Got out this morning before the heat and work, and had a mix of interesting finds. First target of the day rang way up in the upper right of the E-Trac where they say the silver dollars live (which in my experience is where copper pipe fittings live 
), but I dig 'em anyway, and this one turned out to be a Washington medal, about 8-9 inches deep. Ground was rock hard, and I almost gave up on it. It looks like they made these around the time of the Civil War. I found a web site below that has info on these, but I can't find an example that matches my obverse and reverse. The scan of the obverse is lame as the bust sticks out too far, but it is not in good enough shape to read the writing. Perhaps olive oil will help. The reverse says TIME INCREASES HIS FAME. (And the scratch/scuff was already there, I was very careful with it).
http://www.coins.nd.edu/WashToken/WashTokenText/1860-69c.html
Also pulled a rosie and a Barber quarter :happydance01:, and a quite abused halfpenny/colonial copper of some sort. The obverse is just a blob that was probably a bust at one point; the reverse sort of looks like the seated Britannica thing. Our soil here just abuses old coppers :bangahead01: :bangahead01:.
The other thing looks to be a piece of an old copper. It was deep, and it sounded good. I was thinking seated dime all the way as I worked thru the rock hard dirt. Can I at least count it as 1/4 of a large copper 
Total hunt time, 3 hrs.
), but I dig 'em anyway, and this one turned out to be a Washington medal, about 8-9 inches deep. Ground was rock hard, and I almost gave up on it. It looks like they made these around the time of the Civil War. I found a web site below that has info on these, but I can't find an example that matches my obverse and reverse. The scan of the obverse is lame as the bust sticks out too far, but it is not in good enough shape to read the writing. Perhaps olive oil will help. The reverse says TIME INCREASES HIS FAME. (And the scratch/scuff was already there, I was very careful with it).http://www.coins.nd.edu/WashToken/WashTokenText/1860-69c.html
Also pulled a rosie and a Barber quarter :happydance01:, and a quite abused halfpenny/colonial copper of some sort. The obverse is just a blob that was probably a bust at one point; the reverse sort of looks like the seated Britannica thing. Our soil here just abuses old coppers :bangahead01: :bangahead01:.
The other thing looks to be a piece of an old copper
. It was deep, and it sounded good. I was thinking seated dime all the way as I worked thru the rock hard dirt. Can I at least count it as 1/4 of a large copper Total hunt time, 3 hrs.
