WW2 era sterling silver United States Navy pendant.

[KodyB]

Went back out to the place I call the relic dump because I’ve found soooooo many cool old relics in a 20’ circle area.
It is iron infested & will pull out 3-4 iron nails out of each plug.
I set me Legend to pitch tones & dig any blips. 90% of the time there is a non ferrous item in the mix.
I got a faint blip & circled it, but could pin point it. So I dug a pretty good size plug & pulled several nails out then seen a shiny round object. I knew it wasn’t a coin & by the way it was still shiny I thought it could be silver. To my surprise it was a WW2 USN sterling pendant. Yes…either my shovel or hand digger scuffed the rim, but like I said. There is no way to pin point targets with so much mixed in metals and iron.
Still was very pleased!
Love finding anything military related.

 

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[scruggs]

Beautiful USN Pendant you found! Well done!

 

[CoinsAndThings]

Very nice!

 

[KSDirtfisher77]

Congrats on the USN silver!! What great find.

 

[E-Trac-Ohio]

Nice one !

 

[Silvermonkey]

A very nice find KodyB. Like you, I enjoy finding anything with a military connection. Both my parents served in the Navy, so finding Navy pieces have special meaning. Congrats!

 

[oldmxrat]

Congrats on a really cool find! Being a Navy vet, a find like that would be extra special.

 

[KodyB]

Congrats on a really cool find! Being a Navy vet, a find like that would be extra special.

Thank you for your service! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

 

[Lenrac2]

Congrats! Love it!

 

[cudamark]

I'd be tempted to dig and sift that area.

 

[Digger RJ]

Went back out to the place I call the relic dump because I’ve found soooooo many cool old relics in a 20’ circle area.
It is iron infested & will pull out 3-4 iron nails out of each plug.
I set me Legend to pitch tones & dig any blips. 90% of the time there is a non ferrous item in the mix.
I got a faint blip & circled it, but could pin point it. So I dug a pretty good size plug & pulled several nails out then seen a shiny round object. I knew it wasn’t a coin & by the way it was still shiny I thought it could be silver. To my surprise it was a WW2 USN sterling pendant. Yes…either my shovel or hand digger scuffed the rim, but like I said. There is no way to pin point targets with so much mixed in metals and iron.
Still was very pleased!
Love finding anything military related.

Very Nice!!! Congrats!!!

 

[JeffInMass]

Fantastic find- I always love anything military- Congrats!

 

[JohnnyMac]

Went back out to the place I call the relic dump because I’ve found soooooo many cool old relics in a 20’ circle area.
It is iron infested & will pull out 3-4 iron nails out of each plug.
I set me Legend to pitch tones & dig any blips. 90% of the time there is a non ferrous item in the mix.
I got a faint blip & circled it, but could pin point it. So I dug a pretty good size plug & pulled several nails out then seen a shiny round object. I knew it wasn’t a coin & by the way it was still shiny I thought it could be silver. To my surprise it was a WW2 USN sterling pendant. Yes…either my shovel or hand digger scuffed the rim, but like I said. There is no way to pin point targets with so much mixed in metals and iron.
Still was very pleased!
Love finding anything military related.

Very cool

 

[KodyB]

I'd be tempted to dig and sift that area.

I’ve talked to the owner & he said he’s perfectly fine with it. It’s in their yard, but outback behind their garage. No telling whats underneath their garage.
Not sure what would be the best way to sift through it? We was talking about tilling it up, but a lot of relics would get damaged that way. I’m not sure how else to do it….just dig a bunch of holes & sift through it all. I’d like to go deeper because no telling what’s 10” deep. There is much iron it’s rare to find something with detector that’s 5” deep.

 

[cudamark]

I built a sifter out of some 2 X 4's and a couple of different meshes of wire. Short of using a skip loader or bobcat, it would mean digging by hand. I wouldn't do random holes, but, pick a starting spot and work out from there taking every bit of ground as you go. Once you get a small starting hole dug down to where you're below the targets, go sideways and run a pick, or a spade/shovel under the next section and pop it up from underneath. Sometimes a heavy digging bar will help do that too depending on how hard the ground is. No way I would use a rototiller.

 

[KodyB]

I built a sifter out of some 2 X 4's and a couple of different meshes of wire. Short of using a skip loader or bobcat, it would mean digging by hand. I wouldn't do random holes, but, pick a starting spot and work out from there taking every bit of ground as you go. Once you get a small starting hole dug down to where you're below the targets, go sideways and run a pick, or a spade/shovel under the next section and pop it up from underneath. Sometimes a heavy digging bar will help do that too depending on how hard the ground is. No way I would use a rototiller.

That sounds like a good idea.
I was also not very happy with the tiller idea. Yes, it would bring deeper stuff to the top & start sifting through it all, but it would destroy about 50% off the relics.
Like a said it’s not a very big area. 20’ diameter circle.
It must of been their old dumping spot or who knows. Everything I find in that area is in excellent condition tho. Also, why would they throw away those items. I guess back in the day they weren’t valuable.
I’m going to do what you suggested. Just dig a hole & work my way out from there using your method.
The house was built in late 1890’s to early 1900’s so it isn’t super old, but it was the first house in that entire 4 block area & was more of a farm house, but now there is houses all around. The yard was untouched & no top soil added.

Once I’m done detecting that area I’m going to get all the items & take a photo. Be cool to look at it everything that was dumped.

Thanks for the advise.