Got up early this morning and headed out with a friend to detect around a per-revolutionary war house in town that I got permission to hunt a couple of weeks ago. The day started out great when I got my first silver rosie dime, then not too much for a while till we moved to the old home dump area, there we hit a treasure trove! First find in this area was the sash pin (?) which I had to dig in some sludgy water for, I was still getting a signal in the water so I kept digging/sloshing and came up with the little alligator and lilly pad which I believe were part of the pin originally. I eventually found my way over to a great signal and dug an antique (not sure of date) button with a saint bernard head, still getting a signal in the hole, I dug some more and came up with a second one! <: Out of the same hole came a third button but this one was a 19th century Commedia dell' Arte Button of Pierrot and Pierrette and a cold painted pot metal stump inkwell with the glass insert still inside! Seems the dirt was the only thing holding the lid on the inkwell and once I started cleaning it the lid disconnected and I then noticed part of the back was missing :-\ Found some buckles, a toy deputy sheriff's badge in pretty bad shape, insides to a harmonica, a rusted pocket watch and a fishing weight!
All in all, a good day!
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...you know it's there.....just a matter of getting to it >{
That inkwell stump is very cool.
That inkwell is wicked lol I wanna see what else you get there.
