BMc

On 3/5/2022 at 4:32 PM, Rick N. MI said:

 

That's in great shape. Nice find. I haven't found one of those yet.

This one was my 3rd, but the other two were so worn they hardly had any detail left. Couldn't read the date on either one.

I was really surprised to see how well preserved  this one was. Doesn't appear to have been carried much at all.

11 hours ago, rvpopeye said:

The story with the old man is a gem in how I found a spot tales . 

Nice finds . Hope you find many more🍀

Maybe he hid some of his better ones ? 🤔  

Thanks Rv. I actually went back a couple of times and pulled out a few more coins; old Mexican silver, and a 1893 Commemorative coin which I will post when I figure out what I did with the photographs. Lol!

Thanks a lot everyone. Later the same day that I had found the (highly tarnished) quarter, I stopped in at JW's Prospecting Supplies in Prescott Valley and showed J.W. the quarter.  Without saying anything, he immediately pulled out some Mercury and started melting it onto the coin to make it shiny and new looking.

 I was a little concerned and taken aback about that because if it altered the coins appearance it might affect the value. At that point however; I wasn't worrying about value since everyone in the store including myself, one customer, and Scott Johnson an employee, had all run out the back door trying to avoid the Mercury fumes.   After a few minutes, we came back inside and sure enough, the quarter looked freshly minted! 

17 minutes ago, F350Platinum said:

Thanks! 🙂

This place dates back to the 1640s, the house was built about 1740. It's one of the older surviving buildings in the area. We've hit this farm pretty hard, but there's more to find. There was another house on the field that disappeared in the 1940s, I'm trying to find out who/what was there. Chase dug a 1650 half real here, I've found two seateds. Not much silver but lots of buttons. Also lots of lead and shotgun shells 🤣

Nice! Have you thought about a 2 Box deep seeker detector to bottle and relic hunt/locate the old privies ? I highly recommend it! I have found a ton of stuff over the years with my Fisher Gemini 3. Usually not much trash, occasional farming implements.

Great Finds! It doesn't always have to be the fancy stuff! Thanks for taking the time to post it.

3 hours ago, abenson said:

Ok I got that wrong it was $3.25 a day. Below is a page from my grandmother's written history. Says most were paid $2.75 a day. But yea that quarter isbin great shape 

Thanks for sharing. American families went through very hard times back then. I can relate to much of what you posted in my own family's history. 

21 minutes ago, abenson said:

Geez man they got ripped off. My Grandpa worked in the Park City silver mines and was paid $3.50 a day. That was during the depression too.

Not the same kind of mining, more like basic pick and shovel work.  I think they were just glad to have a job . . . 

On 3/3/2022 at 10:45 AM, GB_Amateur said:

Wikipedia usually knows...

Television shows are driven by popularity (which correlates to advertising dollars).  Remember back when a new network season would start and a new series got canceled after just a few episodes?  My guess is that in the case of Diggers, there were more Badger-NH's in the crowd than BMc's.  They did last four seasons, though.

I see roundness!  😁

Yeah, they did last four seasons. The Archeological community was equating them with grave robber, pot hunter, thief of time types that were destroying history by having the audacity to excavate outside accepted archeological procedures; IMO, the network overreacted to the perceived sensitivity of the issue. That got them cancelled even though they had been detecting on private property, having property owner permission. 

1 hour ago, GB_Amateur said:

Got it.  I don't think it's universally accepted that cladding and plating are the same thing.  Below I attach a web post that emphasizes the distinction.  Admittedly this can be considered merely semantic.

I've seen some here use 'clad' to mean everything minted in the last several decades, including Jefferson 5 cent pieces (aka 'nickels') which definitely aren't clad.  That ambiguity can lead to the question of whether or not 95% copper coins, particluarly the Memorials of 1959-82, are considered clad by those who use this loose usage of the word.  That is what led to my question -- whether your sock black-jack was completely loaded with zinc cents as opposed to Memorial cents of all kinds.  Maybe its maker hated zinc cents (aka Zincolns) as much as I do and separated them out for this use.  😁

Following can be found here. 

1 hour ago, GB_Amateur said:

I don't think it's universally accepted that cladding and plating are the same thing

Yeah, GB, not sure what the universe has to do with it but that's why I tried to avoid getting into the "weeds" too much by implying that the term was a generalization that stemmed from "my experience" I doubt very much if the kid that made the black jack out of a sock full of pennies knew the difference or cared one way or the other. 

2 hours ago, jim tn said:

Good research and glad it paid off with some nice treasures.

Neat looking spot. That loaded sock gives new meaning to "knocking some cents/sense into ones head." HH jim tn

Good one Jim!

2 hours ago, GB_Amateur said:

Excellent payout to your research.

I'm curious as to what you mean by "clad pennies".

If a Lincoln Memorial penny has a date before 1982, it is made of 95% copper. If the date is 1983 or later, it is made of 97.5% zinc and plated with a thin copper coating. A plated coin is commonly referred to as a "clad", especially among coin shooters, in my experience. If others differ, please chime in.

2 minutes ago, mn90403 said:

The Eugenes have been good to a lot of people but I still haven't gotten a nugget from there either.  

After I left the eclipse I drove to the Eugenes and spent the night and detected there all the next day.  The next time I make it there I'd spend more time around the bikini tree!  haha

That area has been pounded as you know, but still might cough one up for you. I'm concentrating mostly on the North end nowadays. Coming in off of Jungo. T-Bone, Dick Bailey etc, 20 oz plus country . . .  

40 minutes ago, mn90403 said:

 

Very nice.

About what year did you make those finds?

I hunted in South Pass for about 4 hours with a friend after the total solar eclipse in 2017.  Wow, has it been that long ago now?  haha  We didn't find anything but it is an interesting area for sure.

Yeah Mitchell, the equipment I was using does tend to date the find(s) a bit. July 1999, Gold was $350.00 an oz. I went back in July 2019 and hope to go again this coming July; stopping at the Eugène's for a few days along the way.

15 minutes ago, GhostMiner said:

All done & back home wearing an eye patch until tomorrow. Removed my eye lense & put in a plastic one. Should be back to normal in a couple of days. A little sore & tired tonight. Cheers.

56 minutes ago, paradiceau said:

Well done Mac, that is a beautiful coin!  Use due caution to avoid being run over by a speed goat.......

Thanks Jeff!  🐐

37 minutes ago, Cal_Cobra said:

Well done, and welcome to the gold coin club if this is your first!  Looks like your 1851 saw some circulation too, nice site. 

Is the "fist" gun hammer a custom part? 

 

Thanks, first and last I suspect. Not sure what the fist is Cal, but not a gun part. Your guess is as good as mine 😄

2 hours ago, ROCKINGCM said:

Square nail to gold coin ratio is spot on.   Really nice finds.  Are you using the Equinox? Looks like my typical DEUS hunt.    

It was before I got an Equinox. I was using an SD 2200d when I got the first signal, then switched to a Fisher CZ6a, a GB -2, an ML XT 1800, and went back and forth until I couldn't get a beep anywhere, then gridded it with the SD and a Fisher 2 Box.

2 hours ago, abenson said:

Wow nice finds. Congratulations on the gold coin. The two major wagon routes that crossed through Western Wyoming would be the Mormon Trail or California/Oregon Trail. Are you on either of those? Otherwise it's probably a more obscure trail leading to a fort, mining camp, etc.

Not on any of the trails (per se) The Emigrant Trails and the Pony Express trail came together East of South Pass, Wy and Atlantic City, crossing the Sweetwater river and the Continental Divide at about 8200' Elevation.

Lots of open range and BLM land to prospect on. I was fortunate to be able to get access to some private property in that area as well.

Here's a photo of the typical type of terrain/geology showing continuous ridges of eroded foliated schist and, of course, the ubiquitous herds of Antelope.                             

Thanks everyone! As rough and ragged as this nugget was, I was hoping to find a local source, but no luck. I worked the benches, slopes and ridges shown in the background and didn't find anything else. I believe there has to be more gold at this spot and hope to get back up there this summer.