mapper65
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Headed out to a couple of old home sites today with Hotrod53 & our Mom. Weren't sure what we were getting into being that we had a much longer cold spell than we typically do. The first place that we went to I've been eyeing up for the last few months being that I pass it on my way to and from the office. There used to be an old frame house on this property but it was torn down around 10 years ago.
We all started out finding a couple of coins but man it was tough digging. Without my piranha shovel, digging would have been nearly impossible. I went over to an area where there were a bunch of trees and found a clad dime and a penny. Kicking that shovel into the ground typically takes it down 6" but today if you got an inch or so at a time you were lucky. Every time you pried up the ground there was a lot of frozen white crystals in the dirt. It kind of reminded me of trying to scoop hard ice cream out of a container that was kept too cold. Unfortunately in this case it wasn't an option to heat up the shovel under warm water like an ice cream scooper.
I had a nice solid coin reading about three feet before the furthest tree and I was expecting another penny. This area was a little more thawed than some of the other areas on the property and when I pried up the dirt and broke apart the chunks I saw what I was pretty sure was a man's gold wedding ring.
Sure enough it ended up being a 14kt wedding band and based on the hallmark from the manufacturer inside it's from sometime around the early 1950's. It weighs 9 grams and I expect as scrap right now, it's probably worth a little over $150.
I've found gold before with the 6" Coiltek coil but it was a thin 14kt necklace. This is the first gold ring that I've found with that coil. At this site my only notable coin was a 1918 wheat.
We went to another site and I found another wheat, a 1941 Canadian penny a fairly modern penny along with an old cameo pendant that appears to be gold plated. Our Mom also found a wheat at this second site and Hotrod53 found a really cool old toy truck that appears to be from the 40's. Luckily at this second site the digging was a lot easier.
We all started out finding a couple of coins but man it was tough digging. Without my piranha shovel, digging would have been nearly impossible. I went over to an area where there were a bunch of trees and found a clad dime and a penny. Kicking that shovel into the ground typically takes it down 6" but today if you got an inch or so at a time you were lucky. Every time you pried up the ground there was a lot of frozen white crystals in the dirt. It kind of reminded me of trying to scoop hard ice cream out of a container that was kept too cold. Unfortunately in this case it wasn't an option to heat up the shovel under warm water like an ice cream scooper.
I had a nice solid coin reading about three feet before the furthest tree and I was expecting another penny. This area was a little more thawed than some of the other areas on the property and when I pried up the dirt and broke apart the chunks I saw what I was pretty sure was a man's gold wedding ring.
Sure enough it ended up being a 14kt wedding band and based on the hallmark from the manufacturer inside it's from sometime around the early 1950's. It weighs 9 grams and I expect as scrap right now, it's probably worth a little over $150.
I've found gold before with the 6" Coiltek coil but it was a thin 14kt necklace. This is the first gold ring that I've found with that coil. At this site my only notable coin was a 1918 wheat.
We went to another site and I found another wheat, a 1941 Canadian penny a fairly modern penny along with an old cameo pendant that appears to be gold plated. Our Mom also found a wheat at this second site and Hotrod53 found a really cool old toy truck that appears to be from the 40's. Luckily at this second site the digging was a lot easier.
