2nd day at old estate property - two more IH cents and buckle that needs IDing

[time4me]

Well, it rained all night last night, but stopped by early morning so my dad-in-law Ken and I went back to the same estate house property that we hit yesterday morning when I found the 1908S Indian Head I posted about yesterday. We spent a couple of hours slip sliding away in all of the mud from the construction work and re-landscaping going on at the property, but we came away with a few more good finds.

I am amazed that we still have not found a silver coin at this property though. We've spent over 4 hours there in total, and this was a huge mansion on an upscale main street in an upscale neighborhood. Weird.

Anyways, Ken and I both got an indian head today. He beat me by two years with a 1890, but here is my 1892...

Then I spent the next 90 minutes or so finding these clad coins...

Then I got a solid hit about 5 inches deep, and out came a large dark coin, and I was sure I'd found my first large cent (I REALLY want to find one of these!!!). I couldn't recognize the front of the coin at all, and it was covered in mud so I went over to a puddle to rinse it off. Diez Centavos from 1959, which was the last thing I would expect to find here. No silver coins, but I find a 10 centavos mexican coin?...

OK. So I like to dream, and if you are going to dream then dream big, right? I got a solid penny/dime reading at 4 inches, but didn't find anything down at 5 inches. I stuck the bullseye in the hole, and it buzzed right in the middle, so I went down about another inch, and out came a very big round domed thing that had some markings on the front. In my dream I had found a military belt plate of some sort, but when I rinsed the mud off of this item, I woke up and realized I had what is probably a pocket watch case front...

The makers mark on the backside says PHILADELPHIA and W.C. & Co. Does anyone know what company made this?...

Finally, Ken found a small buckle of some sort that I was hoping someone here could help identify. It has two very tiny stars on it, one on either side of the three bars in the middle, and it has a bit of scrollwork on the top and bottom edges...

And here is the rest of the stuff I found. I wish the toy gun was more intact. I found it right near where I found the Junior Police badge yesterday, and I can imagine a kid wearing the badge and shooting his cap pistol in his front yard many decades ago...

 

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[Ron B]

Awesome story! Awesome Hunt!
Congrats.! Those Indian Heads, at least to me are worthy!

GRB

 

[cntrydncr1]

great stuff. Keep hitting it. I hunted several days at my old mansion before I hit silver and then they kept coming. Have fun and congrats on the finds.

 

[BuckleBoy]

Great finds!


The small buckle is a suspender clip (see the bottom full row, second from the right in the photo below):



I usually heat the clips with boiling hot water and then carefully bend them back into shape. Haven't broken one yet LOL, but I'm sure it'll happen eventually. Photo is of suspender clips I've found since January. That similar one the photo of mine has a rose blossom in the same place the decoration is at on yours, but it doesn't have the scrollwork on the edges. I've never found any two the same, and I think they're cool finds.

And the W C Co. probably stands for "Watch Case Company" I'd imagine. I'm sure someone can give a better ID, but either way that's a pretty case. Do you have any idea what the engraving on the front depicts?


Regards,


Buckleboy

 

[Masonlid]

Awesome finds!

 

[Baggins]

Great little buckle...I had found one almost exactly like it, except no scroll work I believe...had the stars though, and some initials on the backside...also it was gold in color!

Great find!
HH
Baggins

 

[Bardok]

Very nice finds

 

[allen]

finds like that make it worthwhile to battle the mud...

 

[crazyjarhead]

Looks like there is some good stuff in there..... keep at it. That indian is pretty decent Congrats on that

 

[Detectingfreak]

You guys have found so many cool items in that property!! Keep up the hunting and hope you find many more finds!!

 

[Roger Mn.]

Nice finds.The indian cent looks good.