Mystery Compact, Silver Earing, And A bunch Of Relics

[JerV3]

Hey everyone. Did a little hunting this weekend. Just me and my boy though. Lance sat this one out so he could sign up for baseball.

Saturday mourning me and my son went up the street to a small cabin site in the woods. We only hunted for about 1 hr and a half. Family had other plans for me that day. It was slow like I figured it would be. But you never know.

Sunday we went down to the site I call the trading post. It was slow but there was metal to be dug. I found a neat silver earing with a bunch of green stones in it. I got one wheat down there to.

I continued to hunt when I got a rather nice loud 93 hit on the dfx. I started to dig and got down about 8 inches and nothing had come out of the hole yet. I noticed 2 red bricks in the hole. I took them out and was still getting a loud hit. I started to dig the base of the hole out. I hit metal and stopped at about 11 or 12 inches. I pulled out this compact.

I couldn't open it but I was interested in what may be in it. After seeing J.D's gold coin and the manner this was buried I was wondering. I have found other similar items buried this was. After you find one cache you never doubt things anymore.

I got home cleaned up and was ready to open it up. I got the first door open to find a broken mirror and nothing else. But wait this one had a double door in it. I thought for sure they stashed away a few coins in here. I got the second door open to find either a picture or a old note from the 1800's. Like a 25 cent bill. It was so old it just disintegrated.

Maybe next time. It was a very slow weekend for me. So for those who think I always find stuff I don't. There are days I come home with very little like this past weekend. It was still fun though and good to get out in this nice weather.

HH Jeremy

 

Amazon Forum Fav 👍

Family Maps of Hinds County, Mississippi, Deluxe Edition - Grab it through Amazon!

[JerV3]

Here are the relics from the 2 sites over the weekend.

HH Jer

 

[trk5capt]

Congrats on Some Interesting Finds. Best of Luck & Good Hunting. trk5capt...

 

[SHERMANVILLE ILLINOIS]

Jer,

nice group of artifacts. Seem like some good areas you have to work on.

have a good un.........

 

[River Rat]

Interesting finds...maybe next time you'll find a compact with a gold coin. Good Luck!

 

[Bavaria Mike]

Awesome finds Jer, great hunting for sure! Those compacts are exciting finds. I got lucky with my first, compact contained a flint and steel with some rotted cloth to strike a fire, under the goodies were a pair of gold earrings stamped 14K. Blew my hopes of a great relic dating a site at 1772 in Ohio, compact was probably dropped by a re-enactor. Can't wait to find another compact, as a matter of fact, I can't wait till I can get out detecting, frozen hard here! HH, Mike

 

[Burdie]

Looks like a good day out. Keep up the good posts Jer. HH Burdie

 

[Nana40]

Neat compact!

I'd say you had a pretty good hunt!

 

[civilman1]

Too bad about the compact there jer..Bet you were itchin' all the way home.Nice find's anway,alway's lookin' forward to your post.HH!!

 

[rb]

Thoses nice little compacts are always fun to find. Just hoping that there is something special in it... HH RB

 

[ashleen]

I dunno...but...those stones in the earring look like they might be peridot.
Great hunt, Nice going

 

[Mirage]

Hey Jeremy. ... But wasn't the weather great? We usually don't even get days like we have had until April. Maybe it will be a warm winter.

But you did find stuff. Just didn't score big. You probably just needed to swing that coil one more time. I like those old keys.

Nate and I had a tough couple hunts. We managed 7 wheats but no silver. :P I think we need to start going to some new spots. While we were detecting we met another treasure hunter(didn't have his detector). The guy told us about how he started in the 70's and proceeded to tell us what he found in some of the parks we have hit. Barber coinage, Indians, V nickels, etc. Wow it must have been exciting when metal detectors first came out!

Anyway, I did find one nice relic but I don't know if it's worth posting.

Also, I ordered the 1400DD coil for Nate. He gave me $60 toward it.

later and HH

Mirage(Bob)

 

[Southcacalaky]

Great looking relics, HH Art...

 

[JerV3]

Thanks for the replies everyone. I am not certain if the silver item with the green stones is a earing. I was just guessing that's what it was. No sign of a post or anything on it. The stones have a nice sparkle to them.

That's cool Bob that you picked up the coil. I got mine from kelley co for 210.00 shipped. I like the coil alot. I'm sure Nate will to. Your really gonna have to be on your hunting game to keep up with him now. You might want to leave a hour earlier. This coil can cover some area.

This wasn't my first compact but I will say it was burried in a real shady manner. So that's why I got thinkin. The last time I found a sealed box it was a cache. I hunted all day and didn't think twice as to what was in it. That's how it happens when you least expect it.

If you put your time in your gonna make the finds. It's a hit and miss game. I like to hit more than miss though. I put alot of time in and that's how you come across good sites. You always have to be out testing.

HH Jeremy

 

[Newline]

I think this is a great haul. It's never really about cash value to me personally. I like to find the old rusty items anyway. Of course I wouldn't mind a cache here or there but still, I'd bet that the thrill of THINKING there might be something in the compact was almost as good as if something HAD been there. Almost. Congrats still. --------Newline

 

[Leon]

Nice stuff Jer,,, WTG!!!
I like the old key...
Good luck, & Happy hunting~

 

[Mona Lisa]

Nice compact, Jer. You showed us everything!

Do you keep everything? I find myself throwing out more and more. I hope someday I don't regret it!

 

[Daniel in NC]

The compact must have been pretty old at 11 inches...too bad no gold coin. nice finds.

 

[kiddrock33]

i am wondering if the compact and the hinge with the diamond shape in it were located at the same site as the bricks. i too found a compact with diamond inscribed into it. the hinge might be a pointer i was wondering if you remember where that hinge was found and which direction it pointed? have you found any metal hoops or rings for barrels.what stater did you find these in? do you have the bricks? were they red or grey? any stones with vertical drill holes nearby? kiddrock33

 

[JerV3]

Thanks guys. Your right Newline even though it wasn't filled with treasure it was fun wondering. That's what keeps me looking. That next one could be a heart stopper.

Yeah Lisa, I basically keep everything except garbage. If it's metal it gets kept. I know most of it's junk. But my luck I'll start throwing stuff away and find out I had a 300 yr old shot gun shell worth a million lol. There have been times were I have found stuff thought it was junk and looked over it more to find out it was something. I just fill large buckets and store them in the basement.

The compact was very deep. It wouldn't have sank that deep. It was put there by someone. The bricks were red one's. The compact was found about 10 ft away from were the oldest cellar hole stood. The hindge was also found right in the back yard of the place. Not more than a few feet away from were a door may have been. Yes I remember were it was pointed. I found 3 early large cents at the site and a 1787 new jersey copper there also.

So I had hope that maybe this is were they stashed a few silver peices for a rainy day. No old silver was found at the site. Just a 44 merc witch I think was lost by hunters or kids in the area who used to use the creek as a swiming hole. The compact was found in pennsylvania.

It's funny how you can miss things at sites. I have hunted this place about 10 times and missed it. Not becuase I didn't follow a pattern. I did one of those brush hunts. That is when the good area's have been cleaned out. I go to all the rougher area's around the site and that's how it was found. The earing was found very close to the compact. It was actually mixed in the hole with a shotgun shell bottom.

They must have been doing alot of shooting right ouside the place. There are tons of bullets. I wonder if there were any problems with indians at those times at this site. Indians have been known to burn cabins kill babies and also force these early settlers to run to the fort nearby. I have alot of books that descibe how these early settlers lived.

HH Jeremy?