Big copper, Valuable key date indian head and GOLD

[Evolution]

Got out for my first hunt of the year yesterday. Hit a foundation site in the woods without much success and ended up in a farm field adjacent to a foundation from the mid to late 1800s. Hit a sweet key date 1872 indian head here that is in pretty good condition. According to the red book this coin would seem to fall into the $300-$400 dollar range.

Next find was a little unusual and due to the date I'm thinking it was a random hunter or farmer drop. It was a nice gold class ring from 1957. Never expected anything like that to turn up at a site like this.

Found a lot of the usual suspects that turn up at sites of this age....buckles, suspender clips, a musketball, a toe tap. Then a nice big copper coin came up. Turned out to be an 1837 hard times token (Millions for defence, Not one cent for tribute).

More pics to follow.

 

[Evolution]

More pics of the hard times token..... and a compilation pic of the total finds for the day.

Also a pic of the date on the class ring. Turned out to be from 1957.

 

[knarfj]

Excellent finds! Congratulations!

 

[burlbark]

Nice hunting...looks like you've got some great sites. What detector are you swinging?

 

[klever]

Congrats those are some great finds

 

[fishonwater]

Nice finds

 

[mudpuppy]

Now THATS a day! Thanks for the post!
Mud

 

[spudnuts11]

Sweet,Vary nice

 

[Evolution]

Nice hunting...looks like you've got some great sites. What detector are you swinging?

Thanks for the reply. I'm currently using two different White's machines. The VX3 and The DFX. I used both machines a little during this hunt. I found the coins with the VX3 but the gold ring was recovered with the DFX.

 

[407floyd]

Good stuff. Great job on the IH. Any research done on the class ring yet?

 

[ken ward]

You sur had a good hunt. I think I would hunt that spot a little more. Try to do some research on that ring. I like your pictures... KEN,,IND

 

[JimmyCT]

fantastic finds!

 

[kaolinwasher]

You got off to a good start,

 

[Evolution]

Good stuff. Great job on the IH. Any research done on the class ring yet?

Started working on that today. I narrowed it down a little bit. Going to make a few phone calls tomorrow or Friday when I have some time. Finding the owner would be great since its a relatively old class ring.

 

[Evolution]

You sur had a good hunt. I think I would hunt that spot a little more. Try to do some research on that ring. I like your pictures... KEN,,IND

Thanks for the reply Ken. I try to take pictures of finds as the hunt unfolds. I think it adds to the excitement of the finds and helps people kind of feel like they were there as the objects were recovered. It also reminds me of the hunt when I look back at them.

 

[MikeO]

Nice finds for sure.

 

[bootyhoundpa]

Yes indeed, that is a very very good results for one hunt...congrats..

 

[topazguy]

Gotta love that gold looking back at you from the muddy hole! That is still on my bucket list and I love to see them pop up. Way to go!