2nd LC of 2014

[Old Dude]

Hi all. Got out today in the hay fields I originally wanted to hunt yesterday. I am glad things worked out as they did so I could find the little silver ring yesterday, lol. Things go as they are intended, I suppose.
These fields are pretty tough to hunt. The owner has special grass growing in the fields. He raises a tall, wide blade grass in order to make grass pellets for heat. He cut the grass very early this year in 1 1/2 of the fields and it is just now starting to turn green again, so I thought it was now or never for a hunt.
First target was the little odd finial. I haven't a clue what it was for. If no one can help here, I may post it on What Is It forum.
Just about the last signal was the LC. It was a repeating 70's signal but the tone and VDI said "deep" so I knew if I was going to get a coin like I knew this 1820's farm held somewhere, this might be it. It was just about 8 inches and under a clump of the gnarly, thick, tough roots of the grass. I actually went back to the vehicle to get my sharpshooter shovel to dig this one. As soon as I got it in my hand, I could see this has better detail than any of my previous. It looks like it might be an 1834. I have it soaking in HP for the second time and tooth picked it once. Will post after pics later. Wish me luck in the cleaning, please!

Thank you for looking and GL!

 

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[beez0404]

Looks like 1834 to me too. That's a wonderful find. Congratulations!

 

[Old Dude]

Well, this is a weird coin. Usually the date has the least detail for me, but after a second HP and tooth picking, the detail has disappeared on the rest of the coin but now the date of 1831 is very clear. The dirt was filling in the outlines of the detail, lol.

 

[park pirate]

Nice..

 

[mariposagold]

Souper dooper.

HH
MariposaGold

 

[Carolina Tom]

Very nice coin!

 

[cjon455]

Congrats on ur 2nd lc, nothing like that feeling of seeing that big coin pop out of the hole! looks like a good hunt

 

[Old Dude]

Congrats on ur 2nd lc, nothing like that feeling of seeing that big coin pop out of the hole! looks like a good hunt

Thanks! Wasn't as good as yours but at least I didn't have to eat crow, lol! This place has 154 acres and I'd really like to see him till or at least mow the rest of the fields. This might be a good place to try out more than one ATP. I have done the lawn of the house and got most of the big targets out of the way last year with the old detector. There were 3 or 4 axes, dozens of zinc canning lids and other large targets. There is a lost item that I have promised him to return if I find it, so he has no problem with me hunting the place at all.

 

[cjon455]

that's the kind of spot I like the one you know you can keep going back to. Just about all the spots I've gone too are a one shot deal. I find that when I go back to spot a second time I don't fair out as well as I think I should. I'm pretty methodical with my gridding. The only time I like going back to places is if I missed parts of the property, like side yards backyards etc.

 

[Gaspipe]

Nice find . Although the before and after pictures make me leary of using HP . I liked your coin a lot better as it was before the cleaning.

 

[cti4sw]

Your "odd little finial" is a horse tack piece. I found one myself in an area of littered horse tack, like buckles and rein guides and such. I still don't know what it's for; if you happen to find out exactly what it is, let me know

 

[Old Dude]

Nice find . Although the before and after pictures make me leary of using HP . I liked your coin a lot better as it was before the cleaning.

Yes sir, I know what you mean. It just looked like it was still solid. Every LC I have found has been in a farm field. Hopefully someday I will find a dropped one that has not had fertilizer around it. Thanks for your reply.

 

[Old Dude]

Your "odd little finial" is a horse tack piece. I found one myself in an area of littered horse tack, like buckles and rein guides and such. I still don't know what it's for; if you happen to find out exactly what it is, let me know

I haven't looked yet, but I see TheCannonBallGuy has replied to my query on What Is It for the item. You may get your answer. Thanks for looking.

 

[mangum]

CBG posted this on the one I found just like yours. It's a rein guide called a swinger. Congrats on the LC!

Here's some additional info for you about your unusual version of rein-guide, which has a swinging disc in its center, unlike most rein-guides. As you already know, it is a device from a particular type of horse-harness that was used in pulling a wagon or buggy. Although we relic-diggers call the object you found a rein-guide, horsegear (horse tack) dealers call it a rein "terret." The unusual version you found, having a swinging disc in its center is called a "fly terret." Here is a drawing from an early-1900s horsegear mail-order catalog, showing various versions of "fly or head terrets." I'll also include a photo showing where the terrets were mounted on the horse-harness. They were not mounted on the wagon.) Terrets/rein-guides are still being manufactured and sold today. I am NOT saying yours is a modern-era one... I'm just saying they are extremely difficult to accurately time-date, because the version of rein-guides we dig here in the US can date anywhere from the late-1800s through today. Most, of course, are from the late-1800s through the 1930s, after which time motorized trucks replaced horsedrawn wagons. You can view a modern-made version of your "fly-terret" for sale about halfway down the webpage here: HEAVY HORSE RANGE

 

[Old Dude]

Thanks very much, Mangum! I had no clue what it was. Isn't this site great? Good luck out there!

 

[mangum]

Thanks very much, Mangum! I had no clue what it was. Isn't this site great? Good luck out there!

it is indeed. Great place to ID those pesky what's its!

 

[Ahab8]

Great job OD and nice post. Nice to see you pulling old coins bud

 

[treblehunter]

Very nice find, how you making out with the toothpick?

 

[Old Dude]

Very nice find, how you making out with the toothpick?

Not so well, lol. I should have just used a little soapy water and soft toothbrush!

 

[billpa]

Very nice LC,there a sweet find.