Please help id

[Deno]

Got out last nite to one of our hammered spots, they have been moving dirt around making a new road. Not so hammered any more, targets ever where. The thing that looks like a button has a E
on the front of it. The tag looking thing has chevron signs on either side of the symbol in the middle. I have dug these O things before but still don't know for sure what they are. This is a old site
in the past giving up Spanish silver,seated coins,large cents etc. The ground was packed down & hard as concrete, that is why they have shovel marks on em, I usually don't do that.

 

[RelicDigger1]

Hey Deno, the oval shaped object with clips on the bottom is an item we've found in one site all over the place. They're snaps for the early automobiles, like a model A. It's for the convertible tops.

With this in mind, there was at least one early auto passing through your site at one time or another.

Ironically, we've found Spanish silver in the site where we find these. I believe ours was a hotel at one time. We've found a dozen or more at this site, which has given up relics from the late 1700s to early 1900s.

Hope this helps.

Richard

 

[Deno]

Do you get tired of digging those deep holes with that Nautilus?

 

[RelicDigger1]

To be real open? YES!

The Nautilus has simply the most depth I've found for an off the shelf detector. I've got a grainy picture in my book from a "throw away" camera I took with us once. The picture shows me sitting on the edge of a three foot hole I'd dug, which gave up 29 minies and two bottles.

It's always a deep machine. But then at times I simply have to shake my head at how deep the holes are that I have to dig. The last being a hat number 4, officer's size, which is about a half inch wide and made of thin brass. Tiny piece. It was 10 inches deep.

Looking at that "E" stamped piece, it looks like it might have a touch of iron remnants on one side? Maybe a clasp face?

Neat stuff. Good hunting!

Richard

 

[Deno]

I hunt for coins in some pretty trashy areas, I use a xlt. I have the up most respect for the Nauti since I have a buddy, Jim Armstrong who spanks me in the fields. If i were a relic hunter i would
have one. I have even seen him pick up coins in iron infested areas, but i still think i have a advantage in the trash. You sound like you are at the top of the relic game, what do you use the Fisher for?
Where can i get a copy of your book.

 

[RelicDigger1]

The XLT is a good detector, too. Some call the XLT/MXT units a Nautilus with a meter. Someone told me (true or not, I don't know) that the MXT was designed by the guy would later create the technology behind the T-2s and F-75s.

It's the recovery time that I chose the F-75 to compliment the Nautilus. The Nautilus has better depth than the Fisher. But I believe the Fisher is better in iron due it's recovery time between targets somewhere around .72 seconds.

And, I'll be real open, that meter on your XLT comes in handy as the sun is dropping behind the trees and you've dug 84 fox holes during the day! It's nice to know what it might be before you dig another nail at 20 inches!

If you're interested in the book, there's a banner at the top of the relic forum to give you more info. Just came out this year and half of the 1,000 copies are already gone. The thing I really like about it is it's in color. I take orders direct as well. Hardback, 151 pages, 130+ pictures. $29.95 plus shipping.

I mentioned the picture in the book above simply because I couldn't leave that "sink hole" I'd dug out. It was just phenomenal!

Richard

 

[Deno]

All of that is true, when I jack up my recovery speed & and run my iron reject-bottle cap reject at 1 with my small coil, sensitivity & gain at or around factory settings. I can pick up buttons & coins
behind anybody, if it is really trashy. Saw your book on the banner, & yes I will take one, can't wait to read it. Please pm me your address & phone # if you don't mind + the exact amount. Thanks
Deno.

 

[RelicDigger1]

Sent you a PM, Deno.

That's the feature I really like about the 75. It hits on a target and before you can say "reset," it's already reset to get the next item. Comes in real handy in those places like you're talking about with a lot of trash!

I wanted to hit our site that has the Model A snaps and the reales. But deer season opened here in SC last weekend. It lasts about fours years, or so it seems.

Well, we have a few other sites that give up some good stuff from time to time. Might have to try one this weekend!

Richard

 

[Florida-Hunter]

Deno- I just found one of those copper concave circle things with the "E" on it like two days ago. Found mine at a church, and the "E" on mine is in a slightly different typeface. Also the one I have doesn't look as old like yours does. I have no idea what it went to.

 

[Erik in NJ]

Just a guess on the "E" stamped item - could it be a cover from a container that held lipstick or rouge or something similar? I found an item once that I thought was a locket, but when opened, contained lipstick and I could clearly see a fingerprint in the remaining lipstick. The lipstick itself seemed to have sealed the container shut for all those years in the ground. It may have belonged to a woman named "Elanore" or another E name. What do you think? Looks like there may be some residual make-up on the bottom of your lid in the pic?

 

[jabbo]

I found this one, concave, bronze with heavy sterling plating on front and is hand engraved, E is bronze. 1.25 inch diameter. Back has a broken off nib at the top and bottom. Back has Tom Paul Schneider in script stamped at the center, also stamped 18 Ga. Googled Tom Paul Schnieder, has website, he engraves cowboy sterling jewelry, buckles, etc. since 1977. I thought mine was older than that. On my piece the stamp exactly matches the script stamp on his bracelet, so it is his. I will email him this pic to find out.

 

[Florida-Hunter]

Here's the one I found. Not sure what it is!

 

[GoGoGopher]

My best guess on the rectangular object is a luggage tag or a zipper pull???


HH,

 

[tabdog]

Hay Deno,

That round thingie with an " E " on it

looks kind of like a freeze plug.

The round marks on the concave side

look like the marks of tha tool that

drove tha freeze plug into place.

Here's some pics of freeze plugs.

The " E " may have been for one of these earlier US automobiles:

Earl (1921-1923)
Eisenhuth (1896-1900)
Elcar (1915-1931)
Eldredge (1903-1906)
Electricar (1950-1966)
Electric Carriage (1896-1897)
Electric Vehicle (1897-1899)
Electrobat
Elgin (1916-1924)
Emerson (1917)
E-M-F (1909-1912)
Empire (1901-1902)
Empire (1910-1919)
Empire Steamer (1899-1900)
Endurance (1922-1924)
Enger (1909-1927)
Engler (1914-1915)
Entyre (1910-1911)
Erskine (1927-1930)
Eshelman (1953-1960)
Essex (1919-1932)
Etnyre (1910-1911)
Eureka (1900)
Eureka (1907-1909)
Everitt (1909-1912)
Excel (1914)
Excalibur

Just a guess.

Happy Huntin,

Tabdog