Digger Don obtained permission to hunt the yard of a house built in 1890, and he invited me to tag along. It was very kind and generous of Don to extend the invitation to me. You are an upstanding detectorist, Don!
We met at the address at 8:00 yesterday morning and started swinging the coils. In quick order I found a Buffalo Nickel. I didn't realize until I got home that it is a key date 1915-S in really nice shape. After that I found a 1928 Mercury Dime near the edge of the driveway, then a 1963 Rosie in the middle of the circle drive.
I then moved to the back yard and after a while I got an iffy deep high-tone signal. When I got down to about 7-8 inches deep I saw a silver quarter in the bottom of the hole, and I could tell that it was really worn. Some prudent "field washing" revealed the coin to be an 1876-S Seated Quarter.
After lunch we hunted the site for another couple of hours with little to show for it, so we decided to drive around and do some door knocking. At the first "yes" I found another Rosie, and then an 1888 Seated Dime that was only 2" deep!
We then obtained permission to hunt the house next door which was vacant. The owner told us that Abraham Lincoln had actually spent the night in this house. It was a small brick house that dated back to the 1850s. Within 10 minutes I got a 12-44 signal, but after I got the plug opened up the target probe was showing 12-47. About 8" down I found a large disk that I knew must be a large cent! Sure enough, it was a Matron Head! Really toasted, but I think the date might be 1828.
What a fun day! Thanks a million for the invite, Don!
The coin finds for the day:
And the keepers:
I wonder if Abraham Lincoln dropped this 1828 large cent?
Semi-key 1915-S Buffalo Nickel in decent shape:
A first for me, 2 seated coins in one day:
Badge dated 1911:
Dairy token:
Interesting that this emblem has the same family name as the dairy token:
Not old, but an amusing find nevertheless:
Some of the various relics. Don found an identical cap gun:
Thanks again to Digger Don for allowing me to tag along.
Happy Hunting!
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