2nd Hunt with OldDude produces silver, relics, and a Trifecta!!

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a little video of todays hunt

Hey guys,
Met up with OldDude today to do another round of door knocking, we hit the back country roads and he spotted a good looking farmhouse so we approached them and easy peezy we got permission! super nice folks and we made a connection for some fall digs! he'll tell you that his sites mean less for him and more for me and vice versa yada yada yada lol:laughing7: jk dave! anyway, I hit the front yard first and hit a few wheats right off the bat, I thought boy its got potential. Shortly later I got this awesome buckle, that I believe is a shoe buckle dirt buckle.jpgbuckle outside.JPGbuckle pinpointer.jpg so I kept gridding along and snatched a 1862 fatty indian head! Shortly after that I hit a nice high 80s mid 90s repeatable at 6 inches, so I get a diggin and pow, 1835 Large cent!, lc shirt.jpgcoins.JPGcoins outside.JPG I hit the trifecta!! all of that came in a small area that I point out in the video, about a 20' x 80' area! that was pretty much the only old coin-producing spot in the yard besides the wheats OldDude snatched elsewhere in the yard, I seemed to have found the old section of the property. I also got some cool relics like the 4 leaf clover pin, a thimble, a front and back of an old compact, a lock plate, a few keys, and what appears to be an old small bracelet? We left shortly after Old Dude made his exit find, a sweet flat button with the word Best on back, my last find on the property was a 1945P War nickel!!:headbang: silver #31 on the year, Old Dude must be my warnickel good luck charm, 2 hunts with him and 2 war nickels, thanks pal! this tiny little coin I almost forgot to mention, it says "Island Eyrir" on front and 1953 on back, thoughts???small fb.jpg After that we obtained permission at a really amazing looking property old dude has had his eye on for some time, the place is on the national registry for historic places and was absolutely beautiful but, the guy gave me permission with a warning, and ill quote him "ill warn ya, a lot of people have been through here already" Well besides old dudes awesome 2piece military button, he was right, it was a barren wasteland of nothingness!

oh yeah, almost forgot, this little intruder scared the bejesus out of me so I rang his bell, dead.jpg
his friend wasn't so pleased and scampered off! SNAKEWALL.jpg
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all in all an awesome day with some killer finds and some future spots secured, thanks for looking and HH!!
 

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thanks beez, its more enjoyable getting out with fellow hunters, someone to brag to lol

Ok, Beez....let's put him to the test. Ask him if he will trade that beautiful Fatty for another hunt with me:laughing7:
 

Ok, Beez....let's put him to the test. Ask him if he will trade that beautiful Fatty for another hunt with me:laughing7:
Yeah I'm gonna have to go ahead and decline that request mmmmk lol
Besides I tried giving you the one Indian to dig, turned out to be colonial aluminum siding lol
 

Holy cow, what an awesome day Cjon. Great variety of finds. Thanks for the video too. Can you get Dave's face next time too. He told me he looks identical to Brad Pitt and that Angelina couldn't even tell them apart. :tongue3: If you don't want o risk your camera breaking I totally understand. :laughing7:
That buckle is a beauty! Congrats on the trifecta too. Did you check to see if your 1864 IH has the "L" for the designer "Longacre". They are worth a lot more. I dug a 1864 "L" once and it was also double stamped on the date and some of the lettering.
What kind of snake is that in the first photo? I HATE SNAKES!

Awesome day!!!! I must ask.....Did Dave have his detector turned on???? :dontknow:
Thanks for the post and congrats on gaining the permissions. Must be your cologne?
-Doug-
 

Holy cow, what an awesome day Cjon. Great variety of finds. Thanks for the video too. Can you get Dave's face next time too. He told me he looks identical to Brad Pitt and that Angelina couldn't even tell them apart. :tongue3: If you don't want o risk your camera breaking I totally understand. :laughing7:
That buckle is a beauty! Congrats on the trifecta too. Did you check to see if your 1864 IH has the "L" for the designer "Longacre". They are worth a lot more. I dug a 1864 "L" once and it was also double stamped on the date and some of the lettering.
What kind of snake is that in the first photo? I HATE SNAKES!

Awesome day!!!! I must ask.....Did Dave have his detector turned on???? :dontknow:
Thanks for the post and congrats on gaining the permissions. Must be your cologne?
-Doug-

I have had a sudden realization. He makes me stay in the car and wait while he knocks. I bet he tells the people I amBrad Pitt and we're shooting video for my next role " American Diggers~The Movie":tongue3: That would explain why the elderly couple kept calling him Matt too ( as in Damon ) and he kept telling me to call him Ringy.
 

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I have had a sudden realization. He makes me stay in the car and wait while he knocks. I bet he tells the people I am [/I] Brad Pitt and we're shooting video for my next role " American Diggers~The Movie":tongue3:

Lol I never said stay in the car! I thought u were choosing to do that lol
 

Holy cow, what an awesome day Cjon. Great variety of finds. Thanks for the video too. Can you get Dave's face next time too. He told me he looks identical to Brad Pitt and that Angelina couldn't even tell them apart. :tongue3: If you don't want o risk your camera breaking I totally understand. :laughing7:
That buckle is a beauty! Congrats on the trifecta too. Did you check to see if your 1864 IH has the "L" for the designer "Longacre". They are worth a lot more. I dug a 1864 "L" once and it was also double stamped on the date and some of the lettering.
What kind of snake is that in the first photo? I HATE SNAKES!

Awesome day!!!! I must ask.....Did Dave have his detector turned on???? :dontknow:
Thanks for the post and congrats on gaining the permissions. Must be your cologne?
-Doug-
I'll have to check the 1864 later, I'll get back to ya. And as far as dave, he asked to not b in the video in fear that all the women detectorists would be private messaging him, I totally understand
 

Hi there C! Nice find on the large cent love those, doing good just to find wheat cents out here in the new spots. This fall is when the good old stuff will turn up while hitting the fields. Yards are all-ready too dry, never was into the door knocking myself.
 

AWESOME finds & A GREAT post Guys.
I should probably watch the video now, I just hurts to watch others dig things ; I wish that I could Find.

A great hunt indeed.
Davers
 

AWESOME finds & A GREAT post Guys.
I should probably watch the video now, I just hurts to watch others dig things ; I wish that I could Find.

A great hunt indeed.
Davers
thanks! Just get out there and find them old homes, youd b surprised how receptive some ppl are
 

Great hunt! Awesome bunch of finds, except the snake! He was probably mad 'cause you scooped up his retirement fund!
 

Great hunt! Awesome bunch of finds, except the snake! He was probably mad 'cause you scooped up his retirement fund!

Thank you, I absolutely hate snakes!:crybaby2:
 

Looks like you have very kind soil there by the look of the coins. Most Indian head penny's I dig up here in Nova Scotia are in rough shape. Maybe every one out of three would be in decent shape.
 

Looks like you have very kind soil there by the look of the coins. Most Indian head penny's I dig up here in Nova Scotia are in rough shape. Maybe every one out of three would be in decent shape.
it depends on the site, some spots are harsh but overall it's not bad at all unless I hit a cornfield that's been fertilized for 200 yrs, then I get crusty green discs
 

That is an incredible coin, Doug. Did you keep that one or sell it?

I ended up selling it for $135, but I wish I would have kept it. I'll never find a CW era IH like that again. :dontknow:
-Doug-
 

Breeches buckle , knee buckle ( not technically called knee buckle but I've heard them described as that and pass on my misinformation) looks mid 1700's by the spikes
 

Thanks alot!, this thing is one of my favorite finds so far
 

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