Digger_O'Dell
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Hi all,
As I wrote in my post under what is it, I had spent the day mowing down some thick brush at the farm. I lost a hairpin clip off the mower, so broke out the detector to look for it. This was a decision that made my day and then some!
First good signal I got was a deep wheatie which I couldn't resist digging. It showed 6 inches, but almost gave up when it went far derper. But i persisted through the thick tangle of roots and was blown away when about a foot down I unearthed a beautiful copper buckle! Turns out its a Victorian era mid 1800s sash buckle, a big first for me! After posting pics here to ID it, a couple feet away I found another, also about a foot down under thick roots. It was tough digging, but it was worth the fight getting there.
Not far away I got a bouncy 12-42/44 at 4 inches. In this hole I pulled a dateless SLQ. Rechecking the hole, I found its friend, an 1893 Barber quarter! Well worn, but my first and another bucket lister-and only 2 years off being a seated to boot. Once again I get a nice 12-36 at 6 inches a few feet over. After a tough dig through the roots I was rewarded with beautiful 1876 IH! Not a spot of green on it anywhere. It's the oldest IH I've found to date, and the most valuable coin to date.
All this was found in about a 20x20 foot square. I did manage to find a big but mangled suspender buckle which broke, and of course I also found the spoon that I think is required to be buried near any treasure, but nothing else was in the area. So I moved to another area I had cleaned up earlier in the day, and it didn't take long for another good signal amid lots of nails. This time I popped a nice 10 cent token for shave cream. It was a little mangled, but was able to straighten it up enough to read it.
After some time without any other finds I started working the last stretch heading bacteria towards the house. It was then I got another nice signal and found a pocket watch frame. A couple feet over, I found one of the covers for it. The cover is dented, but has a beautiful engraving on a stag standing on a knoll. With this last find I called it a day.
As I wrote in my post under what is it, I had spent the day mowing down some thick brush at the farm. I lost a hairpin clip off the mower, so broke out the detector to look for it. This was a decision that made my day and then some!
First good signal I got was a deep wheatie which I couldn't resist digging. It showed 6 inches, but almost gave up when it went far derper. But i persisted through the thick tangle of roots and was blown away when about a foot down I unearthed a beautiful copper buckle! Turns out its a Victorian era mid 1800s sash buckle, a big first for me! After posting pics here to ID it, a couple feet away I found another, also about a foot down under thick roots. It was tough digging, but it was worth the fight getting there.
Not far away I got a bouncy 12-42/44 at 4 inches. In this hole I pulled a dateless SLQ. Rechecking the hole, I found its friend, an 1893 Barber quarter! Well worn, but my first and another bucket lister-and only 2 years off being a seated to boot. Once again I get a nice 12-36 at 6 inches a few feet over. After a tough dig through the roots I was rewarded with beautiful 1876 IH! Not a spot of green on it anywhere. It's the oldest IH I've found to date, and the most valuable coin to date.
All this was found in about a 20x20 foot square. I did manage to find a big but mangled suspender buckle which broke, and of course I also found the spoon that I think is required to be buried near any treasure, but nothing else was in the area. So I moved to another area I had cleaned up earlier in the day, and it didn't take long for another good signal amid lots of nails. This time I popped a nice 10 cent token for shave cream. It was a little mangled, but was able to straighten it up enough to read it.
After some time without any other finds I started working the last stretch heading bacteria towards the house. It was then I got another nice signal and found a pocket watch frame. A couple feet over, I found one of the covers for it. The cover is dented, but has a beautiful engraving on a stag standing on a knoll. With this last find I called it a day.
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n the bucket list Barber quarter and your oldest IH.
