A Fun Day Detecting- Silver Dime and a Few Old Relics

[VTColonialDigger]

I went back to the site I consider my best detecting spot. It is an early 1800's house where I always find great stuff. (Fugio, First large Cent, 2 Center, and a plethora of colonial buttons) I had a fun day and found some cool things.

One of my first finds was this cool button.



It has a backmark, so I would guess 1820-1845. It is one of the more ornate buttons I have found

After the button I got a good 70's- 80 signal on my Ace 400 at 2 inches. I thought it was a modern penny but was surprised when it wasn't in the plug. Popped this out when I dug in the hole with my shovel.



I was very happy, as this is my first stirrup. I am thinking mid 1800's ? I was detecting on a sort of lawn island, surrounded by the driveway on 3 sides and the road on the 4th, I don't know why a stirrup would be there unless someone picked up their horse from the barn and rode it across the lawn to go to the fields.

The next thing I dug was this 1924 Mercury dime.




It is a welcome surprise, as I don't dig silver very often.

One the last two finds of the day was this tiny little cuff button. It still has the gold gilt on the back and a back mark of "warranted double gilt", a typical 1840's button.



The last find of the day was this little stick of lead. Couldn't figure it out at first , but then realized it was a lead pencil, a first for me!




Good luck & happy hunting
VTColonialDigger

 

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[RVRoamer74]

Great finds !! The spot turned out to be very lucrative for you !! I'm liking it !!

 

[CoilyGirl]

Love that pretty little button!

 

[treblehunter]

Awesome stuff, nice saves!

 

[Relicific]

Excellent finds

 

[trapperart]

Nice finds congrats

 

[Javadroid]

A very good day indeed! Sounds like a site to keep hitting hard! Congrats!

 

[Scrappy]

I really like that stirrup! I'd really like to see that after it gets zapped in a tank, assuming you do electrolysis

 

[Kurios1]

Nice variety of old relics and silver. I have found old lead in lots of shapes and sizes but, never a stick like a pencil. Never even knew there was such a thing. Cool.

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Congratualtions on the nice relics!

 

[Johnbrian]

For some reason I just love the pencil!

 

[VTColonialDigger]

I really like that stirrup! I'd really like to see that after it gets zapped in a tank, assuming you do electrolysis

Thanks, Scrappy. I actually have never done electrolysis (although I would like to) because I don't know how to make one. Probably directions on how to make one somewhere here on TNet...

 

[dirtlooter]

pretty cool finds, loaded with interesting finds that put a smile on the face. congrats

 

[gold panner]

Good finds. Electrolysis is pretty easy to do just you tube it.

 

[pepperj]

The lead stylus is a cool find, they seem to show up around the older sites which makes me think "Liking this". Getting a stirrup from the site is the winner of the day and once cleaned up will look lovely in any display.

 

[Trezurehunter]

Congrats on some really great relics and that Merc dime.