A day full of goodies...

bazinga

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I found three old house sites, each with some nice sized yards to hunt and decided to invite my local buds Lee and Larry along to hunt to spread the wealth as they were too large for me to hit all in one day.

The first house we hit was built in 1890. It had some nice looking promise. All I managed out of that yard was that button that looks like a stick or pole with wings on each side of it. Is there anyone out there that can identify it? I also found that key hole thingy. It is missing a piece of the right edge but it's still a nice piece of victorian America. Lee got a wheat penny out of the yard and I got a memorial penny... I think those were the only coins out of that yard.

Off to the next house it was!

House #2 was built in 1900. The yard gave me 13 wheats. The dates on the wheats are: 1916, 2-1918, 2-1919, 1940, 3-1941, 1942-D, 1944, 1945, 1945-D. I also got that token. It has benjamin harrison on the front of it. It is pretty corroded and the other side is worse. I also got two Indian Dog Tax tags, 1948 and 1953. And I got that Lord's prayer thing. Lee got an identical one in the first yard today as well. I also got a broken heart as well, haha. Larry got 2 wheats out of that yard I believe and I think Lee got another dog tax tag. I also got that cool glass door knob with part of the metal still left on it.

Then to yard #3...

This house was also built in 1900. About 5min into the hunt Larry walks over with a grin and shows a clod of dirt with a silver reeded edge.... I was jealous already! It turned out to be a 1934 Mercury Dime. Then about 2 min later I pulled out a nice green 1906 Indian Head Cent. Then a few min later I got a Mercury of my own. The year on it is 1925. I also got a Watch Fob that reads "JUDD ST. CLAIR NEW YORK, NY" as well as a knife. It is missing the other side and pretty rusted up. Lee got a few wheats there.

The total for clad on the day was just one dime, 2 nickels, and 5 pennies. The other guys didn't find much clad either.

All in all we had a fun day. Hope you guys enjoy the pictures and everyone else did as well or better than us! Take care!

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Sounds like you had a really nice haul this time! You got silver and wheat pennies and an indian head penny! Keep up the Hunting! Any chance of pics of the old spots sometime?
 

Detectingfreak said:
Sounds like you had a really nice haul this time! You got silver and wheat pennies and an indian head penny! Keep up the Hunting! Any chance of pics of the old spots sometime?

I would take pics, but the spots are just regular looking houses, nothing too exciting. But I will try to get some taken sometime.
 

very nice items,, that is way cool bringing your buddies !! congrads on some nice finds...rick,,, :) ;) :D ;D 8) 8) 8) 8) 8)
 

Hey. Great finds. How did you clean the Indian Head? I found one a couple of months ago that is green and I would like to clean it up. Thanks. I enjoy reading your posts.

B.B.
 

good variety kick ass stuff!
 

Bottle-cap Bee-otch said:
Hey. Great finds. How did you clean the Indian Head? I found one a couple of months ago that is green and I would like to clean it up. Thanks. I enjoy reading your posts.

B.B.

That one came out like that. It was on the verge of being green, but it still not quite there. It was probably dropped in the 30s or so I bet as it is well worn.
 

Green1 said:
very nice items,, that is way cool bringing your buddies !! congrads on some nice finds...rick,,, :) ;) :D ;D 8) 8) 8) 8) 8)

Yup, I try not to be greedy or else the detector gods won't smile down on me with any silver. :) Although I was jealous I didn't walk over my buddies mercury first, haha, but you can't win them all.
 

Great finds Brian, congrats!
I think your detector is a wheatback magnet.
Keep em coming, good luck my friend!

Smiles!
BDoo
 

Boobydoo said:
Great finds Brian, congrats!
I think your detector is a wheatback magnet.
Keep em coming, good luck my friend!

Smiles!
BDoo

Yes, I am certainly finding enough wheats, haha. Now when I get a signal at a certain depth all I can say is "Awww, another wheat...." like I'm dissapointed, haha. 214 Wheats so far this year... I'm going for 300 this year... and to think last year was my first year and I only found 1.... gosh I am getting greedy this year, haha.
 

It's nice when the guests(that you invite to hunt your places) let you find something. ;D I hate when I do all the work and the other guys gets it all. Usually it evens out. You should go back to yard #3. That seems like a sweet place.

Mirage
 

Great finds! I love the Indian and the Merc. The Harrison token looks like the presidents tokens given out by gas stations in the 60s. I've found many in my day.
 

Great Finds!!
 

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