Some finds from my recent trip back home to western PA

[sgoss66]

Hi all!

I managed to carve out some time to do some digging, while back home in PA the past week. I hit several sites, with a good hunting buddy, including an 1870s farmhouse, an early to mid 1800s foundation, an 1885 house/yard, and a cellar hole of unknown (19th century) age. All hunts were with the Equinox (my backup/600), in Park 1 mode, 50 tones.

The large cent looks much better in person, than the pic shows -- with full liberty in the head band (181. The pink Indian in the first pic is a fattie (1863). Several other Indians and wheats, some cool flat buttons, and my first two bells (the crotal bell in the first pic shows two dates on it -- APR XX 78 and MAY XX 78 -- not sure if those are patent dates or what). The Franklin was a surprise, as was the lack of older silver. Overall, I'm thrilled with the variety of the finds from these hunts, and can't wait until my longer, summer trip back home, coming up in about 2 months.

Thanks all!

Steve

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[Jason in Enid]

Looks like some great finds! Congrats!

 

[Dan(NM)]

Excellent finds Steve, I'd be thrilled about going back too!

 

[sgoss66]

Thanks, gents! It was a lot of fun; I haven't had much opportunity to hit the old foundations/cellar holes, living here in Oklahoma; they are so plentiful back in the northeast. It's really interesting to hunt these types of spots; there is some neat history you can uncover, through the finds you make. While I am a coin hunter first and foremost, digging crotal bells, flat buttons, etc. was a lot of fun!

Steve

 

[bootyhoundpa]

There’s no place like home...very well done indeed...congrats..

 

[PryorCreekJoe]

Steve,

Nice digs as usual. Love the span of time for the coins and relics and you know how much I love big silver!!! We need to get together sometime in the next 4 weeks. Where has the time gone?

Joe

 

[laplander]

Lots of goodies Steve, Nice homecoming
Jeff

 

[sgoss66]

Thanks, all!

It was a lot of fun, hitting a bunch of old sites. The flat buttons were really plentiful at the one foundation site. The five in the top pic, the six my buddy found -- plus the fattie Indian and large cent, all came from that one site. The cool thing is, we didn't even cover 1/20th of the site; the weeds and especially the stubble were high, and so it was a case of little room to swing, awful coil control, and NEVER "scrubbing the ground." But even with all the hindrances, that site really produced. We're hoping to either brush-hog it, or plow it, for the next time...

Joe, yep! We DO need to hook up soon. You are a short-timer, about to be a permanent beach resident!

Steve

 

[Mark kus]

Super finds nothing like big silver love it! nice relics to .
Mark