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[Old coin hunter]

Well, finally finished up the lot where i've been finding the silver coins and gold rings with these neat old finds. Don't have any idea what the little piece is, it's 1 1/4 inches long by 1/2 inch wide, thought maybe some sort of thread gauge, but who knows. Also here is the full list of things i've found there. 341 coins- 48 Qtrs, 47 dimes, 31 Nickels, 86 Copper pennies, 72 Zincs and 50 Wheats. Silvers- 6 Rosies, 1 Merc, 1 Walking half, 1 Washington qtr, 1 Canadian dime and 1 Buff. 2 Gold rings, 1 Nevada State Horse and Mule judging pendant, 1 Lovelock Nv Dog tax tag, 1 Palmolive soap Token, 1 Dolphin Thingy? and 1 Bling Bracelet. Hope i find another lot that produces like this, but probably not. HH, Jim.

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[Bill - De]

Wow. Just simply incredible!!!
What size lot is it? You may have other posts regarding you're detecting it; I haven't searched your threads, but that is one heck of lot of great finds. Was it a single home lot, or ???

 

[Old coin hunter]

Yea, a 30 x 120 foot vacant lot. No way it had been hunted before. Yoy can see almost all my good finds from that lot on todays Finds HH Jim

 

[Bill - De]

Thanks. Do you know what sort of building was there? Single family home? Any idea how long it has been vacant?

 

[Old coin hunter]

Nope, been vacant for over 50 years that I know of.

 

[HEBEGB]

That is a Linotype Matrix (an individual letter/symbol found on a keyboard and in a particular font). Linotyope machines are what printers used to use to set the type in whatever piece it was that they were printing, books, newspapers, etc. http://www.infomercantile.com/-/How_A_Linotype_Machine_Works,_The_Book_of_Wonders. It was a pretty cool and very intricate invention that revolutionized the printing industry and was in use for a hundred years or so.

 

[Old coin hunter]

Thanks. I was hoping someone knew what it was.