Fooleeze
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So in an effort to practice my social distancing from the world, I returned to one of my farm field permissions in the area. I arrived there with the intention of exploring the outer reaches of the farm to see if I could find any more iron beds. So I hopped out of my car and started heading across the field. The field I was crossing I have detected very sporadically before but really found nothing but trash, mostly can slaw. As I'm walking and swinging I get a loud 79 to 80 signal on my AT max. it says it's about two inches deep, and to me it really sounds like another piece of aluminum. Even as I pulled this out about 3 in deep, I still thought it was a piece of aluminum when it was stuck in the dirt clod. Then reality started to set in.
This is only my fourth gold find, and by far my largest. While it's only 10K the thing is huge. It weighs in at 13.5 grams. and not only that but there is seems to be some interesting history to it. This is some kind of a token from a baseball team on the US Navy submarine base in Connecticut from 1919. And there's a name engraved on the back. There are a few little scratches and cracks, but with a light cleaning, the dirt came right out of them. (I learned my lesson before about 'plated' items, this one is certainly not plated). I am amazed how well this looks considering how long it has been in a farm field.
I will do a little bit of research to see if I can find out who it belonged to and if they lived in this area. But it sure made for a great social distancing hunt. I circled the area for a while and found nothing else.
I later went on to find a few more goodies during the hunt, including an early 1900s American Legion token, a really beat up US Large Cent, and a cool little cuff button with a design on it.
This is only my fourth gold find, and by far my largest. While it's only 10K the thing is huge. It weighs in at 13.5 grams. and not only that but there is seems to be some interesting history to it. This is some kind of a token from a baseball team on the US Navy submarine base in Connecticut from 1919. And there's a name engraved on the back. There are a few little scratches and cracks, but with a light cleaning, the dirt came right out of them. (I learned my lesson before about 'plated' items, this one is certainly not plated). I am amazed how well this looks considering how long it has been in a farm field.
I will do a little bit of research to see if I can find out who it belonged to and if they lived in this area. But it sure made for a great social distancing hunt. I circled the area for a while and found nothing else.
I later went on to find a few more goodies during the hunt, including an early 1900s American Legion token, a really beat up US Large Cent, and a cool little cuff button with a design on it.
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