Got this last Wednesday with Lee and Tim at the site in the woods. Just got around to really cleaning it up. Crying shame it's damaged.....
Got this last Wednesday with Lee and Tim at the site in the woods. Just got around to really cleaning it up. Crying shame it's damaged.....
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2020 GOAL: Any Flowing Hair coin
TOTAL 100 YEAR OLD COINS - -280
2020:
Silver: 11
Oldest U.S. Copper - 1795 Liberty Cap
Oldest U.S. Silver - 1829 Capped Bust Dime extra large 10C
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That is a beautiful bell and old too! I'm not 100% sure but Roland Frodigh at Hallowed Ground Restorations could probably restore that for you.
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Still a very cool find Al
Oldest find: 5,000 year old copper spearhead
Oldest coin: 1699 William III halfpenny
Purdiest coin: 1832 Capped Bust quarter
Coolest find: USA button with blue threads still on shank
"He who would search for pearls must dive below."
That's a very nice looking bell, damaged or not. At least it's complete!
Equipment:
Minelab: CTX 3030, GPX 4800, X-Terra 705. Whites TDI SL.
2024: Silver 1, Gold 0
Best finds: 28 silver dime spill, 1800s Dutch customs seal.
Oldest/best coins: Late 1700's Chinese Cash Coin, 1837 Upper Canada large cent, 1877 Seated Dime
Oldest Relic find: 1800 Sailors Luck token
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Quote: Treasures are like potato chips, you can never have just one!
Congrats on the petal bell Al , its a shame its cracked up so
"Honesty is an expensive gift ,
so don't expect it from cheap people"
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Donnie, thanks for the reply and info. Don't know if the cost of restoration vs value would be in my favor.
Jeff, Always wanted to find one of the big ones, maybe the next one will be in better shape.
Thanks D.O.D., I can sort of display it with most of the good looking side showing.
Dan, thanks for the congrats and you are right....its a SHAME.
V3i- Prism IV- Pro Pointer
2020 GOAL: Any Flowing Hair coin
TOTAL 100 YEAR OLD COINS - -280
2020:
Silver: 11
Oldest U.S. Copper - 1795 Liberty Cap
Oldest U.S. Silver - 1829 Capped Bust Dime extra large 10C
Click here to view my album
nice find al mate,still cant stop thinking about that powder mill site....omg can you imagine whats buried in the ground at that place ?
V3i- Prism IV- Pro Pointer
2020 GOAL: Any Flowing Hair coin
TOTAL 100 YEAR OLD COINS - -280
2020:
Silver: 11
Oldest U.S. Copper - 1795 Liberty Cap
Oldest U.S. Silver - 1829 Capped Bust Dime extra large 10C
Click here to view my album
Last edited by Digger_O'Dell; 06-21-2017 at 09:02 AM.
Equipment:
Minelab: CTX 3030, GPX 4800, X-Terra 705. Whites TDI SL.
2024: Silver 1, Gold 0
Best finds: 28 silver dime spill, 1800s Dutch customs seal.
Oldest/best coins: Late 1700's Chinese Cash Coin, 1837 Upper Canada large cent, 1877 Seated Dime
Oldest Relic find: 1800 Sailors Luck token
You Tube: Rediscovering America
Quote: Treasures are like potato chips, you can never have just one!
Future goals: Capped bust coin, Flowing hair LC, Classic head LC, VT copper, MA copper, Pistareen, Two-cent pc, SLQ, GW inaugural button, Excelsior button, Civil war token, and a gold ring.
V3i- Prism IV- Pro Pointer
2020 GOAL: Any Flowing Hair coin
TOTAL 100 YEAR OLD COINS - -280
2020:
Silver: 11
Oldest U.S. Copper - 1795 Liberty Cap
Oldest U.S. Silver - 1829 Capped Bust Dime extra large 10C
Click here to view my album
That's a good looking bell, even with the crack. Very rare!
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Very nice large crotal Al! She quite a large one as well. Perhaps some gentle bending can get that one side back into place. I've found boiling my bent metal items in water, then holding them in a dish towel while using gentle applied force can get some of those bent parts back into reasonable place.
John
Vermont relic hunting, one swing at a time.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCG2...OLib30A/videos
Beautiful crotal, a shame that it's damage but still a nice find.
Equipment: Garrett AT Pro