West Jersey Detecting
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I had the chance to return to a few of my favorite spots. Both are former farm fields but are very different. The first one dates back to colonial times and is a young forest, the other was a soy bean field that dates to the early-mid nineteenth century and is still a wide open field, which makes for easy detecting year round.
I had a hunch that the soy bean field had been detected before by others that were using pre-set coin mode. Nearly all of the targets found are mid-range targets, with no copper or silver signals. Apparently I was correct, as a person came by and said that it had been detected before. That is OK with me! I can dig old CW era relics all day long! Some of the mid range targets missed were three cent pieces (the field has given up 5 so far!) and a half dime, not to mention all of the other relics and buttons including what I am posting today.
The "Double Gilt" button appears to be much older than most of the other relics. I would say it is late 18th to early 19th century. The marine button has the back mark "HORSTMANN PHILADELPHIA" which makes it post CW, although I doubt it is 1893-1930's as some websites state for that particular back mark. Another four hole button was also dug, this one marked "NAGEL & SIEGLING / NY". I cannot find any info on this back mark.
No outing to this field would be complete without at least one "D" buckle and a circa 1850 spoon marked "ROGERS NICKEL SILVER".
Many other unidentified relics were also unearthed including the Native American headdress, a round object that looks like it may have been a mount for a gauge of some type, a clasp and an odd rectangular object with two lines on it. I have found these before in other fields and have always wondered about them. Any help with ID is appreciated!!!
I had a hunch that the soy bean field had been detected before by others that were using pre-set coin mode. Nearly all of the targets found are mid-range targets, with no copper or silver signals. Apparently I was correct, as a person came by and said that it had been detected before. That is OK with me! I can dig old CW era relics all day long! Some of the mid range targets missed were three cent pieces (the field has given up 5 so far!) and a half dime, not to mention all of the other relics and buttons including what I am posting today.
The "Double Gilt" button appears to be much older than most of the other relics. I would say it is late 18th to early 19th century. The marine button has the back mark "HORSTMANN PHILADELPHIA" which makes it post CW, although I doubt it is 1893-1930's as some websites state for that particular back mark. Another four hole button was also dug, this one marked "NAGEL & SIEGLING / NY". I cannot find any info on this back mark.
No outing to this field would be complete without at least one "D" buckle and a circa 1850 spoon marked "ROGERS NICKEL SILVER".
Many other unidentified relics were also unearthed including the Native American headdress, a round object that looks like it may have been a mount for a gauge of some type, a clasp and an odd rectangular object with two lines on it. I have found these before in other fields and have always wondered about them. Any help with ID is appreciated!!!
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