Last weekend the weather and my schedule were both good to ask the very elderly gentleman across the road from me if I could hunt a lot he owned that formerly had a house, next to his place. He was fine with it. I started last Friday evening and without thinking used the style that worked for me on another old site; low and slow and digging weak signals. I had some loud signals that I could hold the coil 5 inches above and still hit. I was ignoring those, and digging fun old bits and pieces but no coins. It was getting close to dark when I hit another loud signal and decided to dig it. Out pops a 1919 Wheatie, only an inch or two underground. Came back the next morning and started digging the louder signals - another shallow early wheat and a 1904 Indian an inch or so underground. There were still several patches of perennial flowers even though the house had been gone for decades. I hit those carefully thinking a ring might have slid off. No such luck, but I did find one for my modest bucket list - a Buffalo nickel! And fifty feet from my front door! This weekend I asked if it would be okay to come back - originally with the idea of covering the back of the lot, but it was grassy and I was only finding junk, so I went back to the front yard and dug everything I heard. First good find was a Kansas zinc tax token, two mills, from 1937-38 - a token was another bucket lister - and two more 1920s wheats, all along the sidewalk that led to where the house was, and all super shallow - weird dirt!. Today I went back for a bit and found a pin or brooch, pretty rough, a tiny buckle, maybe from a ladies watchband, and found a 1942 wheat ON THE SURFACE, just under some leaves. No luck on silver though... hmmm.
New permission - first Buff, IH penny, plus fun finds (pic heavy)
- Thread starter Iggyks
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cellrdwellr
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Wow that injun is gorgeous, nice hunting!
GeneralQuarters
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Great period finds! There's got to be silver there. Go back a few more times. GL
Know what you mean! I found two V's before finally hitting the Buffalo.
StratTone
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Love the color and detail on the IHP
ynnek4
Senior Member
Great finds! Love the IHP!
Digger-Dave
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Nice looking group of finds.
If you flip those spoons over, you might be able to get a manufacturer's name.
Then you might be able to get a time frame.
If you flip those spoons over, you might be able to get a manufacturer's name.
Then you might be able to get a time frame.
AirmetTango
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Wonderful hunt! Nice write up, excellent pics, and great group of coins and relics - the Indian looks fantastic, and I really like that tax token! The Winchester headstamp dates from either 1894-1900 or 1921-1933...I'd guess the later range based on the other finds. Thanks for sharing!
Thanks! The shiny one is a Pix Acorn made by a company named Pick's. maybe 1920s. The other one I need to scrub and look for a name.
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Thank you! That Winchester is the highest brass I've ever seen... and the UMC one of the shortest.
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LandOLincoln
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Nice finds! Congrats on the coins. Have not seen a fountain pen dug.
Dewsweeper894
Elite Member
Wow that Indian came out looking good .
Congradulations on the buff also .
Love the photos .
,Dew
Congradulations on the buff also .
Love the photos .
,Dew
