2 Center and a Nice Buckle.

Evolution · Sep 5, 2014

Hunted today for about 4 hours in the blazing sun. Brought 6 quart bottles of gatorade with me and drank 3 of them and still got light headed and almost passed out. Had to rest for a while in the shade before I drove home. My buddy and I were at an early to mid 1800s house but the early artifacts were few and far between. Must have been hunted before.. although not recently due to the large amount of modern change found. About 15 minutes into the hunt I turned up a nice 1865 2 cent piece from about 5-6 inches. We were both thinking this was a great sign as to what this place might give up.

Continued the hunt and wasn't finding any more old coins or relics for a while but then I dug a sweet piece of a silver plated buckle in the front yard near the walkway leading up to the house. Saw the front of the buckle first and was thinking solid silver until I saw the back of it. The plating didn't seem to flake off at all on the front and it has a nice ornate design.

The only other old relic I recovered for the day was this huge flat button. It was only at 4 inches deep so I'm at a loss as to why there weren't more older things recovered here.