WHADIFIND
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UPDATE: NEW PIC OF PLATE
I moistened the figures for better viewing.
Welp, with the year winding down, I thought I'd try once more before the latest weather comes a stormin' thru.
Pretty much a relic day, but I'm starting to get a feel for this "field hunting". Didn't get but two coins, (wheaties). One cleaned up fair, the other one, well it got left in the toaster too long. Someone must not have set the timer on the toaster oven right. ( LOL )
Anyway, the pics pretty much tell the story, just not all of it.
Here ya go;
This is a rather large and heavy piece of bronze/brass.
Don't know if this is an old public use button, military, or maybe, just one out of a mattress. Non-magnetic, dome shape, guessing brass, no markings.
This is my favorite piece for today. Mostly because it surprised me. Was just a rather LARGE, half pound, deep piece of crap when I dug it up. Perched on my trash pile until I noticed the patina. Looked a bit like brass/copper/tin. So, I moved it to my keeper-misc-metals pile. Then, when I get it home and washed off the surface dirt. I saw it the way you see it above.
Then, I turned it over:
Anyone see why I like it now?
After studying this a bit, I'm thinking that it's some sort of printing press plate. It seems to be a tile back with a copper plate on the front.
Anyone else see this?
Anyway, with weather coming in, this may well be the last hunt for 2012 for me. Not too bad a way to finish up, huh.
Thanks for peeking!
HH!
I moistened the figures for better viewing.
Welp, with the year winding down, I thought I'd try once more before the latest weather comes a stormin' thru.
Pretty much a relic day, but I'm starting to get a feel for this "field hunting". Didn't get but two coins, (wheaties). One cleaned up fair, the other one, well it got left in the toaster too long. Someone must not have set the timer on the toaster oven right. ( LOL )
Anyway, the pics pretty much tell the story, just not all of it.
Here ya go;
This is a rather large and heavy piece of bronze/brass.
Don't know if this is an old public use button, military, or maybe, just one out of a mattress. Non-magnetic, dome shape, guessing brass, no markings.
This is my favorite piece for today. Mostly because it surprised me. Was just a rather LARGE, half pound, deep piece of crap when I dug it up. Perched on my trash pile until I noticed the patina. Looked a bit like brass/copper/tin. So, I moved it to my keeper-misc-metals pile. Then, when I get it home and washed off the surface dirt. I saw it the way you see it above.
Then, I turned it over:
Anyone see why I like it now?
After studying this a bit, I'm thinking that it's some sort of printing press plate. It seems to be a tile back with a copper plate on the front.
Anyone else see this?
Anyway, with weather coming in, this may well be the last hunt for 2012 for me. Not too bad a way to finish up, huh.
Thanks for peeking!
HH!
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