Three different sites on the same day, was taking a friend around to some of my regular haunts. A slug of a large cent and a cool flat button were the highlight of the day. The old mongrammed ring was an interesting find in my own back yard. I was talking to my neighbor about it later and told him about it and the letter "H". I learned that his good friend Harriette who lived in the house I live in now probably lost it as a child. They are still good friends to this day, so I will be returning it to her at some point.
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May Finds I never posted
- Thread starter Jaichim24
- Start date
First hunt was at a local salt water beach that had been washed out late in the season. Lots of silver and old coppers had been pulled out prior to my learning of it. I was fortunate enough to find my first silver coin at a beach, as well as my first ever V-nickel. The funny part was that I didn't know I had even found silver until a buddy was taking a look at my finds listening to me whine about not finding any silver while he had found 5-6 silver coins. Live and learn I guess!
The second hunt was another club fun hunt set up by a member. Another couple old houses dating back to the 1700's, as well as some Revolutionary war drill grounds near by. The 2 large cents had much more detail pre-cleaning. I used to be a strong proponant of peroxiding the heck out of old coppers. I found a fugio last year I soaked for hours without any detail loss. These two large cents lost all of the green patina after a 5 minute soak and gentle brushing with a tooth brush. I went from being able to read the liberty on the 1837, to barely able to read the date.
The second hunt was another club fun hunt set up by a member. Another couple old houses dating back to the 1700's, as well as some Revolutionary war drill grounds near by. The 2 large cents had much more detail pre-cleaning. I used to be a strong proponant of peroxiding the heck out of old coppers. I found a fugio last year I soaked for hours without any detail loss. These two large cents lost all of the green patina after a 5 minute soak and gentle brushing with a tooth brush. I went from being able to read the liberty on the 1837, to barely able to read the date.
First hunt in this series of hunts was at my church which I hit pretty hard last year. It produced a lot of silver in the past, not so much this time. I ended up detecting an area I had steered clear of last year because it was a dirt driveway where those who work at the chuch drive up and park. REALLY hard digging normally, but the ground was fairly soft this time of the year. I found my first 1909 wheatie, no S or VDB. 
The interesting story here was the IH. I got a strong signal right on the sloped edge between the grass and the dirt driveway. I look down to whereI was pin pointing and I see a small sliver of green. I'm thinking, is that my target, on edge, sticking out of the ground? Yep, it was, a 1893 Indian Head basically on the surface. It was in fairly nice shape too!!
The 2nd hunt in this series of picks was at a grammer school a friend of mine had found lots of silver in. I found wheaties and buffalo nickels, the no date one turned out to be 1921 after I cleaned it. The "Sisters" ring was reading sweet and when it popped out I thought for sure I had found my first gold ring. Even the gem looked read. However, no inner mark, and the words "sisters" soon set me straight. Ahh well, it was a nice day out hunting. I posted the shoe eyelets, small gromett, and washer because all of these were found with my 12X15SEF at 4-7 inches. I'm really impressed with the separation the 12X15 coil has.
The interesting story here was the IH. I got a strong signal right on the sloped edge between the grass and the dirt driveway. I look down to whereI was pin pointing and I see a small sliver of green. I'm thinking, is that my target, on edge, sticking out of the ground? Yep, it was, a 1893 Indian Head basically on the surface. It was in fairly nice shape too!!The 2nd hunt in this series of picks was at a grammer school a friend of mine had found lots of silver in. I found wheaties and buffalo nickels, the no date one turned out to be 1921 after I cleaned it. The "Sisters" ring was reading sweet and when it popped out I thought for sure I had found my first gold ring. Even the gem looked read. However, no inner mark, and the words "sisters" soon set me straight. Ahh well, it was a nice day out hunting. I posted the shoe eyelets, small gromett, and washer because all of these were found with my 12X15SEF at 4-7 inches. I'm really impressed with the separation the 12X15 coil has.
James N.D.
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Too bad them LC's weren't in better condition. Oh well! You have to take 'em as you get 'em. Did the 21 Buffalo have an S Mint Mark on it??? Congrats on some neat finds once again. Continued Success, Good Luck and HH to you.