" and I dont really know what that means, but I am going to look at it closely tonight to see if i can tell what kind of coin it is. Third, I dug an "iron" target. I normally dont dig those but this one just seemed different. Im glad I dug it, because it was a hammer off of a musket! Dont know what kind of gun it was but it has a hammer on the side, thats all i know. The last thing was what i decided to call it a day on. I had predetermined that the next decent target I dug was going to be the one I took it to the house on, and I dug a shotgun shell top, and I ignored that one and kept searching. Glad I did, because 3 minutes later I had pulled this copper item with US on it out of the ground from 4 inches! I have no idea what it is but I can tell you that it has old leather in the back of it. Any ideas????? PLEASE GIVE ME YOUR INPUT ON THIS! This has been my greatest day ever metal detecting! Thanks for looking!
*****Someone asked me what the shotgun shells I found were and I looked them up and suprisingly the one that says W.R.A.Co RIVAL No. 12 dates 1884 to 1897! The other 2 are UMC Co New club 12 gauges and could not find any info about them on the web. Did not know that these could be collectable!
*****I just figured out what the US Brass relic is. I found a picture of exactly the same thing! It is a civil war bayonette clip off of a trapdoor rifle! The hammer lock plate is most likely off a springfield trapdoor rifle as well! Still havent seen any recognizable markings on the slick copper coin. I am very pleased with finding out what the us plate was! here is a link if you want to see it.
http://www.neaca.com/images/Civil_War_US_Bayonet_with_Metal_Scabbard_2_.JPG
Here is a link for what the hammer lock plate looked like in its prime!
http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl...&ndsp=15&ved=1t:429,r:0,s:17&biw=1024&bih=585
I have just figured out a year range for the coin I found. It is a large cent as I supposed, and the only thing I can make out is ETY on the top right. The only large cent coins that have ETY on the top are 1793-1807!(the word being liberty of course) So, I am pleased with the coin find even though that is all I can see on it!
Site: Bingham Military School ruins, 1865-1891
Today was started off the same at the school, just filling my pocket with random small pieces of copper and scrap, but immediately I hit on a "dime" at 6 inches and dug it. I popped it out of the ground and thought at first sight that it was a 2 cent piece, but it was actually a hammered out BS Script button! I was very excited about that! Second, I hit on a "pulltab" at 3 inches and rolled what i believe to be a large cent out! It is completely smooth and I cannot make any details out. It is not corroded but my friend said it was a "woody" and I dont really know what that means, but I am going to look at it closely tonight to see if i can tell what kind of coin it is. Third, I dug an "iron" target. I normally dont dig those but this one just seemed different. Im glad I dug it, because it was a hammer off of a musket! Dont know what kind of gun it was but it has a hammer on the side, thats all i know. The last thing was what i decided to call it a day on. I had predetermined that the next decent target I dug was going to be the one I took it to the house on, and I dug a shotgun shell top, and I ignored that one and kept searching. Glad I did, because 3 minutes later I had pulled this copper item with US on it out of the ground from 4 inches! I have no idea what it is but I can tell you that it has old leather in the back of it. Any ideas????? PLEASE GIVE ME YOUR INPUT ON THIS! This has been my greatest day ever metal detecting! Thanks for looking!
*****Someone asked me what the shotgun shells I found were and I looked them up and suprisingly the one that says W.R.A.Co RIVAL No. 12 dates 1884 to 1897! The other 2 are UMC Co New club 12 gauges and could not find any info about them on the web. Did not know that these could be collectable!
*****I just figured out what the US Brass relic is. I found a picture of exactly the same thing! It is a civil war bayonette clip off of a trapdoor rifle! The hammer lock plate is most likely off a springfield trapdoor rifle as well! Still havent seen any recognizable markings on the slick copper coin. I am very pleased with finding out what the us plate was! here is a link if you want to see it.
http://www.neaca.com/images/Civil_War_US_Bayonet_with_Metal_Scabbard_2_.JPG
Here is a link for what the hammer lock plate looked like in its prime!
http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl...&ndsp=15&ved=1t:429,r:0,s:17&biw=1024&bih=585
I have just figured out a year range for the coin I found. It is a large cent as I supposed, and the only thing I can make out is ETY on the top right. The only large cent coins that have ETY on the top are 1793-1807!(the word being liberty of course) So, I am pleased with the coin find even though that is all I can see on it!
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