BuckleBoy
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Hello All,
I was supposed to dig out a privy behind an 1800s schoolhouse today with HB and Diggergirl, but after probing around in the woods for a few hours this morning, we realized it would be a tougher job than expected. I have one photo from the 1920's of the abandoned schoolhouse showing the privy, and I will have to study it Very closely before we return.
So naturally, after getting covered in ticks
we decided to change our direction and head out to the site that Rodeo Recon and I hunted on Saturday. 
We'd hoped to catch the owner at home, to ask about digging out the privy we found in their corn stubble field...but they were not at home. Since we have standing permission until the planting with them, we walked out in the field to at least do a bit of swinging. (The privy will have to wait. I want to make sure it will be o.k. with the owners for us to dig it out.)
As it turns out, I'm very pleased with the way the day ended up. The iron patch at the site we hunted on Saturday was huge, and I knew that there would be some good keepers left to find today.
Within a short time, some flat buttons started coming up. Then HB shouted "I think this is a silver coin!" When I got there and took a listen to the signal, it was indeed a coin ringing through my 1266-X. I was already excited, since I knew that silvers which are hiding in patches of flat buttons are seldom Barber dimes.
When he opened up the hole, he could see a silver edge peeking out of a clod. I ran for the camera, and when I came back, I realized that the edge of the coin was not reeded. Here's what I saw:
At that point I realized that the coin was likely a spanish silver--and with the edge design still visible I just knew it had to be a beautiful coin in terms of condition. HB carefully broke open the clod and retrieved the coin from its long rest:
Then we poured some water over it (no rubbing--just water to carry the dirt away). Already the coin looked like a beauty--and I could see the date of 1805 shining in the sunlight:
Well, that certainly gave us some Fever! We got to swinging!
HB got a pocket watch winder and a few toe taps. Diggergirl got a harmonica reed piece and a few more buttons. I got a gilded brass wedding band. Then HB recovered a Beautiful harness boss.(The second one from this field. 8)) I got a nice signal in the middle of a corn row. Kicking the stubble aside, I kept repeating my mantra "Don't be iron. Don't be iron!" Well... it wasn't iron.
It was a beautiful 1830 Large Cent--Easily the BEST condition Matron Head I have ever found.
After cleaning I can see the denticles around the rim, the curls in the hair, the berries on the wreath, you name it. Incredible.
Well...not to be outdone, HB made another score at the end of the hunt--he flopped open a plug less than a foot away from a dig hole from Saturday (Rodeo or I must've missed that sucker by mere inches). Here's what he saw... (I love the impression of the coin in the clod. )
Then the heat started to get to us and our water jug got dangerously low, so we hit the road. Here are a few photos of our finds before we cleaned everything:
Photos of the Cleaned finds appear in the first reply below:
I was supposed to dig out a privy behind an 1800s schoolhouse today with HB and Diggergirl, but after probing around in the woods for a few hours this morning, we realized it would be a tougher job than expected. I have one photo from the 1920's of the abandoned schoolhouse showing the privy, and I will have to study it Very closely before we return.
So naturally, after getting covered in ticks
we decided to change our direction and head out to the site that Rodeo Recon and I hunted on Saturday. We'd hoped to catch the owner at home, to ask about digging out the privy we found in their corn stubble field...but they were not at home. Since we have standing permission until the planting with them, we walked out in the field to at least do a bit of swinging. (The privy will have to wait. I want to make sure it will be o.k. with the owners for us to dig it out.)As it turns out, I'm very pleased with the way the day ended up. The iron patch at the site we hunted on Saturday was huge, and I knew that there would be some good keepers left to find today.
Within a short time, some flat buttons started coming up. Then HB shouted "I think this is a silver coin!" When I got there and took a listen to the signal, it was indeed a coin ringing through my 1266-X. I was already excited, since I knew that silvers which are hiding in patches of flat buttons are seldom Barber dimes.
When he opened up the hole, he could see a silver edge peeking out of a clod. I ran for the camera, and when I came back, I realized that the edge of the coin was not reeded.
Here's what I saw:At that point I realized that the coin was likely a spanish silver--and with the edge design still visible I just knew it had to be a beautiful coin in terms of condition. HB carefully broke open the clod and retrieved the coin from its long rest:
Then we poured some water over it (no rubbing--just water to carry the dirt away). Already the coin looked like a beauty--and I could see the date of 1805 shining in the sunlight:
Well, that certainly gave us some Fever! We got to swinging!
HB got a pocket watch winder and a few toe taps. Diggergirl got a harmonica reed piece and a few more buttons. I got a gilded brass wedding band. Then HB recovered a Beautiful harness boss.(The second one from this field. 8)) I got a nice signal in the middle of a corn row. Kicking the stubble aside, I kept repeating my mantra "Don't be iron. Don't be iron!" Well... it wasn't iron.
It was a beautiful 1830 Large Cent--Easily the BEST condition Matron Head I have ever found.
After cleaning I can see the denticles around the rim, the curls in the hair, the berries on the wreath, you name it. Incredible. Well...not to be outdone, HB made another score at the end of the hunt--he flopped open a plug less than a foot away from a dig hole from Saturday (Rodeo or I must've missed that sucker by mere inches). Here's what he saw... (I love the impression of the coin in the clod.
)Then the heat started to get to us and our water jug got dangerously low, so we hit the road. Here are a few photos of our finds before we cleaned everything:
Photos of the Cleaned finds appear in the first reply below:
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