Doc Bach

Sounds a lot my old hometown Ukiah?

There should be a Token collectors society in your state or a town or city nearby.Keep in mind that it's a serious hobby now and they have a professional grading system for them just like coinage.

I hope that I am not being out of line here by offering you some friendly but clearly unsolicited advice.But be careful with the tokens that you find because even in dug condition some of the rare or unlisted ones can command and are easily sold for enough money to pay for your D2 with all of the current accessories.

You had a decent outing....The token looks to be in very good dug condition for me that's a day maker.The brass or possibly copper item with the nice patina in the last photo is intriguing any idea what it might be?

So that's it and that's all? Or will there be more to come? At any rate I'm glad that I held on to my deus 1 with the HF eliptical and the Nox 800 wit the COILTEK 10X5!

Good question! There was no mention of it at the big rally in Italy unless I missed it? So maybe a long wait until this fall at Detectival? Don't mind me I'm a little bit cynical and being a Smart A$$!

A real zinger!

Got it. Detectorpro Amphibian 11

Deus 2 with Bonephones seems to be the preferred choice of the professionals. Big investment but money well spent if you do not already own a D2.

You did very well longbow.I have seen a few Mercs that were laid on the train tracks but never a holed one before.That's a bit unusual but cool find. The Manticore is looking to be a very effective coin hunter.

You got that right! Or a gold rush rush era camp or fur trade site or western stage stop or ghost town and the list goes on and on.Big iron etc often lead to even bigger surprises.

Yes that would be nice Cipher,However they would be shooting themselves in the foot in terms of a ton of new coil sales you do make some good points though.

I for one don't feel that is an unreasonable hope and expectation.It would definetely knock it out of the park.

Nice work with some worthwhile rewards.I like your stealthy style of hunting.

Treasure for sure.

Howdy JCR I'm not trying to cut in line so to speak and hijack your interesting post here but after reading your description about the chain and hook and looking a little closer I couldn't resist.I dug this very similar one some months ago it's not as early as yours IMO.Maybe 1870's or 80's? It's really comforting to know that I am not the only iron head on this forum that packs this stuff home. Doc B

Fascinating stuff for sure and good luck.

More than likely the feds and the tax man. Then there are property owners and thieves even though no one with a lick of sense would keep such items at home.Their fifteen minutes of fame so to speak could cause a poo storm.

Great story JCR.Thaanks for sharing it and taking us along.Hoping that something with provenance and connected to your relatives comes to the light of day for you.

That is a bit of a letdown.It reminds me of my ex wives attempt at making chocolate chip cookies.

I'm envious 350.The button caught my eye because of its patina and the fact that I have found a lot of variants.That said you have a lot of very nice finds there.

That's playing it smart C D. A lot of potential for killer iron relics/artifacts there.

Great patina on the patent dated London Paris button.There are a whole lot of varients of those however I cannot recall ever seeing that particular example.

Welcome from North California and thanks for serving.

Welcome to the forum Perch! DB from Northern Cal.