Found a new spot...

[Ray in CA]

Today I turned off a side road just because I'm a curious kind of guy and like to see where a road will take me, and I happened upon an old one room schoolhouse that was used between 1910 and 1941. I called the number posted on the outside wall and got permission to detect. I first went over part of a recently scraped lot next to the school and came up the following:

1. A silver plated piece that probably went to a fork, made by the Oxford Silverplate Co., patent 1908. The ornate design reveals it is from the Narcissus collection.
2. A "whatizzit," looks to be made of thin copper. I want to say it might be the tip end of a paintbrush.
3. A 1898 Indian Head penny...back into the 1800s again.

I then moved over to the grassy area of the school yard for a short while and came up with a 191__ wheatie. The last date number appears to be missing or completely rubbed off.

Not much to brag about this time but hopefully the site will produce at least one silver coin. Lots more area to detect so there is definitely a chance for silver.

HH,

Ray

 

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[PAUL2006]

COOL FIND

 

[dfx willy]

go back ray!!! ray go back. willy.

 

[Detectingfreak]

Sounds like you have another good spot! Nice job on the indian head!

 

[jimbob450]

Love traveling those back roads. Like detecting, you never
know what you are going to find. Jimbob

 

[allen]

better than the all clad hunt i had today !

 

[beetle662]

Nice digs!

 

[spartacus53]

WTG on the hunt, love that IH. I am sure there is silver there waiting for you

 

[curbdiggercarl57]

Yeah, I'd definitely be back there tomorrow. Keep us posted, you did good today.
Carl

 

[Skywola]

I'd definitely keep at it, I went to a playground at a park and found a lot of coins, it seems kids drop them a lot. There are bound to be more coins in that area and who knows what else . . . That old school ground is a great place to look.

 

[MEinWV]

Nice spot! Keep going back as long as you can!

Cool spoon handle! You can curl the end around to form a loop, slip on a 1" split ring and you got a neat keyring(ifin ya want too ).

Good luck! Hope to see more goodies from your spot.

 

[mlayers]

You made a couple of nice finds. Yes I would get back there and see what else is waiting for you.....Matt

 

[Evan/tn]

sounds like a good place to dig some more good things
nice digs

 

[Tank69]

wtg sounds like its going to be a real sweet spot

 

[Ray in CA]

Thanks folks!

Just got word that I have permission also to detect an old grange not far from home. It was built in 1909! Gonna hit that early tomorrow morning and probably go back to the school in the evening.

Ray

 

[Ray in CA]

The old grange is a bust. Went there early this morning and pretty much the whole area is covered over with gravel. Hard digging, and I didn't feel like digging hard. Not to mention tons of trash. Will have to save it for a backup site when I haven't any other to detect. Heading back to the old school later.

Ray

 

[bangorguy]

nice finds! that old fork would make a nice ring