Diane and I were invited by a friend to do a small group hunt, our sites were a cornfield, bean field and two old houses. The finds for us were not many but Diane made an interesting find and an outstanding find. I got a first for me so it was a good day hunting with some new friends.
We started out in a cornfield and Diane made her interesting find here. It was a brass halter plate that had a horses name on it. Some research shown that this horse Hailstorm Hanover won twenty trotting races and that he was a product of the famous Hanover Shoe Farm breeding stables, here is a picture showing how the name plate would have been attached.
The bean field did not give up anything worth mentioning so we went to an old house and there is where Diane made the best find of the hunt. She dug a lovely 1871 Indian Head which is fourth smallest mintage after the 1877, 1908-S and 1909-S. A very tough date to find and in EF condition!
We then moved on to another house where I made a couple of interesting finds, a change purse frame…alas no change…no purse! And a first for me a bale/bag seal if anyone knows how to date or ID these types of seals please let me know.
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Originally Posted by Digger_O'Dell
