diggitydon
Senior Member
Had a bit of a metaldetecting accident over the weekend. Cut my finger good trying to extract a find from under a root and gashed the end of my finger. Ended up having to get a tetanus shot. sigh... I have a new pair of gloves now.
So after a short work day, I decided to hunt a local farm I received permission to hunt. Did find a whole lot and discovered that the owner as well as another relative hunted it hard. I didn't find a single coin! Very unusual for me. I did find this Brass bed knob though...
Brass bed knob:
It made the old man smile when he saw it. I think he remembed the day it went missing. He showed me his workshop. He repairs nicklelodeans!!! The guy must be close to 90.
So I decided to hunt a park I first visited when I started detecting. There is a lot of acerage to this park that I haven't yet seen, so I hit a section of woods I've not had the displeasure to hunt. This place was freaky.
Take a look:
This tree is typical of the forest in this section of the woods and I'm just wearing a sleeveless t-shirt, not fun. So I'm thinking no one else has hunted either for that reason. Here are the finds:
Empire Crafts Quadruple Plated Creamer with the handle broke off:
It dates to about the 1960's and I found it about 4 inches down under thick brush. Here is a shot of the bottom:
I also found some Silver coins! Two to be exact!!! First ... 1919 Merc!
Second was a 1947 Rosie:
It was a great day of hunting!!!
Thanks for looking! HH and GL!
Don
So after a short work day, I decided to hunt a local farm I received permission to hunt. Did find a whole lot and discovered that the owner as well as another relative hunted it hard. I didn't find a single coin! Very unusual for me. I did find this Brass bed knob though...
Brass bed knob:
It made the old man smile when he saw it. I think he remembed the day it went missing. He showed me his workshop. He repairs nicklelodeans!!! The guy must be close to 90.
So I decided to hunt a park I first visited when I started detecting. There is a lot of acerage to this park that I haven't yet seen, so I hit a section of woods I've not had the displeasure to hunt. This place was freaky.
Take a look:
This tree is typical of the forest in this section of the woods and I'm just wearing a sleeveless t-shirt, not fun. So I'm thinking no one else has hunted either for that reason. Here are the finds:
Empire Crafts Quadruple Plated Creamer with the handle broke off:
It dates to about the 1960's and I found it about 4 inches down under thick brush. Here is a shot of the bottom:
I also found some Silver coins! Two to be exact!!! First ... 1919 Merc!
Second was a 1947 Rosie:
It was a great day of hunting!!!
Thanks for looking! HH and GL!
Don