Geologyhound

I like the alligator idea. Now who could’ve imported alligators to Ohio?🤔

That is starting to look like the trash I bring back…😄

I found this US armed forces Signal Corps pin perhaps 30 feet from where I historically found an 1890s barber dime. I can’t find any information online to indicate the age, so any help would be appreciated. All the modern ones appear to have a smooth background, are domed, or don’t have a raised rim. Unfortunately, there does not appear to be any markings on the back. I’m not even sure if it’s supposed to be a collar pin or an oversized cufflink. It almost looks like the back piece was made to screw on, but there is one tooth – perhaps to keep it from shifting against the fabric. The little fleur-de-lis piece was found in a different area of the site. It rang through loud and clear. I had to dig under some large roots for it, so I am not sure of the exact depth, but it was about 10-12 inches deep. I was a little flabbergasted that I picked up something that small that deep. There are two little knobs on the back so it must’ve been affixed to something. There are no markings on the back of this either. The only coin I found for this day was out in the middle of the woods and was a 1960 Lincoln… Does anybody have any idea what the double sided ring thing might be?

Always great to find some keepers at a hunted-out site! I didn’t have to use mine very long to figure the 11 x 13 was going to be my standard coil.

Welcome from southwest OH!

Looks like you found a jackpot! Were you using Tekkna and the 9” for that haul? The lead piece could be a farm or field token? Earlier posters mentioned bag seals. There were types which had discs like this on either end connected by a band which would be bent in half. The band could’ve broken off your piece. But I thought bag seals generally contained information on the contents. Unless there is more detail hidden under the surface corrosion, this one appears to be fairly simple - which leads back to the token notion.

Good to know. I am hoping to test out Tekkna this weekend. Most of the sites I hunt I try to keep reactivity at 1.5 or lower except in really trashy areas and usually not even then unless I’ve already gone over that area with a lower reactivity. I’ve tested signals in trashy areas and tend to lose them if I push reactivity up to around 2.5 or three.

Yeah, no kidding. I was thinking the script looked like Elvish, but you beat me to it!

So, were you using Tekkna or relic when you found the stud?

Thanks! Now to find the rest of the family. Preferably it’s grandparents…

I have Tekkna loaded up, but this trip I was scouting with the 11 x 13 and thought Tekkna might be counterproductive. My 9 inch is feeling lonely and is itching for a chance at some of the nail beds I found last trip. My ears are a different story… 😄

I took another look at the reel and realized there was a partial letter showing through one of my test cleaning spots. So I cleaned it up a bit (thank you Andres crayons). It says Pennell Reel Co. Phila. I was able to find an identical one on the Internet. Thanks and hope you find something great on your next outing too!

I’ve only scratched the surface here. I slowed down where I started identifying abundant iron and searched around the periphery of those areas, but just basically scouted around the area. Were you referring to the smaller shell casing or the larger one with the possible bullet in the casing?

Thanks! That’s certainly more interesting than a screwdriver handle! Looks like the kind with the hex head like I found was for the wire wheels.

I went out to a “new to me site” over the weekend and found a bit of an eclectic mixture of items. All these years of hunting and I have never found a silver quarter outside of a seeded hunt. So I am very pleased with the 47 Washington. This place apparently gets brush hogged occasionally and some of the items show it. The chewed-up Fangburger token is from Burger Chef restaurants perhaps around the 1970s. I would guess the fly fishing reel and the tape measure are more recent. The tootsie toy wrecker may date from pre-World War II. No idea about the screwdriver handle other than it is aluminum. The penny is a 1919 S. Had my heart skip a beat before I gently cleaned around the date because it looked like a 1909S… 😕 However, the two items I am most interested in are the dome shaped thing and the piece I first mistook for pipe and dropped in my “Possibly not trash” pouch. This item appears to be lead inside a brass sheath. The lead appears to have rings on it like a Civil War bullet. The site is along General Morgan’s trail from the Civil War (with union troops on his tail). I know most of the Civil War bullets did not have metal casings but I understand Spencer and Henry rifles did. This appears to be half inch in diameter and what’s left of it is about 3/4 inch long. Could this be a remnant of a Civil War bullet still in the casing? Does anyone know what the spacing between the rings should be if this is Civil War era? The other item which has aroused my curiosity is the brass dome shaped thing. It’s a little bent out of whack, but it’s about 2 inches in diameter or a little under and about 1.5 inches tall. There are slits irregularly spaced in the base. Some of them are a little ragged which makes me think it just broke. Others seem to be relatively straight. The base has a small flange like the dome was made to fit over the top of something. This makes sense, as there is iron rust (magnetic) attached to the base. I am guessing maybe some sort of hubcap cover, but the thought dancing around the back of my head is could this be the nose piece of an artillery round? Would any Civil War artillery have a brass sheath over the nose? Would any Civil War artillery shell even be shaped that way? Any help from Civil War munitions buffs would be greatly appreciated for either of these items. Thank you in advance!

I was going through my “not obvious trash but not obvious treasure“ pouch and pulled out both of these. After a little cleaning, I can tell the item on the left is a lamp wick holder. It says EF Jones patent May 4–55 Reissued Jan 11 59. The first year may actually be a 57. According to the Internet, that matches with the EF Jones January 11, 1859 patent. The place where I found it has a small museum. I plan to take it back to them and see if they want it. The second item I really have no clue about. The end of the main wire not connected to the circular object has small wire wrapped around it – possibly part of a spring. My first thought from the shape was some sort of suspender clip but since the wire is not connected on both sides that can’t be. Since the central object is brass it can’t be some sort of a sparker. I also considered some part of a doorbell, but this has me stumped. 🤔 Any ideas? Thanks!

Oh how I wish!😁

Thank you, and you too! My mom and dad handed down the plates when they got a new set. There are fewer now than there used to be…

I’ll have to remember that one. 😄

Unfortunately not. It appears to be a small emblem off of a Sterling truck. That company was in business from the late 90s to the early 2000s. FYI, the unidentifiable mass next to the rimfire casing appears to be an old bullet, or at least a lead mass.

Now why oh why couldn’t it have been American? The color gave me a start for a second. Definitely not the standard run-of-the-mill US clad corrosion…

Thanks, I would like to see that!

What a day! Looks like you almost recovered the full concertina…

Thanks! This thing is probably somewhat removed from its point of origin. The location where I found it has been in continuous use since the late 1800s and has never produced armaments or defense equipment of any sort. It has never been a factory.

It says FFA above the plow and owl. The Future Farmers of America was founded in 1928. Almost every pin I found online also had an eagle perched on top. I only found one without the eagle like yours. That seller at Worthpoint thought it might be a greenhorn pin.