Neat Finds......page 2

To date this is my favorite U.S. coin find so I thought I would feature it in the banner above with a short story of the find. February 2, 2013. I was with hunting buddies FloridaChuck and Jerry Hitson. Jerry invited us to hunt a Preserve in Osceolla County. I arrived first and thought to myself we would find nothing. This proves you just never know. The Preserve is basically just walking paths back through the woods. The only past activity in the Preserve that I know of was wildlife hunting and that thought was backed up with all the shell casings we found. We were all hunting close by each other when I got a good signal right in a sandy path. The picture above shows the path where I found it. I dug down just about 3 inches and popped a dime. It was so black I had a hard time distinguishing what it was at first. Once I realized it was a Seated Liberty Dime I was thrilled. I ran over to show the guys and we all got very excited. We hunted for several hours just gridding the area and nothing more was found. My thoughts are it was probably a random drop by some hunter.

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February 16, 2013. Popped this silver Rosie with my new CTX3030 about 7" deep. I love this picture as the coin is still in the plug as dug and it appears to be glowing from the way the sunlight is hitting it. Love finding silver coins.

My first Silver Dollar!....... Silver "Sand" Dollar tht is. Neat quarter size sterling silver pendant.

Neat Baltimore Police button.

.925 silver earring.

January 23, 2013. Interesting pendant. Looks silver and is marked 14k.

Tiffany metal tag.

.925 Silver chain and cross. Found this one in the dry sand at Cocoa Beach. Chain is broken but was still attached.

Real pretty Marcasite bracelet. Heavy in weight and has a magnetic clasp. Found in the grass right on top. Click on the photo for a neat history of Marcasite jewelry.

Silver thimble with design. Great shape!

Looks like a bell but not sure what it is? About 1" long.

February 13, 2013. Found at an old Boy Scout camp that closed in 1950 so this one has some age.

The 4 Boy Scout scarf slides appear to be from 4 different eras. This one is really neat and is from at least the 1950's or older. It is round in shape and made from brass. I really like it.

January 30. 2013. FUN 4 hour hunt. 21 quarters, 29 dimes and 5 nickels. Also dug 8 wheaties and 2 silver Rosies (1951 & 1959-D) which were in the same hole. 4 neat Boy Scout scarf slides.

February 16, 2013. Best condition Indian Head penny I've ever dug. 1907.

Indian Head penny reverse.

1964 silver Rosie.

1948 silver Rosie

April 10, 2013. Large vintage Boy Scout Pin. Great shape.

Dated 1911.

February 16, 2013. Very large brass cow auction tag. Dug this on a large horse ranch that sold cows years ago.

North Georgia Treasure Hunt May 24-25, 2013

FloridaRob

Hunting buddy David Gray invited me to detect on some private land up in Elijay Georgia. He had access to a lot of acreage which had several old homesteads on it.  We found 2 such homesteads that were out in the middle of nowhere. All that was left were stone chimneys such as in the pictures below. We were very excited with the potential but 2 days of searching both sites we found very little. Over 100 years of decomposition buried most potential finds way too deep. The items we did find included an old bottle, a big brass buckle and the double edge axe head as shown below. I think the smaller items were just buried too deep. Had a great time just getting out for the hunt and the adventure. Sometimes you hit it big and other times you don't.

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FloridaRob and huntiung buddy David Gray.

Pictured still in the hole is this double edge axe head that was under a 3" thick rock and down a total of about 8" deep. The neat thing is a root that was the diameter of a quarter was growing right through the center where the original axe handle went. I had to cut the root at both ends to retrieve the axe head.

This chimney is all that was left of this old homestead.

Great hunt over 3 trips. All of these were found in shallow lake water at a very old swimming hole. They were all very deep including the brass compact which was well over 1 foot deep.

Very Old Brass Compact Case. This was part of the lake finds above. The snap open and closer mechanism still works perfectly.

Real pretty Silver .925 Bracelet. This was a lake find and has a little age as it was very tarnished when retrieved.

Mirror inside still intact.

COUNTERFIET! Wow was I excited when I pulled this one out of a lake. It is clearly marked 14K and was gold in color but was tarnishd. When I cleaned it up at home all the gold color dissapeared. Still must be silver.

Nice find at Daytona Beach. Sterling Silver necklace with a Sterling Silver Sand Dollar Pendant. This was in the dry sand. The chain was broken but still had the pendant hanging from it.

December 11, 2013. Neat Daytona Beach find. This earring is marked .925 for sterling silver but is gold in color. Even a good electrolysis cleaning did not harm the gold plating.

1916 Barber Head Silver Dime.

Found this on March 15, 2014 while detecting the street construction in Sanford Florida.

1900 Barber Quarter. Worn thin but my first Barber Quarter.

Barber Quarter Reverse. March 18, 2014. Downtown Orlando under a house that was just moved.

1870 Shield Nickel. My oldest US Coin to date. March 22, 2014.

Shield Nickel. This was also found under where the old home once stood.

1945, 1918 Mercury Head Dimes. Streets of Sanford.

Indian Head Pennies. Streets of Sanford and downtown Orlando.

Buffalo Nickels. 1916-D and no date. Streets of Sanford.

Beach find dry sand.

March 29, 2014. Found this nice silver necklace in the street construction...Sanford Florida.

Heavy brass belt buckle. Fire Department. March 22, 2014 Zellwood.

Atlantic Coast Line Rail Road Belt Buckle. I found this one in a lake.

The backside of this buckle is engraved with a year and a name. 1977 Joe Lee.

May 15, 2014. More tokens since my last token post.

November 20, 2014. Very old 3 prong fork.

March 22, 2014. Real neat long handle spoon with twisted design. This was another find under the house tat was moved in downtown Orlando.

May 15, 2014. I'm always finding costume jewelry which we refer to as Junk Jewelry. Some of it looks pretty good but still not worth a lick.

February 8, 2014. My first .725 piece of silver jewelry. A heavy Silver Bracelet. I was out scouting for new lakes to hunt for when it warms out. Found one and decided to hunt the lakeside. Popped this hunk of silver.

May 15, 2014. I find a lot of toy cars especially at the beach. I throw them in a box and post them in chunks.

March 15, 2014. 1800's Iodine Bottle. I was tecting in the street construction in Sanford. I was digging a metallic target when I found this in the hole.

Lead Bag Seal 1890 period.

Reverse side...1890 Lead Bag Seal. Downtown Orlando

Assorted Sharks Teeth.

1930"s fishing lure. Redeye Wiggler.

April 4, 2015. Peace River Hunt. I was invited by a friend to an all day fossil hunt by canoe on the Peace River. I took my metal detecting gear and only managed this neat vintage lure. With only about a half hour left I put away the metal detector and managed to find these bones and sharks teeth. Wonderful day out.

Fossilized bones.