New field

[Ism]

I went to the original field that I found all the artifacts and coins this spring, but the farmer planted corn making it very difficult to hunt with the stubble and fodder left behind.
Still, I found 5 wheat pennies. The owner of the property behind had offered to let me hunt his field (even further off the road). His field was clear of fodder and stubble, so I took him up on the offer but didn't expect to find much since it's so far off the road. Boy, was I surprised!
I found a lot of the same stuff I found in the front field, just much less concentrated. So far, 2 mercs, a handful of wheat pennies and a 2 Indians and a silver ring (squashed flat).
2 pieces of sterling silver. One being a saltshaker from a Gorham silver set. The other I'm unsure, but it's definitely silver (next to the watch cover in the last pic).
Several tokens. And the front cover of a gold-filled pocket watch. The thing that looks like a bullet is brass; I have no idea what it's for. The brass shotshell item is actually a pressure sensor...maybe automotive?

I was really surprised at the things I found and I've hardly scratched the surface. Spend about 5 hours between 2 days wandering the 16 acres. I dug a lot of trash, so it hasn't been easy. I passed over most of the targets under 75 TID using the Deus-2.
All the targets around a nickel range (61-62) have been tin or aluminum so far, but I know there has to be a few nickels out there. Possibly a gold ring or two since I've already found 8-9 rings (two sterling) between the two properties.

 

[fwcrawford]

Nice results…looks like you have “Williams” cleaner bullet too below the long tubed item at the right side of photo.
Unless that is the piece you say is brass.

 

[Ted S]

Great finds!!

 

[Donna(NJ]

I went to the original field that I found all the artifacts and coins this spring, but the farmer planted corn making it very difficult to hunt with the stubble and fodder left behind.
Still, I found 5 wheat pennies. The owner of the property behind had offered to let me hunt his field (even further off the road). His field was clear of fodder and stubble, so I took him up on the offer but didn't expect to find much since it's so far off the road. Boy, was I surprised!
I found a lot of the same stuff I found in the front field, just much less concentrated. So far, 2 mercs, a handful of wheat pennies and a 2 Indians and a silver ring (squashed flat).
2 pieces of sterling silver. One being a saltshaker from a Gorham silver set. The other I'm unsure, but it's definitely silver (next to the watch cover in the last pic).
Several tokens. And the front cover of a gold-filled pocket watch. The thing that looks like a bullet is brass; I have no idea what it's for. The brass shotshell item is actually a pressure sensor...maybe automotive?

I was really surprised at the things I found and I've hardly scratched the surface. Spend about 5 hours between 2 days wandering the 16 acres. I dug a lot of trash, so it hasn't been easy. I passed over most of the targets under 75 TID using the Deus-2.
All the targets around a nickel range (61-62) have been tin or aluminum so far, but I know there has to be a few nickels out there. Possibly a gold ring or two since I've already found 8-9 rings (two sterling) between the two properties.

Looks like a very productive site. Do you know the history behind the fields ??

HH
Donna(NJ

 

[Rick(ND)]

I went to the original field that I found all the artifacts and coins this spring, but the farmer planted corn making it very difficult to hunt with the stubble and fodder left behind.
Still, I found 5 wheat pennies. The owner of the property behind had offered to let me hunt his field (even further off the road). His field was clear of fodder and stubble, so I took him up on the offer but didn't expect to find much since it's so far off the road. Boy, was I surprised!
I found a lot of the same stuff I found in the front field, just much less concentrated. So far, 2 mercs, a handful of wheat pennies and a 2 Indians and a silver ring (squashed flat).
2 pieces of sterling silver. One being a saltshaker from a Gorham silver set. The other I'm unsure, but it's definitely silver (next to the watch cover in the last pic).
Several tokens. And the front cover of a gold-filled pocket watch. The thing that looks like a bullet is brass; I have no idea what it's for. The brass shotshell item is actually a pressure sensor...maybe automotive?

I was really surprised at the things I found and I've hardly scratched the surface. Spend about 5 hours between 2 days wandering the 16 acres. I dug a lot of trash, so it hasn't been easy. I passed over most of the targets under 75 TID using the Deus-2.
All the targets around a nickel range (61-62) have been tin or aluminum so far, but I know there has to be a few nickels out there. Possibly a gold ring or two since I've already found 8-9 rings (two sterling) between the two properties.

Nice Trade token as they are always nice to find and there is some that collect them with so worth serious dollars. The brass item on the top on the right side probably is a tire tester for air pressure it looks like and if you can clean it up a bit it will probably say Scharder on the side of it. I have several and not a 1 of them I been able to slide the inter out of it as this is where the numbers are.