First gold! First buffalo! 1st War Nickles!

LandOLincoln

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I was not even going to go metal detecting today, but im glad I did. I went to a house that is for sale across the street and started swinging away with the nox600. Not two swings in i get a good signal and dig a silver rosie, not two seconds later i see someone in my peripheral and I think, well that was a short hunt. Turns out its the maintenance man from the church down the street, they own the house and the one next door. I introduce myself as the neighbor and he says i can go ahead and do the house next door. Sweeeeeet!!!! So I do just that, and here are my finds. 12k on the gold, oh and anyone want to guess what was inside the locket? Human Hair
$4.55 in clad, 10 silver coins, 12 wheaties, a buffalo, a bullet, a family crest. Almost doubled my silver FTY on this hunt.:D
 

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Awesome finds!!!!!


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Nice goodies.
Thanks!
That crest pin is an Army distinguished unit insignia pin.
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Thanks for the ID, love these kind of unique finds!
A lot of good stuff there. A lotta diggin . Nice.
Thanks, yea i dug 60 lincoln cents alone!
Congrats on all the sweet finds!
Thanks
 
Are u sure the locket is gold. ?
Its got alot of green and tarnish. Might be gold filled? Id get that checked if I was you. might say 12ktGE ELECTROPLATED GOLD FILLED
Thats so gross that it had hair in it. Haha. Did it smell like a lady's hair or probably a mans.Haha
 
Are u sure the locket is gold. ?
Its got alot of green and tarnish. Might be gold filled? Id get that checked if I was you. might say 12ktGE ELECTROPLATED GOLD FILLED
Thats so gross that it had hair in it. Haha. Did it smell like a lady's hair or probably a mans.Haha

You are correct, i found the hallmark on it, kinda hard to see it has a ding, but its 1/20 12k, gold filled. Darn not the good stuff! Still counting it as my first gold :)
 
Cleaned up the locket. The hair is in the compost pile in the garden, i dont want to conjur up any bad juju and upset the metel detecting gods by disturbing this human artifact anymore than I already have.
I also was looking over the buffalo and holding it up in the light i can just barelly make out a date 1925, no mintmark. It is crazy, you literally cannot see any date whatsoever but held up to the right light, at just the right angle it starts to become visible.
 

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Wow what an outstanding hunt! Congrats on all of the quality finds and upping your silver count FTY! A dream hunt for sure!
 
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