Some diamonds amongst the rough.....One of em is AWESOME!

[cjon455]

Today was a good day, well i suppose any day detecting is a good day but today was an all day event for me. 930 am-500pm. Went to one of my spots that seems to be slowing down a bit and once again said i was gonna dig anything w/ a repeatable signal or that i can pinpoint. only managed to pull about 6-8 square nails, some junk and a horseshoe that i forgot to take a picture of. I was about to call it a day there and hit this one section of the yard and bang! 1920 merc saves the day! (Just like you said yesterday WHADIFIND!) anyhow i wasnt getting much signals after that so I just went on a nice country drive in search of my next spot. About 15 miles later I spotted what i thought was a gem, I approached the owner and hardly said 3 words and he said sure go right ahead. This house was circa 1880s and looked awesome! My first target was a hem weight, ended up getting 2 of those today. The ground was super soft, my first penetration into the soil almost put me on my face because of how easy it was to dig lol. I think thats why the targets were hard to find here, I believe w/soft soil, they got much deeper. I pulled 4 wheats from there along w a 1908 IH, 1929 buffalo, the 2 hem weights, one says 5 the other says 3, a key, a copper broach w/some fake bling on it, those 2 wierd bird looking things, and that super awesome shield that says "UNION" on it, im pretty pumped about that thing even though i have no clue of the age of it. It rang in at a solid 78-80 at 6 inches. anyone feel free to chime in if you know what it is or have a guess. THanks for looking and HH!!!

 

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[MUD(S.W.A.T)]

Good hunting !!
Keep @ it and HH !!

 

[WHADIFIND]

Yep, it doesn't take very much to turn the frown right upside down.

I don't know what the shield thingy is but I do like it a lot!

Think I count 34 stars on it, might that be a clue to age?

WTG!
HH!

 

[jewelerguy]

I could be wrong, but the Union pin looks like maybe a civil war era patriotic pin. it may have had a red white and blue ribbon behind it when new.

 

[cjon455]

Yep, it doesn't take very much to turn the frown right upside down.

I don't know what the shield thingy is but I do like it a lot!

Think I count 34 stars on it, might that be a clue to age?

WTG!
HH!

As Seen on eBay: 1864 Union Lincoln Campaign Stickpin
OMG i think i got something special here! looks similar to me

 

[cjon455]

I could be wrong, but the Union pin looks like maybe a civil war era patriotic pin. it may have had a red white and blue ribbon behind it when new.

i think your right, I found something similar that says 1864 Lincoln campaign stick pin! wow thats pretty sweet to me!

 

[pong12211]

Nice finds.. A buffalo and a wheats and a merc all in one day that's a good day.. Congrats..

 

[cjon455]

Nice finds.. A buffalo and a wheats and a merc all in one day that's a good day.. Congrats..

Thanks!, it was alot of work though, 7.5 hrs, 101 miles round trip and alot of digging lol but i suppose its not "work" when the finds are good

 

[Old River]

Great finds. Congrats....

 

[cjon455]

Thanks that makes 24 silvers 10 buffs 5 Indians and 240 wheats for the year! I'm pretty pumped with the yr I'm having

 

[jewelerguy]

As Seen on eBay: 1864 Union Lincoln Campaign Stickpin
OMG i think i got something special here! looks similar to me

wow that's freakin' awesome!

 

[cjon455]

wow that's freakin' awesome!

Thanks I hope this is what I have. Seems like a pretty significant find if so

 

[surf]

As Seen on eBay: 1864 Union Lincoln Campaign Stickpin

 

[Wildcat1750]

Awesome CW era stickpin and nice coin finds too!

 

[CoinandRelicMan]

Wow awesome pin find! Great hunt too !

 

[cjon455]

As Seen on eBay: 1864 Union Lincoln Campaign Stickpin

Awesome CW era stickpin and nice coin finds too!

Wow awesome pin find! Great hunt too !

Thanks guys!, that similar one on ebay sold for $795 in 2011. Granted it was in better condition than mine. I wanna find out its value by taking it to an appraiser or something like that but I dont think id sell mine, i just want some confirmation on what i have. I gotta say this is one of my most favorite finds from the past 14 months or so since i started detecting

 

[pepperj]

Now the stick pin is a very nice save, congrats on the find.

 

[doninbrewster]

Very nice group of finds. Pays to keep swinging the loop.

 

[cjon455]

Very nice group of finds. Pays to keep swinging the loop.

Absolutely! Can't think of a better way to spend a nice Saturday afternoon

 

[cjon455]

I don't normally like to respond to my own thread but I wanted to ask anyone who may know how I can get this thing appraised. I know pawn shops around my area are gonna be worthless. Would a museum or historical society be a good idea ? Thanks in advance