Another first for the year...

[Ray in CA]

I got permission to detect the yards of a small house just up the street that was built in 1917, and I've made three one hour trips thus far. I still have a lot of area left to detect as the backyard is quite long, but here are the keeper finds thus far:

• 1935s Buffalo nickel with good detail, my first for this year. Too bad it wasn't the double die, that would have been cool!

• 1927s wheatie (not pictured)

• Silver plated over copper bracelet, part of which is broken off.

• Crews quarters copper plate (I have no idea where this might have come from)

• A neat doorknob plate, probably was made for some type of closet rather than a door proper.

At one hunt in another area I managed a 1958 d nickel (pictured), 1919s, 1929s, 1935s, 1940s, and 1948d wheaties, but no silver coins from either site as of yet, unfortunately.

Not much to brag about but at least I'm not getting skunked, except in the silver coin area.

Ray

 

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[ivan salis]

the "crews quarters" plate was from a ship's berthing area for "crew" enlisted men or non officer types --- its a brass or copper plate---- in the old days often 2 to 4 men would be berthed in the same room --bosuns and cheif stewards and cheif cooks by being "senoir" enlisted or petty officer types got their own room normally (their rooms had a plate with their "rating" on it --"bosun " ect. --in the merchant marines in the old days and even today -- the officers spaces are "off limits" to the "lowly" crew members -- they often have better items in "their" areas -- many "toady" suck up cheif stewards put special goodies in the "officers messhall" and rec rooms and punked the crews --the signs are a not so polite way of saying this is "your" area / place so stay in it and stay out of the "bosses" area and keep your mitts off our stuff -- crew members often took the signs off a ship when they retired or the ship was scrapped and brought them home with them -----a seaman lost it most likey -- crew quarters was their "room" aboard ship . -- hope this explains it to you. -- Ivan a 27 year merchant seaman -- the copper /brass are older style say WW1 or WW2 era ---- modern ones are made of aluminum with painted on letter and are glued on --the older ones like yours were screwed on or rivited in place. -- at one time in the past a seaman lived there or was passing thru the area -- check past history of the folks who lived there. bet one was a seaman most likey WW1 or WW2 merchant seaman or navy enlisted type.

 

[Ray in CA]

That's some great info, Ivan...thanks!! I'll have to ask the owner if his father (who had owned the house previously) was a navy man. Thanks again, that is so neat!

Ray

 

[ivan salis]

theres a very very strong chance he was navy or traveled on a ship --marine corp / army on his way home from WW2.

 

[Southern_Boy]

Some very nice finds there, I have yet to find my first buffalo nickel and I hope when I do it is as good as yours.

 

[I_Dig_NYC]

The nickels are always nice to find.

 

[DirkSears]

Nice nickel! Still waiting to get my 1st one.

 

[cottonjim]

That buffalo nickle is in great shape, the date is so clear and it is usualy the first thing to wear on old buf's. Nice dig's. HH
Jim