A Fortunate Find After An Unfortunate Start

[F350Platinum]

Went back to the permission Chase and I hunted a few days ago. Started out a cold morning, 38 degrees. I had set up the Deus 2 with the Silver Slayer program, and intended to swap it with the "Nero" program I got from Gary Blackwell.

Got out there fairly early, it had warmed up a bit. I wanted to cover a small iron patch with the SS program hoping it might sniff out some coins. First I randomly walked around, enjoying how quiet the machine was. 

Ended up getting a token and a round flat lead weight with holes, I've seen these before but forget what they are.

The token is aluminum, but was an 88 on the Deus. Pretty cool!

The lead weight was high 80s too. I had backed off the SS notch to 84 as I didn't want to miss wheats and an occasional IHP.

Well I didn't find anything else, as I was heading to the iron patch, I noticed the coil was almost discharged. 🤬 I went back to my truck and returned with the Equinox.

Went to the area where Chase and I got buttons, it's a site that a barn stood on which has been moved.

My first successful dig was a "D" buckle, I thought well better than nothing.

My next target was a shocker, I got a 16/17/18, and thought I found a Merc...

Nope.

1851 Trime! That's about as clean as I dare get it. This is my second and a half. 😀

Ended up with a small amount of cool stuff:

Nice gold plated two piece button with shank still on it

it has backmarks, I've found one here like this before, but not with as much plating on it.

I dug two pieces of an extremely old buckle within 3 feet of each other, two pieces of a very old silver plated spoon, a colonial button with "B ST. X" for a backmark, a buffalo nickel with no date and a 1911 V nickel.

This is as good as they get here. 😵

Also dug these 2 levers, not sure what they are for.

The Trime is an 86 on the Silver Slayer program, so you'd need to back down the Disc notch a bit like I did if you want to find them. I would not have found it today if I didn't second guess that (maybe), so I'm glad I had the Equinox 600 and 10x5 in Park 1, 5 tones, 23 sensitivity, F2=3.

If it's there, the Equinox will find it.

The Trime was in the hole with a piece of perforated junk metal and an iron blob nearby. The 10x5 picked it right out. 🙂 

I would be remiss if I didn't include the trash:

[Rick N. MI]

Oh man, you are getting into the good stuff now. Awesome find. Don't know if I'll ever find one of those. 38 deg a little cold for me.

[dogodog]

Great find Bob, But I as a FRIEND I have to say you suck. That F***ing coin is killing me. It remains on my not found list. I've found some awesome oddball coins over the years but for some reason this little bastard will not show its face. All kidding aside my friend, that's really awesome and hope you find a couple more. 

[JCR]

That is a fantastic hunt.

[F350Platinum]

41 minutes ago, Rick N. MI said:

Don't know if I'll ever find one of those. 38 deg a little cold for me.

Thanks Rick, I have a condition in my feet and hands called Raynaud's, when it's below 50 degrees the blood drains out of them, and when they finally warm up the pain is excruciating. Can't let that happen!

My doc gave me a drug that opens blood vessels and helps a bit, as do the wool socks I wear in my boots. Of course movement is a way to keep things going. I wear Milwaukee insulated cut level 1 nitrile gloves in the fall and winter, when it gets really cold I use the cut level 3. I have heated gloves and socks but because of the EMI I can only use the gloves on a break. For some reason the socks are ok.

IMHO the only way anyone will ever find a Trime is to first be in an area where it's likely to be, in this case an 1800s farm with a horse barn. The other one I found was on a farm, and the half of one I dug was near a very old race track, again on a farm. It's one of the most difficult to find, but it's the easiest to lose! 🤣

The Equinox is great at finding small thin stuff, I have yet to prove the Deus 2. The trick is to dig everything that brings up a 16/17/18 on the screen. This Trime had a piece of perforated metal near it that itself was a 5, so it introduced an iron grunt along with a nearby small blob of iron. However, the 10x5 was able to find it.

[F350Platinum]

30 minutes ago, dogodog said:

Great find Bob, But I as a FRIEND I have to say you suck. That F***ing coin is killing me. It remains on my not found list. I've found some awesome oddball coins over the years but for some reason this little bastard will not show its face. All kidding aside my friend, that's really awesome and hope you find a couple more. 

🤣 You've been killing me with Roosevelt dimes for a year now man, payback is rough. 😁 I now only have one of them. 😵 Like you say, ya gotta get your coil over it! 

[F350Platinum]

25 minutes ago, JCR said:

That is a fantastic hunt.

Thanks JCR, I really didn't think it was going to be. 🤪

[Rick N. MI]

I have Raynaud's Syndrome too. In the winter I use hand warmers in my boots and gloves. My dad had it too. It started when I was 16. My fingers and toes turn white in the cold too. Before it started I never got cold lol. I could go ice fishing and scoop the ice out of the holes with my hands and not get cold. Now just a temperture change going lower can turn my fingers white sometimes. I don't take anything for it.

[F350Platinum]

Just now, Rick N. MI said:

I have Raynaud's Syndrome too. In the winter I use hand warmers in my boots and gloves. My dad had it too. It started when I was 16. My fingers and toes turn white in the cold too. Before it started I never got cold lol. I could go ice fishing and scoop the ice out of the holes with my hands and not get cold. Now just a temperture change going lower can turn my fingers white sometimes. I don't take anything for it.

Sucks, doesn't it? I've had it all my life, didn't know it until about 10 years ago. Thought everyone had that problem. 😀 Good thing it never became an issue while I was in the Army. 😵

I use Diltiazem because I don't often need it for my heart, despite issues with that. It's a calcium channel blocker that opens up blood vessels supposedly helps and for me no side effects. Luckily walking around swinging a detector and digging is strenuous enough to keep me warm. I typically will not go out if the temperature is in the 20s. Doesn't get that low mostly here in VA.

[GB_Amateur]

Two trimes now -- that's quite a feat.  Luck plays a part but the fact that you dig these where ring tabs show up on the dTID scale -- many others would miss that, including me when I'm not realizing those mid-18th Century coins might be present.  And, yes, they sure are tiny!  How deep was yours?  1851 is first year of issue (which ironically tends to lower its value relative to other years).  My memory indicates someone else found one of these recently (abenson?).  That's the only year that had one produced with a mintmark (-O).  It would be to the right of the roman numeral III.  I don't see one but that area is pretty dark from scaling.  This one was in great shape when dropped.  It might clean up but that's always an iffy topic.

Is the lead 'button' a hem weight?  Too bad for the condition of that token.  3 1/2 cents??  That seems very unusual which could make it valuable (maybe even in the three digits) if in better shape.  Still, should be fun researching it.  Does the other side show anything?

Those levers look like they could be from faucet valves on a bathroom sink.  If so they likely should have teeth in their openings.  (Or are they too small for that use?  Can't tell from the photo -- needs some scale...)

Excellent group of finds for a day's detect.  And I bet there's more.  (nodding)