BuckleBoy
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273-Year-Old SILVER and a Wardrobe Malfunction!
Hello All,
Got out diggin today with Shanegalang and we hit a couple fields and came up with some nice finds. Early in the morning we got out in the half-light and realized that it was dry, dry, Dry in the rows. We had a heck of a time getting finds out of clods, and even isolating the clod that the find was in, to get the target turned horizontal so that the signal wasn't lost. Jeesh!
At any rate, the first thing I found was a wardrobe malfunction.
That's all I'll say here about that, but the whole story is in the video below:
I got a couple little keepers--nothing big--and then got that fantastic 61 or 62 signal on the F-75, locking in. Sometimes these are the bottom ends of cans, or heavy-duty aluminum, the kind that sliding storm window frames are made of... So, of course I didn't film it coming up. When I saw the target, I could see the silver edge, and let the camera roll. Here's a photo of what I saw!
A 1740 half real! This ties for my oldest coin dug, and is by far the nicer of the two. COLONIAL LOUISIANA, Y'ALL!
I picked up some other nice finds, including a probable musket decoration, a minieball, many musketballs, a nice TOMBAC four-hole button, and a brass oval with a French patent on it:
("BREVETE sans garantie du gouvernement")
Then a strange, low reading got me my first counterfeit Seated coin--or at least half of one! 1891, if my eyes are seeing right. At first I thought this was a cut spanish!
Last but not least, a very cool silver gilded button with initials scratched in. HS or SH. Has anyone else ever recovered a button engraved similarly to this one?
A group photo of all my finds:
And my Crackerjack 1740 Half Real:
Best Wishes,
Buckleboy
Hello All,
Got out diggin today with Shanegalang and we hit a couple fields and came up with some nice finds. Early in the morning we got out in the half-light and realized that it was dry, dry, Dry in the rows. We had a heck of a time getting finds out of clods, and even isolating the clod that the find was in, to get the target turned horizontal so that the signal wasn't lost. Jeesh!
At any rate, the first thing I found was a wardrobe malfunction.
That's all I'll say here about that, but the whole story is in the video below:I got a couple little keepers--nothing big--and then got that fantastic 61 or 62 signal on the F-75, locking in. Sometimes these are the bottom ends of cans, or heavy-duty aluminum, the kind that sliding storm window frames are made of... So, of course I didn't film it coming up. When I saw the target, I could see the silver edge, and let the camera roll. Here's a photo of what I saw!
A 1740 half real! This ties for my oldest coin dug, and is by far the nicer of the two. COLONIAL LOUISIANA, Y'ALL!
I picked up some other nice finds, including a probable musket decoration, a minieball, many musketballs, a nice TOMBAC four-hole button, and a brass oval with a French patent on it:
("BREVETE sans garantie du gouvernement")
Then a strange, low reading got me my first counterfeit Seated coin--or at least half of one! 1891, if my eyes are seeing right. At first I thought this was a cut spanish!
Last but not least, a very cool silver gilded button with initials scratched in. HS or SH. Has anyone else ever recovered a button engraved similarly to this one?
A group photo of all my finds:
And my Crackerjack 1740 Half Real:
Best Wishes,
Buckleboy
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Thanks for the reply, my friend.
Great finds buddy!
