Metal Detecting Sure Makes Ya Thirsty! Posts: 202
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Posted Nov 23, 2009, 12:05:25 AM |
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Yeah we scoured the wheatie tree zone and there's evidently more where the previous came from.
It was a great day to be digging.
Today's tally included:
3 washers, a watch face, a 45 Cal. bullet, a kids heart ring (junk), Clad count of 2 quarters, 23 mem cents, 2 dimes and 4 nickels.
Wheaties consisted of 1917S, 1919 X3, 1924, 1935, 1941, 1950, 1956D X2, 1957D
I got really excited for a minute when I got a signal right at the base of a tree. Sounded like something silver and the depth gauge indicated about 6 to 8 inches. So I dig a deep plug, pop it out and the target is in the plug. Once I got it out of the plug I thought... Holey Cr*p - a three pence! It was just about the right size and just as thin as one of those.
I cleaned off the dirt and saw the words "Uncle Sam" and "Play Money"
I had a good laugh. In a pathetic why me? sort of way.
The 1888 Indian Head was a nice surprise, as was the 1935 Mercury Dime which was found at the base of another tree.
I'm not sure what the bugle player scene is on that round object. It's about the size of a half dollar. I was thinking it may have been the top of a snuff tin but I think it's aluminum. So would that make it a snuff aluminum? I kind of remember snuffalupagus or something like that.
Not pictured was the assorted usual junk including a fingernail clipper, a steel file which had an unknown father, assorted bits of welding slag and can slaw, and a large grommet which fooled me into thinking I had found a half dollar until I got the dirt off it.
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Elgin
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Reply To This Topic #1 Posted Nov 23, 2009, 01:30:59 AM |
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Yeah man! We each got an '88 IH at the spot!
Next time I get there I'm gonna call the cops on that domestic disturbance business, it's cutting into our site.
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DES PLAINES IL
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Reply To This Topic #2 Posted Nov 23, 2009, 05:33:15 AM |
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nice digs Mayo...
Those play money coins always sound nice and look nice til you wipe them off.....then...well you know....
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GOTTA LOVE THIS HOBBY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and Happy Hunting from Des Plaines IL (AKA ) D P Bob
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Des Plaines, IL
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Reply To This Topic #3 Posted Nov 23, 2009, 08:13:41 AM |
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Maybe that's the Pied Piper calling out for more silver to come to you.  Pretty cool whatever it is and good luck.  |
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Illinois
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Reply To This Topic #5 Posted Nov 23, 2009, 08:53:34 AM |
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Great hunt! I like that button!!  |
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Chicago
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Reply To This Topic #6 Posted Nov 23, 2009, 10:42:33 AM |
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Nice finds Mayo! Yeah, I hate seeing something that looks like a silver half coming out and then discovering it's not. Good thing your "half" turned out to be something cool!
Joe
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I was born a self-styled crusader in the amazing race of human elavators. It's risky, you know how it is.
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Chicago, Il
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Reply To This Topic #7 Posted Nov 23, 2009, 01:05:37 PM |
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Nice digs, Mayo.
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Posts: 5164
Elgin
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Reply To This Topic #8 Posted Nov 23, 2009, 01:38:01 PM |
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Wow! PBK, you're awesome! Thanks for the info on that button!
Mayo thought it was a tin topper or something similar because it has no back, guess we gotta go back now and find the rest of it!
Hey Mayo, do you remember what branch of the tree it was under?
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ILLINIOS
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Reply To This Topic #9 Posted Nov 23, 2009, 02:40:18 PM |
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CONGRATS ON SOME GREAT FINDS, RELLY LIKE THAT BUTTON!  |
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Arlington Heights, IL
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Reply To This Topic #10 Posted Nov 23, 2009, 05:43:46 PM |
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Mayo, that button is awesome That's definitely worth the price of admission  |
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Metal Detecting Sure Makes Ya Thirsty! Posts: 202
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Reply To This Topic #11 Posted Nov 23, 2009, 10:47:36 PM |
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Thanks for that info PBK!
Unfortunately there is no shank or pin on back of the button - just some remains of brazing.
I examined the edge a little more closely and it appears it is brass - not aluminum, and it's plated.
No idea what the plating is. Regardless, it's certainly a surprise to me how old it is based on the info supplied. I wonder how these were worn - as a single brooch or lapel pin or decoration on a hat or was there several of them as buttons on a coat?
Now if I find the rest of it... or another one, that would be even more cool!
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It took you HOW long to put that kitchen floor in??? Posts: 3674
NW suburbs of Chicago
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Reply To This Topic #12 Posted Nov 25, 2009, 08:39:25 AM |
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Wow, Mayo!!!  You were a busy digger! Great hunt with the Merc & Indian, and not that your button has been ID'ed by PBK, an even greater hunt!!! WTG! |
God bless our veterans! Thank you for your sacrifices!  "Spread out! I feel a seated coming!" |
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