Fire Fighter 43
11-11-2018, 06:03 PM
A few weeks ago I planned a day to meet with Tim (Ill Digger) so he could give me my pouch of goodies from our England trip and do some swinging. We picked a Saturday and a half way point for the two of us. I told him I would get to work locating a couple sites. I managed to locate and obtain permission for 3 fields. All 3 had 1 room school houses on them at one time and 1 field also housed a few other buildings back in the 1870’s. Tim also invited our friend Ted to make it a threesome. The weather was less than perfect by the time the day came around. It had snowed about an inch the day before and the temps dropped down into the teens. The day started at about 18* with a wind chill at about 6*. The first few inches of ground were frozen solid.
The day started out really slow for all of us on site one. Ted managed the best find, an 1892 British Penny. Tim found a nice flat button with a flower pattern. And I got the only US coin a 1904 Indian.
Site two started with a couple wheats from Tim and I. I popped a bent up ring that I though might be a handle for a small silver spoon. After close examination by Tim he thought it was a ring. I cleaned it up when I got home and sure enough it was a ring and it was stamped “Sterling”. What’s different about this ring is the stamp is on the outside. After the ring I went on an Indian streak with 3 in a row 1891, 1881 & 1908. Then I got a solid 12 on the Equinox which usually means Nickle. It turned out to be a Sheild Nickel with a date of 1867, type II, no rays. It’s only the 2Nd sheild nickel I’ve found. Needless to say it made my day. The 3rd site started out good with 2 wheats for Tim and 1 for me in the first 15 minutes and then it dried up.
The day started out really slow for all of us on site one. Ted managed the best find, an 1892 British Penny. Tim found a nice flat button with a flower pattern. And I got the only US coin a 1904 Indian.
Site two started with a couple wheats from Tim and I. I popped a bent up ring that I though might be a handle for a small silver spoon. After close examination by Tim he thought it was a ring. I cleaned it up when I got home and sure enough it was a ring and it was stamped “Sterling”. What’s different about this ring is the stamp is on the outside. After the ring I went on an Indian streak with 3 in a row 1891, 1881 & 1908. Then I got a solid 12 on the Equinox which usually means Nickle. It turned out to be a Sheild Nickel with a date of 1867, type II, no rays. It’s only the 2Nd sheild nickel I’ve found. Needless to say it made my day. The 3rd site started out good with 2 wheats for Tim and 1 for me in the first 15 minutes and then it dried up.