Today I spent the whole day detecting with my brother at two sites that he had found for me. He doesn't detect, he just follows me around and watches, plus I always hand him the finds fresh out of the hole to ID. He has always been my good luck charm and today was no exception!
The only coin we found at the first site was an 1858-O Seated Quarter! It is the oldest quarter I have ever found.
It has two holes in it and it isn't in great shape but I was still thrilled to find it!
At the second site the first signal I dug was a 1903 Indian Head, a good sign! This site was in town on a corner lot, and I ended up with the Indian plus 12 wheat cents and a nice 1925 SLQ! The SLQ was in a spill with 3 wheat cents. I also found a really cool old diecast cannon at this site, plus two junk rings and a token.
All-in-all it was a super fun day!
Here are my coin finds for the day:
And here are the relics. The watch fob is from about 1918 and says "Shapleigh Hardware Co. Diamond Edge" on it.
Here are some photos of the 1858 Seated Quarter before cleaning and after:
One of my favorite finds from the day, this diecast toy cannon:
Someone who shall remain nameless (it wasn't my brother!) used their fingernail to remove the dirt from the SLQ and scratched it, so I thought what the heck, I'll just go ahead and try to buff out the scratches with baking soda. It came out pretty nice, actually.
Thanks for looking and happy hunting!
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