NZ49er
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Hey all,
Finally found something worth posting today. Got permission at a 1930 home/log cabin in town. Apparently there had been an older structure on the lot that is no longer there, but you can still see the depression. Right as I was starting out, one of the folks in the house let me know that they had just had another fellow out in the last year or two to detect. Great. Just what I need to hear,
. But, no-one gets it all and I've found that most folks around the county only cherry pick the high tones.
So, hoping for a silver or two I get to swinging and start hitting a lot of mid range tones and the occasional highs. Got some modern clad and a couple of wheats then a hard 21-22 VDI. Well, didn't sound quite like a zincoln and wasn't reading from the surface with my probe. About 5 inches down this eagle button pops out. I wasn't expecting that! The last eagle button I dug was in Virginia in 2011 before I quit detecting for a few years.
This was the "chicken eagle" so I'm guessing Indian wars. This makes sense due to an early 1870's fort a couple of blocks away that the town was built up around. I also got this rim-fire with a "U" headstamp cartridge shortly afterwards. Also dug a few square nails that the Nox falsed on. I was only there for about 2 hours and its a big lawn. Needless to say, I'll be headed back. Still a chance of hitting some silver, or even a gold coin with the early military stuff.
Any info on the button or cartridge would be great. I also got this brass plate thingy that I'm not sure on. Maybe someone here knows what it is, probably junk...
Thanks for looking,
-NZ49ER.
PS: also throwing in a few things from a hunt about a week and a half ago: 1892 Un Centavo (Mexico) and unmarked ring, I'm thinking silver. It came out shiny enough and rings like it on the Nox.
Finally found something worth posting today. Got permission at a 1930 home/log cabin in town. Apparently there had been an older structure on the lot that is no longer there, but you can still see the depression. Right as I was starting out, one of the folks in the house let me know that they had just had another fellow out in the last year or two to detect. Great. Just what I need to hear,
. But, no-one gets it all and I've found that most folks around the county only cherry pick the high tones. So, hoping for a silver or two I get to swinging and start hitting a lot of mid range tones and the occasional highs. Got some modern clad and a couple of wheats then a hard 21-22 VDI. Well, didn't sound quite like a zincoln and wasn't reading from the surface with my probe. About 5 inches down this eagle button pops out. I wasn't expecting that! The last eagle button I dug was in Virginia in 2011 before I quit detecting for a few years.
This was the "chicken eagle" so I'm guessing Indian wars. This makes sense due to an early 1870's fort a couple of blocks away that the town was built up around. I also got this rim-fire with a "U" headstamp cartridge shortly afterwards. Also dug a few square nails that the Nox falsed on. I was only there for about 2 hours and its a big lawn. Needless to say, I'll be headed back. Still a chance of hitting some silver, or even a gold coin with the early military stuff.
Any info on the button or cartridge would be great. I also got this brass plate thingy that I'm not sure on. Maybe someone here knows what it is, probably junk...
Thanks for looking,
-NZ49ER.
PS: also throwing in a few things from a hunt about a week and a half ago: 1892 Un Centavo (Mexico) and unmarked ring, I'm thinking silver. It came out shiny enough and rings like it on the Nox.
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