Glen's Loyalists
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- Jan 7, 2024
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So my son and I went out for a few hours this morning. Mainly to look for my root clippers, which I had left on our last hunt.
We didn't find those of course and for about 2 hours got nothing but big deep iron buried well beneath roots, that was insisting on sounding good on both our Deus and our Fisher. It was a bit frustrating.
As we were getting ready to leave we got 4 keepers in quick succession:
Here is a really nice little broach. Only an inch and a quarter long, The Hallmarks are Birmingham, 1912, I believe. The maker, JA&S should be J Aitkin & Son who were active in Birmingham from 1903 to 1918.
Our other bit of silver was a 1943 quarter. We don't get a lot of George VI silver so this was a pleasant find.
Also got another Royal Marines button. My second off this field and the only ones I have found to date. This one has a back mark of Hammond Turner & Dickinson, so this would date the button from 1792 to the 1820's. I found a website on this manufacturer, www.hammond-turner.com, it's a great resource for those interested in British Buttons. As it does not say Royal Marines, I am guessing it is closer to 1792. Lots of silver remaining on this one:
An finally the ubiquitous 1859 Canada One Cent. The highest mintage Canadian coin up until the first world war. The 1858 and 1859 cents are thinner than the later ones and do not hold up well in the ground (1% zinc), and this one was no different: It came out of the well drained ground well and round and I could see very nice detail.
Within seconds the edges started crumbling away
I got it right into some oil and left it to soak for a few hours then removed it for some very gentle cleaning with the edge of a toothpick to remove the dirt, and it crumbled away in my hand.
Oh well.
We didn't find those of course and for about 2 hours got nothing but big deep iron buried well beneath roots, that was insisting on sounding good on both our Deus and our Fisher. It was a bit frustrating.
As we were getting ready to leave we got 4 keepers in quick succession:
Here is a really nice little broach. Only an inch and a quarter long, The Hallmarks are Birmingham, 1912, I believe. The maker, JA&S should be J Aitkin & Son who were active in Birmingham from 1903 to 1918.
Our other bit of silver was a 1943 quarter. We don't get a lot of George VI silver so this was a pleasant find.
Also got another Royal Marines button. My second off this field and the only ones I have found to date. This one has a back mark of Hammond Turner & Dickinson, so this would date the button from 1792 to the 1820's. I found a website on this manufacturer, www.hammond-turner.com, it's a great resource for those interested in British Buttons. As it does not say Royal Marines, I am guessing it is closer to 1792. Lots of silver remaining on this one:
An finally the ubiquitous 1859 Canada One Cent. The highest mintage Canadian coin up until the first world war. The 1858 and 1859 cents are thinner than the later ones and do not hold up well in the ground (1% zinc), and this one was no different: It came out of the well drained ground well and round and I could see very nice detail.
Within seconds the edges started crumbling away
I got it right into some oil and left it to soak for a few hours then removed it for some very gentle cleaning with the edge of a toothpick to remove the dirt, and it crumbled away in my hand.
Oh well.
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