407floyd
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I'm so glad it's finally September. That means I only have about 2 1/2 months before we have some almost tolerable weather here in Texas.
No big, old silver coins this summer but did get some interesting relics.
In the 1st pic, I thought the big token wall going to be really old, but it turns out to be just a few decades old. That horseshoe is so tiny!
The 2nd pic has 7 pieces of silver! This is one of my Go-To spots that never disappoints. 5 buffalos, 36 wheats, and no IHs this time.
The big token at the top is just aluminum and from a college. The Sterling spoon handle is heavy and my favorite find.
The big brass dome is a very old bicycle bell.
Pic 3 has a Sterling spoon bowl, fire department button, really old D buckle, a nice printers block, Galveston aluminum token, etc.
Pic 4 & 5 were from 2 days hunting a small, iron-loaded dump of stuff in an area that has flooded various times over a period of 150 yrs of habitation. Lots of melted metal has been found in a separate area where I think a house once stood. I think the 2 blobs on the right are silver since they "ring" when you clink them together. The others are definitely aluminum. The 1st pic has a 1952 Grand Prize Beer fob, a 1946 10 centavos, 1/2 a gold pen (Quick Point St. Louis), a pewter toy rifle, a heavy Tru-Plate 700 Master Test Gauge, a tiny Sterling Army Quartermasters insignia, and an awesome 925 4-piece belt buckle with a crown hallmark. I need to go back there and practically sift through the area to get the iron out. Square nails are mixed in.
The 6th pic was an area where a sewer line was installed next to a creek. They dug up lots of 120 yr old glass but the ground turned into concrete since they did the dirt work. These are the only relics I could get to. I'm going back if we ever get some rain. That iron finial is solid and very heavy.
The 7th pic is from a lot where the old house was bulldozed. 3 pieces of silver, a spoon from an Intensive Care Unit of the Medical Department of USA., a nice 1907 IH, an interesting enameled pin with a shield, 2 WWI Great Seal buttons, and a few nice marbles.
The last pic was a small park in Louisiana that must have seen a lot of fertilizer. All the wheats were in really bad condition. The large token is a Cascarets laxative flipping coin. The tails side depicts an angel pooping in a pot. I have another that's in great condition. There's also an old Cracker Jacks token and a ring that reads Sterling, but it certainly is stained brownish. The heart with the stones hasn't lost one stone. Usually if they're glued in they always lose stones. No marks and holes behind each stone. That's a clay marble and not a musket ball.
Thanks for looking. I'll post more picks of fresh out of the ground finds.
No big, old silver coins this summer but did get some interesting relics.
In the 1st pic, I thought the big token wall going to be really old, but it turns out to be just a few decades old. That horseshoe is so tiny!
The 2nd pic has 7 pieces of silver! This is one of my Go-To spots that never disappoints. 5 buffalos, 36 wheats, and no IHs this time.
The big token at the top is just aluminum and from a college. The Sterling spoon handle is heavy and my favorite find.
The big brass dome is a very old bicycle bell.
Pic 3 has a Sterling spoon bowl, fire department button, really old D buckle, a nice printers block, Galveston aluminum token, etc.
Pic 4 & 5 were from 2 days hunting a small, iron-loaded dump of stuff in an area that has flooded various times over a period of 150 yrs of habitation. Lots of melted metal has been found in a separate area where I think a house once stood. I think the 2 blobs on the right are silver since they "ring" when you clink them together. The others are definitely aluminum. The 1st pic has a 1952 Grand Prize Beer fob, a 1946 10 centavos, 1/2 a gold pen (Quick Point St. Louis), a pewter toy rifle, a heavy Tru-Plate 700 Master Test Gauge, a tiny Sterling Army Quartermasters insignia, and an awesome 925 4-piece belt buckle with a crown hallmark. I need to go back there and practically sift through the area to get the iron out. Square nails are mixed in.
The 6th pic was an area where a sewer line was installed next to a creek. They dug up lots of 120 yr old glass but the ground turned into concrete since they did the dirt work. These are the only relics I could get to. I'm going back if we ever get some rain. That iron finial is solid and very heavy.
The 7th pic is from a lot where the old house was bulldozed. 3 pieces of silver, a spoon from an Intensive Care Unit of the Medical Department of USA., a nice 1907 IH, an interesting enameled pin with a shield, 2 WWI Great Seal buttons, and a few nice marbles.
The last pic was a small park in Louisiana that must have seen a lot of fertilizer. All the wheats were in really bad condition. The large token is a Cascarets laxative flipping coin. The tails side depicts an angel pooping in a pot. I have another that's in great condition. There's also an old Cracker Jacks token and a ring that reads Sterling, but it certainly is stained brownish. The heart with the stones hasn't lost one stone. Usually if they're glued in they always lose stones. No marks and holes behind each stone. That's a clay marble and not a musket ball.
Thanks for looking. I'll post more picks of fresh out of the ground finds.
