sugarquartz
Full Member
- Aug 1, 2017
- 113
- 219
- Detector(s) used
- Fisher F 75 LTD SE, Nel tornado coil, Pro Pointer AT
- Primary Interest:
- All Treasure Hunting
Short afterwork hunt brings up really old silver!
Got out yesterday for a short 1 hour hunt afterwork with the weather being so nice i couldn't pass it up.
The first target of the day was a nice musket ball, shortly after i got a 1877S seated dime that i brushed pretty bad with my pin pointer but it had seen its fair share of plow strikes so i guess i got lucky twice.
In the mix i picked up a few Linotype machine matrices which i seem to find a bunch of here they are a blast to dig.
I also got a few pocket knife pieces and what i think might be a bent spread out ring but it resembles a staple of some sort who knows could go to a trunk or something.
Among the rest of small scraps of foil and cans i pulled a 1864 IHP and brass thimble which may belong with the last find of the night.
The last plug i popped i saw mangled silver and i instantly knew it wasn't a spoon by the looks but also didn't expect it to be my oldest find to date. I tucked it away carefully and when i got home out comes the most ornate colonial silver bodkin needle one could imagine. Its engraved the entire length and It has the initials H.B. towards the point end. I am hoping with a bit of research i can track down who owned it and what the time period was. So i hope to update you all when i find out.
Got out yesterday for a short 1 hour hunt afterwork with the weather being so nice i couldn't pass it up.
The first target of the day was a nice musket ball, shortly after i got a 1877S seated dime that i brushed pretty bad with my pin pointer but it had seen its fair share of plow strikes so i guess i got lucky twice.
In the mix i picked up a few Linotype machine matrices which i seem to find a bunch of here they are a blast to dig.
I also got a few pocket knife pieces and what i think might be a bent spread out ring but it resembles a staple of some sort who knows could go to a trunk or something.
Among the rest of small scraps of foil and cans i pulled a 1864 IHP and brass thimble which may belong with the last find of the night.
The last plug i popped i saw mangled silver and i instantly knew it wasn't a spoon by the looks but also didn't expect it to be my oldest find to date. I tucked it away carefully and when i got home out comes the most ornate colonial silver bodkin needle one could imagine. Its engraved the entire length and It has the initials H.B. towards the point end. I am hoping with a bit of research i can track down who owned it and what the time period was. So i hope to update you all when i find out.
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I hope your research finds the owner. I dug a handful of those Linotype thingies. Yeah, was fun and I didn't have a clue what they were? LOL! Nice hunt. Go back and get some more!
