Tabdog tha Coin Dog

[tabdog]

Hay MD’ers,

If you read my post, you know that I don’t often coin hunt.
But I just couldn’t pass this one up.

There is a Baptist Church that’s accross the street form the
historic Saline County Courthouse.

They own three lots across the street and the houses were
tore down and they used them as a parking lot. I tried to hunt
it before, but it was topped with gravel and hard as a rock and
hard to get depth on.

I have permission from the church to hunt those lots.

Yesterday, I drove by and they are getting ready to pave the
lots:

This morning I went over there after I dropped my son off at
school.

I found a mercury dime, buffalo nickel a 1944 nickel and two
wheaties. I also found some kind of copper cap thing with a
shield on it and a broken brass something, and an old chisel
or tool of some kind and a few other diddies.

I was using my Euro Sabre with 5.75 concentric coil.

I found the merc and two wheaties under this 5’ diameter oak
tree.

They won’t let the church take it down. ( Yea for them ).

Well, that’s about it for Coin Dog today.

I may go back and be Coin Dog again
tomorrow, and maybe find some more
old stuff.

Til then, thanks for lOOking and

Happy Hunting,

Tabdog

 

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[kimsdad]

Nice hunt there, Tabdog!

It's always great to find a Mercury dime!

 

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

Good Hunting,

Keep @ it and HH!!

 

[PBK]

As posted in the Arkansas forum...

The "cap thing" looks like a flattened general staff button. Might be Civil War or slightly postwar. There are a number of varieties with different shields.

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[aa battery]

supp dog nice finds

 

[tabdog]

Thanks PBK..

That looks like it could be an ID.

The one I found is very old.

There was a lot of Civil War soldiers (mostly Unioun)

in that area.

The contractor cut from 1" to 2' of dirt and

spread it out in the back. That's where I found it.

Happy Hunting,

Tabdog

 

[crazyjarhead]

That sharp thingy looks like a prison shank Nice haul. Better hurry before they cover some history

 

[JerV3]

Nice looking finds,

I wouldn't have passed up on that site either. Got to get to them quick. Land is starting to get eaten up every where.

HH Jer