3 Hour Iron Infested Park

[Prep1957]

Went back to 1820 iron park was able to pull a 1912 D Barber dime and 1917 D Merc out of junk 6X8 is great coil and big broach with huge purple stone along with 1900 IH in great shape and a couple old wheats.3 silvers this year 11 Indian Heads.Broach was about a foot deep.

 

[ronaldj2]

Very nice finds indeed!! Looks as though the Safari is treating you well, Congrats. Ron

 

[Prep1957]

Clean things up a little.

 

[kschae4]

Great hunt there. Any markings on the broach ?

 

[Prep1957]

No could not find any markings,If you want to know the truth I thought it was horse bridle ornament till my wife corrected me on it she says it is complete. A ribbon went around the loop in back and ladies wore it around thier neck just under thier chin It was in my junk pouch I usually throw costume jewelry away I guess I will have to look closer in the future it was full length of lesch digger deep and sounded out loud and clear with 6X8

 

[bunker314]

Nice finds Prep. That 6x8 seems to be working out well for you. Cool keys too! I have found lots of keys just not any skeleton types. What is the lead item? Some kind of bullet?
HH,
Bunker

 

[Mtnmn]

What method did you use to clean your finds? You did a nice job!

 

[Prep1957]

Nice finds Prep. That 6x8 seems to be working out well for you. Cool keys too! I have found lots of keys just not any skeleton types. What is the lead item? Some kind of bullet?
HH,
Bunker

The lead item is a very big bullit not sure what caliber .I really am liking the 6X8 it has about 1 to 2 inch target seperation been finding all these coins to 8 inches in an area I have hunted for 30 years.It still likes Iron that is why I am finding all these old Iron keys I would have bet both those keys were silver dimes they really sounded sweet.That 17D Merc could just as well been 16D digging a few extra square nails does not bother me that much any more.

 

[kschae4]

Prep, TomH could probably help with the bullet id......glad that the 6x8 is meeting your expectations. Love Barbers.
Expecting to get out there today for some surprise recoveries. GL to all.

 

[Prep1957]

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What method did you use to clean your finds? You did a nice job!

There is a utube video made by one of the other members of Finds I think do a search under coin cleaning. I use a Stylus Dremel when I first saw it done on video I did not think that would work without damaging coins but I tried it and liked it I do not use it for silver but for everything else the coins look great.I do not use the rock tumbler any more I can clean a coin with no problem in under 30 seconds.I clean most of my Indian Heads and I have been doubling my profit on *bay.I like the steel brush over the brass.I sharpen my all my knifes it does a great job on the lesche it has thousands of uses around the house stays charged long time.Before and After cleaning 7 coins 3 minutes at my slow pace after all speed kills.

 

[Mtnmn]

Interesting way to clean some of your finds, will have to give it a whirl. I tumble my clad in dish detergent and then touch them up on a plastic scouring pad. It works well except for the ones too far gone..