Steve in PA
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- Jul 5, 2010
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Saturday I got out for a bit at one of my farm permissions. This farm has a still occupied large farmhouse and a small abandoned tenet house. The first time I hunted this farm in February this year, I started at the abandoned house which is very trashy and found these WWI era crossed cannon insignia.
Shortly after finding the crossed cannons, I moved on to the large farmhouse, and hadn’t returned to the abandoned house until this past weekend. Five minutes into the hunt I got a decent signal, dug a plug, and saw this staring back at me.
Now that’s a sight for sore eyes! Turns out it is a WWI French medal known as the Croix de Guerre. Here is some info on the medal.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Croix_de_Guerre
After trying the toothpick and dry toothbrush, the patina came off with the caked on dirt.
So I ended up soaking in peroxide and then mineral oil. This is the end result. You really can't see the 1914 - 1918 in the center of the back side, but it is what it is.
After digging more trash and just two wheat pennies, I moved over to the main farm house, where I dug more trash and two more wheat pennies. But I also dug this vintage toy squirt gun, circa 1900. It would have had a rubber bulb that you would fill with water.
All in all it wasn’t a very productive hunt as far as quantity, but I was pretty happy with the medal and the gun, so it was a good day in the end.
Shortly after finding the crossed cannons, I moved on to the large farmhouse, and hadn’t returned to the abandoned house until this past weekend. Five minutes into the hunt I got a decent signal, dug a plug, and saw this staring back at me.
Now that’s a sight for sore eyes! Turns out it is a WWI French medal known as the Croix de Guerre. Here is some info on the medal.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Croix_de_Guerre
After trying the toothpick and dry toothbrush, the patina came off with the caked on dirt.
So I ended up soaking in peroxide and then mineral oil. This is the end result. You really can't see the 1914 - 1918 in the center of the back side, but it is what it is.
After digging more trash and just two wheat pennies, I moved over to the main farm house, where I dug more trash and two more wheat pennies. But I also dug this vintage toy squirt gun, circa 1900. It would have had a rubber bulb that you would fill with water.
All in all it wasn’t a very productive hunt as far as quantity, but I was pretty happy with the medal and the gun, so it was a good day in the end.
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