AirmetTango
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I got out to my favorite farm field for a couple hours on Friday. It was slow going, but I ended up with a nice group of relics and a nicely detailed 1899 Indian.
A couple of the most interesting relics I didn't even need a detector for...they were eyeball finds right on the surface! First was the handle for (I think) a fancy butter knife - tons of scroll work on the handle, and it was clearly gilt originally...too bad it wasn't whole!
The next eyeball find was the whiffletree tip - I saw it from about 10 yards away! I gotta admit, I spent a minute or two trying to clean the "dirt" out from the socket before I realized it was actually the remains of the wooden crossbar! And how did I know it was a whiffletree tip?? I happened to see it as I was leafing through my recently received 1897 Sears catalog reprint a few days ago!! Thanks again for posting about that, teotwawki...that's two positive IDs using it since I got it after the New Year
The Indian was a no-doubt-about-it signal, and only about 2" down - it was in an area I'm sure I hit before with my previous detector, but the field's been chisel plowed since Spring. For coming out of a field, I was pleasantly surprised to see nice detail on both sides of the Indian - usually one side or the other takes more of a beating from exposure. The field pics show the coin still in the plug, and then after I flicked it down a bit with my finger...always a thrilling moment
The lock back was a mystery until I found some vague lettering on the side after cleaning. Turns out it's back of a D K Miller Lock Co pancake lock, and it's intriguing that it appears to have vice teeth marks and case damage consistent with an attempt to break the lock. Considering I only have half of the lock, maybe they were successful Anyway, if nothing else, it looks like I have another half of the lock to hunt for
Other interesting relics include a couple small buckles, a couple of shotshell headstamps that date to the late 1890s to early 1900s, and some odds and ends.
A couple of the most interesting relics I didn't even need a detector for...they were eyeball finds right on the surface! First was the handle for (I think) a fancy butter knife - tons of scroll work on the handle, and it was clearly gilt originally...too bad it wasn't whole!
The next eyeball find was the whiffletree tip - I saw it from about 10 yards away! I gotta admit, I spent a minute or two trying to clean the "dirt" out from the socket before I realized it was actually the remains of the wooden crossbar! And how did I know it was a whiffletree tip?? I happened to see it as I was leafing through my recently received 1897 Sears catalog reprint a few days ago!! Thanks again for posting about that, teotwawki...that's two positive IDs using it since I got it after the New Year
The Indian was a no-doubt-about-it signal, and only about 2" down - it was in an area I'm sure I hit before with my previous detector, but the field's been chisel plowed since Spring. For coming out of a field, I was pleasantly surprised to see nice detail on both sides of the Indian - usually one side or the other takes more of a beating from exposure. The field pics show the coin still in the plug, and then after I flicked it down a bit with my finger...always a thrilling moment
The lock back was a mystery until I found some vague lettering on the side after cleaning. Turns out it's back of a D K Miller Lock Co pancake lock, and it's intriguing that it appears to have vice teeth marks and case damage consistent with an attempt to break the lock. Considering I only have half of the lock, maybe they were successful Anyway, if nothing else, it looks like I have another half of the lock to hunt for
Other interesting relics include a couple small buckles, a couple of shotshell headstamps that date to the late 1890s to early 1900s, and some odds and ends.
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