A couple of hunts.

[jkress]

I've been busy with work these last several days, so I thought I would catch up with my recent hunts in one post. :yes:

Saturday I made it out for just a tad more than an hour to test drive an old foundation. See it here. (http://www.americandetectorist.com/forum/index.php?topic=5623.0)

Hunting these types of locations is a WHOLE different ball game. :yes: I must have put the equivalent of 200 hours on my coil during that 75 minutes. I banged, snagged and scuffed it on everything possible that morning. :yes: It is definitely a challenging way to hunt and my respect goes out to all you cellar hole hunters. |:confused:)

I did come up with these items. Any thoughts as to what the handle item is?
http://homepage.mac.com/j.kress/AmericanDetectorist2011/pictures/picture-52.jpg

http://homepage.mac.com/j.kress/AmericanDetectorist2011/pictures/picture-53.jpg

http://homepage.mac.com/j.kress/AmericanDetectoristMisc/pictures/picture-36.jpg

http://homepage.mac.com/j.kress/AmericanDetectoristMisc/pictures/picture-37.jpg


Sunday morning I hunted with a few friends that got me started in this hobby. Or as they say...
Responsible for creating the beast. lol
We went to a park on the Wisconsin side of the river for a little while in the morning.
I came up with these few keepers. I'm definitely planning a return trip to this little park
in a farming community. Gotta be some silver hiding there.
http://homepage.mac.com/j.kress/AmericanDetectorist2011/pictures/picture-54.jpg

Monday evening I spent a little time before sunset at another park. Came up with a few keepers.
http://homepage.mac.com/j.kress/AmericanDetectorist2011/pictures/picture-55.jpg

Tuesday evening I tried another small and very, very trashy park and pocketed these goodies.
http://homepage.mac.com/j.kress/AmericanDetectorist2011/pictures/picture-56.jpg

Wednesday night I got in a few more hours at the same park I hunted last night. Loaded with some great advice
from Angel for hunting trashy parks... I managed to pull a silver and what is left of another one. Fire damage?
http://homepage.mac.com/j.kress/AmericanDetectorist2011/pictures/picture-57.jpg

http://homepage.mac.com/j.kress/AmericanDetectorist2011/pictures/picture-58.jpg

I know it's hard to see from the pictures, but viewing with a loupe I can see arrows under the Seated Liberty, stars on the obverse and text on the reverse. I can also make out 'Dim' on the back. So I would date this Seated dime between 1853-1855 based on the Red Book. :clapping:

Sorry for the long post and thanks for sticking with me on this one. :yes:

[mike l]

Nice old coins, looks like that seated lived a hard life.

[Ill Digger]

Boy'o boy you've been a busy guy!! :yes:
Saved the best for last why don't you lol To bad the seated is tore up crying01
But Oh well...it's a Seated!! <: A Seated is a keeper no matter what the condition thumbsup01
Great week of huntin' Joe !
Congrats :grin:

[dave in iowa]

Great hunts Joe , your a killer ..... thumbsup01

[jkress]

Nice old coins, looks like that seated lived a hard life.


You got that right mike. :yes:



A Seated is a keeper no matter what the condition thumbsup01


Yep... kind of what I think. The dime pre-dates the park by at least 50 years. It's holed, so no telling
the story on this one. It was a deep one for sure. :yes:

[Viking]

Great job jkress! :perfect10: Man, that park with all of those wheaties and Indian Heads looks like a fun one. Hope you pull many more goodies out of it! :clapping:

[del]

hey Joe the foundation site holds alot of promise and yes they are a challenging and different way to hunt but i can see some good rewards there for the persistant detectorist. i think you did well for your first time :clapping: :cheering: :clapping: and i would bet that the spoon is around the mid 1800's and your handle thingy is a keg tap key and probably dates around the same time . heres a picture of a few keys and tap that i've come across in the past. congrats on the indians , wheats and silver from the parks too.

Dan

[aloldstuff]

You got yourself alot of keepers there. Great post and congrats on the silver.

[tanacat]

and your handle thingy is a keg tap key and probably dates around the same time . heres a picture of a few keys and tap that i've come across in the past.


A keg as in beer keg?? :beerbuddy:

[angellionel]

Congrats Joe! Those are some very good finds from some hard-hit and trashy sites. :clapping:

[RobW]

Nice load of finds! That seated has taken a beating

[coinnut]

Joe, you did great on the cellar hole :clapping: It is a lot harder than open spaces. You do an hour and the old arm starts to get tired fighting the down branches, vines and fern hidden rocks :eyebrow: But any one signal can make your day :happydance01: Some nice finds, but that Seated is making me :crying02: That park is trashy and that is a great thing for you lol More of them Indians and Barbers too I hope.




A keg as in beer keg?? :beerbuddy:


Well the Constitution wasn't written drinking water lol Beer or other mash type liquids I would think :dontknow: Also, some are maple syrup taps. But I'm sticking with the beer version thumbsup01

[del]

A keg as in beer keg?? :beerbuddy:


i knew that would get your attention lol lol :beerbuddy:...

beer ,ale ,mead ,grog ,wine or any other spirit that might come in a wooden keg.

[Epi-hunter]

Really nice Joe!!! I love that foundation :happydance01: You have to go back there!

Congratulations on the silver and other old coins, especially the seated :clapping: There is more silver hiding in that trash :yes:

[JTGOLD]

you did alright,lot of nice coins and I bet there is more of them there,hunt it again. thumbsup01

[milco]

Holy smokes man! :perfect10: You are on fire, those are some awesome finds, what a crazy amount of wheats!
Congrats! I pity the MDer that hits those sites after you're done!

[wingmaster]

Great hunt there, congrats on the silver, IH's, and wheats.

[jkress]

Thanks for the comments folks! :)



the spoon is around the mid 1800's and your handle thingy is a keg tap key and probably dates around the same time . heres a picture of a few keys and tap that i've come across in the past.


Thanks for the ID on the keg tap key. :clapping: I kind of guessed it was something like that.



and fern hidden rocks :eyebrow:


..... :yes: 8/ Banged into more than one of those. It is a completely different way of hunting. :shocked04:



I pity the MDer that hits those sites after you're done!


I'm sure I'm leaving plenty of the shinny stuff behind... but at least I'm getting some of them. :happydance01:

Thanks again everyone,
Joe

[leslie(nova scotia)]

From the land of the Bluenose.....without a doubt detecting can be hard on a coil. Awesome dig! <;)