Last Finds of 2014

[Sam]

Despite 2014 being my first year metal detecting I still had a great year, and I'm looking forward to 2015! Unfortunately us New Englanders are gonna have to wait for our 3 feet of snow to melt. :bummer:

In late December I had one of my greatest hunts by far, I headed over to a house in search of a gold wedding ring the owner lost. After around 10 minutes of detecting I successfully found the ring, the owner was really happy and let me detect the rest of his yard. Within 15 minutes of searching I pulled my first complete colonial shoe buckle! And within another 10 minutes I pulled out my oldest coin to date! A 1730 KG II halfpenny! The most surprising thing to me is that the house I was detecting was built 1920, my explanation would be that the property would have been the farm field of the neighboring house built 1806.

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After that I did a few other various hunts at some local cellar holes and ended the year with a few extra relics. Some of these finds I am not certain on and if you have an opinion or idea about it let me know!

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Thanks for looking! Hope everybody has a great year!

[Tony Two-Cent]

Wow, Sam, those are some wonderful coins and relics! :thumbsup02:

That 1730 KG II Halfpenny is just slightly older than the coins we find here in Illinois. :envious: It still has very decent detail on it. Nice!

That complete shoe buckle is very cool too! I would be over the moon if I ever found a colonial relic like that! :yes:

Some of the other relics are very interesting as well. I see a crotal bell, some pieces of pewter utensils, a couple buttons like look like civil war era eagle buttons, and a shield buckle.

The snow will be melted before you know it and we will be back out there swinging!

Congrats on the nice finds! :clapping:

[OxShoeDrew]

Holy Cow Sam! That buckle is SWEET! I found one like it a few years ago and Dan said it was from the c.1740s. Congrats!!
Does it say number 1 on that crotal bell? I love finding bells but I found a total of 0 last year. :envious:

[Sam]

Wow, Sam, those are some wonderful coins and relics! :thumbsup02:

That 1730 KG II Halfpenny is just slightly older than the coins we find here in Illinois. :envious: It still has very decent detail on it. Nice!

That complete shoe buckle is very cool too! I would be over the moon if I ever found a colonial relic like that! :yes:

Some of the other relics are very interesting as well. I see a crotal bell, some pieces of pewter utensils, a couple buttons like look like civil war era eagle buttons, and a shield buckle.

The snow will be melted before you know it and we will be back out there swinging!

Congrats on the nice finds! :clapping:

Thanks so much Tony! I am really happy with the finds I made at that home site, I plan to get back out there as soon as I can.

[Sam]

Holy Cow Sam! That buckle is SWEET! I found one like it a few years ago and Dan said it was from the c.1740s. Congrats!!
Does it say number 1 on that crotal bell? I love finding bells but I found a total of 0 last year. :envious:

Thanks! And I don't believe it has a one on it, it has a nice pattern which are standard but unfortunately it came out broken.

[Trooper Bri]

Fantastic way to end the season Sam!

[Sam]

Fantastic way to end the season Sam!
Thank you!

[BTV Digger]

Great job Sam. Envious of the 1700s stuff you have there. Great buckle for sure!

John

[Sam]

Great job Sam. Envious of the 1700s stuff you have there. Great buckle for sure!

John

Thank you!

[Isaac]

Great finds Sam!!! :) Sam like Drew said, I think your buckle is 1740s style. Earlier than most shoe buckles.

[Sam]

Great finds Sam!!! :) Sam like Drew said, I think your buckle is 1740s style. Earlier than most shoe buckles.

Thanks Isaac! Thanks for the information!

[Bell-Two]

Now that is a great first year.....darn that is a great year for anyone congratulations I am looking forward to more of your posts! :congrats:

[Sam]

Now that is a great first year.....darn that is a great year for anyone congratulations I am looking forward to more of your posts! :congrats:

Thanks! I'll definitely try to post more, just need the opportunity to detect more.

[Mr. Digger]

Great finds! Love the Colonial stuff! I guess we Mass dirt fishing' guys are out of the game for a while with all this now, eh?

[del]

Hey Sam congrats on finding and returning the ring to the owner :notworthy:nothing better then to help someone out :perfect10: the shoe buckle is as everyone said a very early type and could date close to the coin's age . the 1806 home thats close by is a great indicator that your yard was part of an old field but judging from the detail on the coin there might have been an older home close by , maybe a starter home or cabin for the 1806 one . I'd keep detecting that place . congrats again .

Dan

[RIdirtdigger]

Great finds Sam, hopefully the snow melts so we can meet up again and detect. Congrats

[MangoAve]

The wheats '58 and '19? The KG actually looks like there's a 4 in the date but maybe it's the resolution of the pic. Nice finds all around. I agree with Dan. Even tho there was no official minting in the US when the coin was minted, 75 years for the coin and 60 years for the buckle Is a bit old to be from the 1806 house site. I mention the official minting as some point monetary values get taken out of circulation and sometimes recycled. Drew...0 crotals for u in 2014? Maybe I've only seen you comment on other's posts for them. I thought you did get a few.

[Lodge Scent]

Great hunt! Good job on getting that ring back to the owner :thumbsup02: NICE looking shoe buckle :congrats:

[Digger Don]

You had a fantastic first year. Very cool Buckle for sure.
Your half penny is 98 years older than my oldest coin. Wow.
:congrats: on all your cool finds.

[Sam]

Great finds! Love the Colonial stuff! I guess we Mass dirt fishing' guys are out of the game for a while with all this now, eh?

Thanks! You'd be right about that, I'm just waiting for spring to arrive. What part of Mass are you in?

[Sam]

Hey Sam congrats on finding and returning the ring to the owner :notworthy:nothing better then to help someone out :perfect10: the shoe buckle is as everyone said a very early type and could date close to the coin's age . the 1806 home thats close by is a great indicator that your yard was part of an old field but judging from the detail on the coin there might have been an older home close by , maybe a starter home or cabin for the 1806 one . I'd keep detecting that place . congrats again .

Dan

Thanks Dan! The property where I found all those relics and coins still has much more land to be covered, I'm confident that I'll be able to pull out a few more things there... just a matter of waiting for the snow to melt.

[Sam]

Great finds Sam, hopefully the snow melts so we can meet up again and detect. Congrats

Thanks Jim!

[Sam]

The wheats '58 and '19? The KG actually looks like there's a 4 in the date but maybe it's the resolution of the pic. Nice finds all around. I agree with Dan. Even tho there was no official minting in the US when the coin was minted, 75 years for the coin and 60 years for the buckle Is a bit old to be from the 1806 house site. I mention the official minting as some point monetary values get taken out of circulation and sometimes recycled. Drew...0 crotals for u in 2014? Maybe I've only seen you comment on other's posts for them. I thought you did get a few.

Yeah, good eye on the wheats they are 1919 and 1958... I looked at the KG under a loop and I think anyway it's 1730, hard to tell with the corrosion of the coin. There may have been some activity there prior to the 1806 homesite, but I'm not aware of any.

[Sam]

Great hunt! Good job on getting that ring back to the owner :thumbsup02: NICE looking shoe buckle :congrats:

Thank you! I was glad I was able to return the ring to the property owner.

[Sam]

You had a fantastic first year. Very cool Buckle for sure.
Your half penny is 98 years older than my oldest coin. Wow.
:congrats: on all your cool finds.

Thank you!

[donald sutphin]

Nice relics sam !!!!!!!!!!!vanzutphen