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My son and I were out late yesterday afternoon for a bit playing around with our new detectors that were just delivered. My son got a Legend by Nokia and I upgraded my old Deus to a WS6-Master Deus 2 setup. I have to say we are both very pleased so far. The Legend seems to have a lot of really nice features and is light and well balanced and seems to be deep. The main control on my old Deus quit awhile back and I have been using only headphones for some time and have enjoyed it. I'm in my late 50's now so my hearing isn't what it used to be, to say the least. So I got a pair of the large headphones that completely cover the ears and I'm really liking those. I'll put the master on a wristband when that arrives, hopefully tomorrow, and I'll be all set. It seems to be a great set up and an affordable way to get into a deus 2.
While we were mainly just testing tones, and programs in different soil areas, from very deep to shallow and rock and iron encrusted. But we each managed a nice find, and the best part is that they were found in well searched areas, so I'll be hitting areas that I've hit before.
I found this sterling silver top to a salt or pepper shaker. It even had it's silver liner on a bit of the bottle that remained. It's not that old being marked Sterling, and carries no British hallmarks which I am more used to finding. The top is marked 445, which when I googled along with silver, listed mainly Gorham, which I know is an American maker, but not much beyond that. I am thinking early 20th century, although the bottle top is not threaded.
My son found this very nice Naval button. From what we have read on the Colchester Treasure Hunting form on Navy buttons, www.colchestertreasurehunting.co.uk/navy%20buttons.htm , this type was introduced in 1774 and in use until 1787. We believe it to be silvered, but will leave the surface as is. The soil where this was found is amazing, it's so well drained it's like fluff, or potting soil. The preservation of materials is excellent, especially in comparison to the wetter areas which are murder on copper coins.
This one is marked I Nutting King St Covent Garden.
For those interested in Military buttons, here is an interesting link to a study of the buttons found on the wreck of the Ship Invincible, which sank in 1758. It turns out a lot of the buttons are older than originally thought, with backmarks for Nutting on that ship. Many other of what were thought to be much later buttons were also found.
https://www.academia.edu/60784336/T...entury_wreck_Invincible_between_1979_and_1990
Here is the 1774-1787 button with a wonderful 1787 to 1810's ish that we also found for comparison:
We also found this. Now that was one rough bottle. I wish it were intact
Good luck everyone
While we were mainly just testing tones, and programs in different soil areas, from very deep to shallow and rock and iron encrusted. But we each managed a nice find, and the best part is that they were found in well searched areas, so I'll be hitting areas that I've hit before.
I found this sterling silver top to a salt or pepper shaker. It even had it's silver liner on a bit of the bottle that remained. It's not that old being marked Sterling, and carries no British hallmarks which I am more used to finding. The top is marked 445, which when I googled along with silver, listed mainly Gorham, which I know is an American maker, but not much beyond that. I am thinking early 20th century, although the bottle top is not threaded.
My son found this very nice Naval button. From what we have read on the Colchester Treasure Hunting form on Navy buttons, www.colchestertreasurehunting.co.uk/navy%20buttons.htm , this type was introduced in 1774 and in use until 1787. We believe it to be silvered, but will leave the surface as is. The soil where this was found is amazing, it's so well drained it's like fluff, or potting soil. The preservation of materials is excellent, especially in comparison to the wetter areas which are murder on copper coins.
This one is marked I Nutting King St Covent Garden.
For those interested in Military buttons, here is an interesting link to a study of the buttons found on the wreck of the Ship Invincible, which sank in 1758. It turns out a lot of the buttons are older than originally thought, with backmarks for Nutting on that ship. Many other of what were thought to be much later buttons were also found.
https://www.academia.edu/60784336/T...entury_wreck_Invincible_between_1979_and_1990
Here is the 1774-1787 button with a wonderful 1787 to 1810's ish that we also found for comparison:
We also found this. Now that was one rough bottle. I wish it were intact
Good luck everyone
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