Bob Scored The Silver, I Scored The Brass And An Unexpected Surprise

[Chase Goldman]

Bob and I hit the new permission again.  Bob and I focused on areas where his research showed former structures stood and we did pull some relics there including a few old buttons, including one with a neat geometric design, a small brass curio or lockbox key, and a pistol ball.  After awhile, we decided to hit the yard area surrounding the old structure's cellar hole.  After awhile, Bob met up with the farmer who was tilling the field and while he was doing that, I pulled a brass suspender clip and then a Merc.  When Bob returned with 100 more acres in new permissions, I put him on the area of the yard where I just pulled the silver.  That is the side where we have pulled the most coins including an 1838 Large Cent I recovered on the last hunt.  Bam, he hits a Barber Spill while I work the edge of the foundation.  I was pulling mostly shotgun shells and other junk but did manage a "TPA" pin in a hole with 3 wire nails.  If the Deus 2 is saying there is non-ferrous and you train your ear to recognize ferrous edge falsing telltales, keep digging the plug because eventually the non-ferrous the D2 was telling you is there, will be found, even if you pull three nails out in the process.

After Bob scored his silvers and eventually the Half Cent, I was really forcing it in the machine gun iron to pull some more older coins, and getting a tad frustrated with the toasted wheaties, shotgun headstamps, and more modern round or shallow copper, brass, tin, and steel household items that were blowing my ears off.  I did manage to pull the intact copper table knife (it appeared to have been silver plated) and the features dated it to mid-1800's era style cutlery.  

I threw in the towel after six hours of detecting and we headed back to the vehicles but decided to venture into the middle of the soybean fields away from any known hotspots instead of walking back "as the crow flies", you just never know.  Last time we did the walk back I found the brass 18th century pipe tamper in the middle of nowhere.  It was mostly silence on the walk back with the occasional iron grunt, then "bam" I hit a banging "92" and was hoping to get my second silver.  No such luck...  It was much better than that - popped a two-piece CW-era military coat button out of the hole.  All I could tell was that it was likely CW and was a little banged up.  Cleaning it up at home revealed "North Carolina" around the edge, and my first CW button from the Northern Neck and a relatively rare Confederate Army button at that.  That's brass as good as silver in my book.  Enjoy the pics and Bob's story.

[JCR]

Those are some really nice finds.

[F350Platinum]

What a great hunt Chase, we were just talking about the "thank you for coming" gift that fields often give up coming back to the vehicles to leave. 😀

Saw another irony like that in a Hoover Boys video today, they say that when you're not finding much, say "Where should we go next?", And that's when you start finding stuff where you are. 🤣

Really like the way you captured that button so it doesn't show the dent.

Awesome find! 👍 Thanks for coming down. And telling me where the silver was. 😀

This is an ever fascinating hobby.

[Joe D.]

   Great job Chase! Those look great!! Glad you were a good sport, after inviting Bob over, for a "splash" of silver!! Wish I were as close as you for a hunt!!🍀👍👍

[Chase Goldman]

24 minutes ago, F350Platinum said:

Awesome find! 👍 Thanks for coming down. And telling me where the silver was. 😀

Thank you again for the invite, opportunity, friendship, and coffee.  It's been great vacuuming relics with you.

The silvers are fantastic but I really think that Half Cent is a gem.

Looking forward to some more late winter fun.  The weather has been amazing and is a big player in our success.

[CPT_GhostLight]

Another awesome hunt, Chase! The Dynamic Deus Duo is cleaning up, and congrats on the North Carolina button, Well done!

I found your PTA button, actually TPA, the Traveler's Protective Association.

https://www.tpahq.org/what-is-tpa/

 

[Valens Legacy]

Fantastic finds you saved from the ground.

Good luck on your next outing and stay safe because your hunting partner is jealous of your finds.

 

[Chase Goldman]

5 hours ago, CPT_GhostLight said:

Another awesome hunt, Chase! The Dynamic Deus Duo is cleaning up, and congrats on the North Carolina button, Well done!

I found your PTA button, actually TPA, the Traveler's Protective Association.

https://www.tpahq.org/what-is-tpa/

 

Thanks for the correction and looking that up, Cap.  I kind of tuned it out because it was more modern, and not silver. 🤣. But that’s interesting background and history of the org, founded in the 1880’s to benefit traveling salesmen and is a peek into the long history of the farm occupants.  Never heard of it before and now I know…fixed my post.  Thanks for the link!

[Chase Goldman]

4 hours ago, Valens Legacy said:

Fantastic finds you saved from the ground.

Good luck on your next outing and stay safe because your hunting partner is jealous of your finds.

 

Thanks, but it’s more like the other way around. 😀

[F350Platinum]

5 hours ago, CPT_GhostLight said:

The Dynamic Deus Duo

🤣 

Pretty soon we'll be the Rappahannock Raiders... 🏴‍☠️ But that's a local team name.

Great research Cap'n. 👍 Sheds some light on what was happening at that farm. Chase found it digging near the kitchen cellar hole I think. Wouldn't have guessed a farmer was in that group.

Wish I could download the photo of their crest, it looks like a military division pin. Very cool find! I'll bet it dates way back.