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I managed to get out in the cold again after the quick thaw we had melted most of our snow !:cheering
onnie , Rick an I headed back to the last site we did well at a few weeks ago This particular site then netted me a very old crotal bell , and very old (possible 1600's era) tiny shoe buckle and thimble 
. so with that knowledge I wanted to get back there for two reasons , 1. it coughed up these targets in a relatively short amount of time and 2. there could be 1600's era coins about !
The site in the summer sports a ton of ferns which make it difficult to swing in and after our snowfall the dead ferns are mostly matted down flat and makes it so much easier to cover the ground (hopefully Donnie will post a video or two and you can see how the ground looks ) plus the soil is very saturated by all the melted snow making all the metal sound off loud and clear .
My first great sounding target was a large brass horse carriage shaft tip near the barn area and then soon I got a very decent shotgun shell sounding target but it was much deeper than they usually are .
A decent looking two piece eagle button :happydance01:After sweeping the area good and hearing nothing else I moved on to another spot this time in the matted ferns . I picked up a few finds there , a couple complete spoons (one brass and one iron) and also picked up a loud target !:shocked03: To my surprise it was another good sized crotal bell 
:happydance02:. Not far away I got a decent drawer or desk keyhole escutcheon plate 
and before the day was over I got that 1600's coin too !
Its pretty worn and hard to make out but its an early French coin (Liard de France) , holed but I'll take it !:yahoo:
If you look hard enough you can just make out the letters FRANC the E is very hard to see but I can make out the letters DE just above "France" The bust side almost worn flat but its looks like the older bust . This is what the coin looked like uncirculated back then 
. Inspite of its poor shape I am very pleased to have knocked such an early coin (1600's) off my 2018 list and so early in the year too !
Here was the days take
the bell cleaned up 
and the button 
I was very interested in seeing the thread on the back of the button that once held it to the uniform more than a 150 years later !:shocked04:
Great hunt for January ! Thanks for reading all !
Dan
onnie , Rick an I headed back to the last site we did well at a few weeks ago This particular site then netted me a very old crotal bell , and very old (possible 1600's era) tiny shoe buckle and thimble . so with that knowledge I wanted to get back there for two reasons , 1. it coughed up these targets in a relatively short amount of time and 2. there could be 1600's era coins about !The site in the summer sports a ton of ferns which make it difficult to swing in and after our snowfall the dead ferns are mostly matted down flat and makes it so much easier to cover the ground (hopefully Donnie will post a video or two and you can see how the ground looks ) plus the soil is very saturated by all the melted snow making all the metal sound off loud and clear .
My first great sounding target was a large brass horse carriage shaft tip near the barn area and then soon I got a very decent shotgun shell sounding target but it was much deeper than they usually are .
A decent looking two piece eagle button :happydance01:After sweeping the area good and hearing nothing else I moved on to another spot this time in the matted ferns . I picked up a few finds there , a couple complete spoons (one brass and one iron) and also picked up a loud target !:shocked03: To my surprise it was another good sized crotal bell :happydance02:. Not far away I got a decent drawer or desk keyhole escutcheon plate and before the day was over I got that 1600's coin too !Its pretty worn and hard to make out but its an early French coin (Liard de France) , holed but I'll take it !:yahoo:
If you look hard enough you can just make out the letters FRANC the E is very hard to see but I can make out the letters DE just above "France" The bust side almost worn flat but its looks like the older bust . This is what the coin looked like uncirculated back then . Inspite of its poor shape I am very pleased to have knocked such an early coin (1600's) off my 2018 list and so early in the year too !Here was the days take
the bell cleaned up and the button I was very interested in seeing the thread on the back of the button that once held it to the uniform more than a 150 years later !:shocked04:Great hunt for January ! Thanks for reading all !
Dan
