BuckleBoy
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Hello All,
We had a detecting marathon here and all the goodies came in pairs!
First day out we each dug an eagle button and I walked up on an 1860 Seated Half Dime where it washed out from the top of the ground!
After that I got two silver religious medallions and dug a smoooooooth half real. That's ok, colonial silver is colonial silver!
Then on Day 2 I got out early and searched a new field hoping for a few signs. I dug a gilded postage stamp sized piece of brass, some musket parts, and hit a sweeeet 1853-O half dime! So that made a pair for me! T
hen I went to another field and found nothing but a few marbles eyeballed but I was killing time before Shang showed up to dig. Then all of a sudden, BOOM! 1844 Seated Dime with a mintage of only 72,000!
Day 3 started with nothing but silence from our detectors all morning. Well...there were targets but absolutely no keepers except for a grand total of 3 flat buttons for Shangalang and one for me.
Then all of a sudden I hit an 1805 Half Real. 
Spanish Silver #2 for me!
Shangalang was a little perturbed because he hadn't dug any old silver all year (just a Washington quarter in January). But little did he know that his luck was about to change! We had lunch because the heat was killing us. Then decided to go to a new property we just got permission for to search for signs. Ended up driving onto the property, getting out of the vehicle and seeing a large trash pit everywhere! We got right to work! Shangalang picked up an 1859-S Seated Dime laying right on top of the ground! Mintage of only 60,000!
Shame that both these key date coins were so worn! Then he picked up a nice 1851-O half dime and I got an interesting 1840s button that has a large star in the center and says "FOLGER & BLAKE N.O."
Evidently Folger & Blake made brass trade tokens for their business in New Orleans in the 1830s and 40s, but I've never seen this button listed anywhere! Any info is greatly appreciated!
It's getting too hot here to dig safely, and the beach is calling, so I hope to dig something worth posting again soon and Happy Hunting!
We had a detecting marathon here and all the goodies came in pairs!
First day out we each dug an eagle button and I walked up on an 1860 Seated Half Dime where it washed out from the top of the ground!
After that I got two silver religious medallions and dug a smoooooooth half real. That's ok, colonial silver is colonial silver!
Then on Day 2 I got out early and searched a new field hoping for a few signs. I dug a gilded postage stamp sized piece of brass, some musket parts, and hit a sweeeet 1853-O half dime! So that made a pair for me! T
hen I went to another field and found nothing but a few marbles eyeballed but I was killing time before Shang showed up to dig. Then all of a sudden, BOOM! 1844 Seated Dime with a mintage of only 72,000!
Day 3 started with nothing but silence from our detectors all morning. Well...there were targets but absolutely no keepers except for a grand total of 3 flat buttons for Shangalang and one for me.
Then all of a sudden I hit an 1805 Half Real. Spanish Silver #2 for me! Shangalang was a little perturbed because he hadn't dug any old silver all year (just a Washington quarter in January). But little did he know that his luck was about to change! We had lunch because the heat was killing us. Then decided to go to a new property we just got permission for to search for signs. Ended up driving onto the property, getting out of the vehicle and seeing a large trash pit everywhere! We got right to work! Shangalang picked up an 1859-S Seated Dime laying right on top of the ground! Mintage of only 60,000!
Shame that both these key date coins were so worn! Then he picked up a nice 1851-O half dime and I got an interesting 1840s button that has a large star in the center and says "FOLGER & BLAKE N.O."
Evidently Folger & Blake made brass trade tokens for their business in New Orleans in the 1830s and 40s, but I've never seen this button listed anywhere! Any info is greatly appreciated!
It's getting too hot here to dig safely, and the beach is calling, so I hope to dig something worth posting again soon and Happy Hunting!
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