Geologyhound

Wow, that is about half the weight it should be for an IHP.  It is closer to the right range for a worn wheat, but it doesn’t look quite right for that either. I zoomed in on the caliper shot and there appears to be a capital S and perhaps a small f following?  Before the S there almost appears to be a number - 24? I wonder if it’s an old token, or perhaps an old state issued coin?  With that much crust could be about anything.  Please post more pics if you can raise any more details.

Love that dime! That would be my favorite, but I am partial to coins…

Any day with coins other than modern coins is a win in my book - silver especially so!

Looks like you have a little buckle in your trash. What are the other discs? Shotgun shells?

For your potential IHP, I think I can make out the letter “T” around the 1:30 position on your picture.  It may be just worn, but the font looks wrong. The T  for an IHP should have hanging edges on both sides.  I also think I can make out part of the forehead, nose, chin line and left neck line (and possibly part of the right neckline and base of back of head) on your picture.  I am guessing you could see part of this because you oriented it right side up in your picture. If that is the case, the T is in the wrong spot.  Just out of curiosity, is it 19 mm in diameter?

Somebody didn’t put their money where their mouth is…

Does any part of it attract a magnet?  If so, is a particular area more magnetic than the rest of it?

18 hours ago, CPT_GhostLight said:

Well way to go Gh, well done and congrats on the Barber dime! It's a beauty! 😎

And thanks for your impressions on the 11x13" coil. It mirrors what others have been saying and I have one on my Christmas list. I've been fairly good this year and hope Santa remembers that time I gave him $20 when he was ringing a bell on the street corner. 😉

Alien abduction doesn’t count towards the naughty list, right? 😁 Now I need to either get a stock upper rod or a complete aftermarket shaft so I can have the second coil ready for hunting as a master setup for one of my kids.

22 hours ago, F350Platinum said:

Definitely a site worth returning to as long as it's not loaded with poison ivy as well 😀

This is a site I can definitely see with poison ivy come spring.  I am looking forward to a couple more nice winter days with nothing else on the agenda!

7 hours ago, DIG5050 said:

Nice finds, Ge.  The barber dime is sweet!  I’ve only found a couple of those in a lot of years of hunting for them.  It sounds like the 11x13 coil is working well for you.  My son has an 11x13 and he really likes it.  I’ve tried swinging it and it feels heavy. HH with that beast!

Thanks!  This is my second Barber dime.  The first had historically been under salt water and had a black oxidation crust.  So this is not only my oldest Barber, it is also my best Barber!

My family got me the 11 x 13 coil as a joint birthday/Christmas gift.  Today was the first chance I’ve had to get out and use it.  I started at a local beach just to experiment with the pinpointing in an easy to dig environment.  I have heard the pinpointing on the 11 x 13 can be a little less precise.  I didn’t find much at the beach other than a handful of lead weights, a few modern dimes, and a number of zinc pennies.  But at least I was finding targets.

I then moved on to an old school.  This was pretty densely overgrown with no trace of the original structure, and I spent about half the time extricating myself from thorn bushes.  However, my very first target after leaving the road was a clean signal in the copper penny range.  Sure enough, about 4 inches down was a 1946D.  I had had some doubts that I would find much here given the overgrowth.  But, this was a proof of concept for me.  About 15 minutes later I had another clean tone and about 3 inches down my pinpointer indicated the target was in a wad of clay I had a loosened.  I separated the wad, and saw a shiny silver edge - an 1897 Barber dime!  The only 1800s coins I have found outside of seeded hunts have been pennies.  So this is my oldest dime!

I also found the face plate for an Ingraham Biltmore luminous watch.  I’m wondering if that’s radium…. In addition, I found the back plate for a Gruen Swiss watch.

I’m not sure what the silvery “clip” like thing is.  I’m thinking it did not used to be bent over like that.  I was wondering if the other silvery item was an earring.  My wife doesn’t think so.  My son is wondering if it is the endcap for a pocket knife. There’s no hallmark on it, and it is lightweight, so I’m thinking it’s aluminum.

in hindsight I probably should’ve used the 9 inch coil with all the underbrush. But all in all, I’d say it was a good first day for my 11 x 13!

On 11/24/2023 at 10:44 AM, F350Platinum said:

I mentioned this a long time ago as well, the 13" doesn't have the tabs in the bolt hole to assist with holding the coil. It's a friction fitting that really doesn't work all that well. I just tighten it as much as I dare, and keep spare bolts in my bag. 🙂 

It's been a long time since I broke one, I broke more of them using a centering device.

Thanks! I finally had a chance to get out and use it today. The 11 x 13 is a little more nose heavy than the 9 inch. 😏. I just kept tightening the bolt until the coil remained stable. It wasn’t as much of a problem as I thought it could be.

Cool hunt!  I would love to find more tokens. Looks like your fossil may be a Lepidodendron (scale tree “bark”) fossil.

On a side note, aren’t aliens supposed to wipe your memory after probing?  So maybe you were there longer than you thought… 🤣

Shiny!  Nice merc, but I think I would be more hyped with the large cent.

Is that just the standard 9 inch you have on?

When it absorbs water, does it expand in size?  Can you scratch it with your fingernail?

Nice stack of silver!

23 hours ago, NCtoad said:

Indians are very rare for me.  I’ve probably only found around 15 in my 8 years metal detecting.  Congrats on a nice one!

Thanks! I probably have found less than half that number, perhaps only a third.  So I am pleased that my D2 9 inch coil found two within about a month and a half.  Now I’m going to have to go back over those locations with my new 11 x 13.

On the regular 9 inch coil (first picture over the sink) the coil ears have two notches which fit the notched insert on the side of the thumb screw.  On the 11 X 13 coil, the coil ears have no notches (second picture over white background), but the insert is still notched and doesn’t quite fit into the coil ears hole except for about the first millimeter “collar” at the tip.  Do you just rely on the compression of the thumb screw to force the insert into the coil ears to secure the coil to the rod? Forcing anything makes me nervous. Is this normal?

However you like to spend it, have a very happy Thanksgiving!

I am still looking for my first Civil War bullet.  You are making me green with envy here!  I would call that a fantastic day!

14 hours ago, Valens Legacy said:

There was a place near Dayton, Ohio called the Golden Nugget that served pancakes and other dinners. Their syrups had a foil cap on them that said Gold Nugget on them. They had a lot of different items with that type of foil on them.

I am not sure if the item you found is from there, but if you found it near Dayton I would believe that is what it is from.

Good to know, thanks!  This is in the Cincinnati area, so about an hour drive south of Dayton.  Pretty much everything else I am finding here is from the 1930’s to 1950’s.

That’s OK, it wasn’t what I was expecting either… 🤣🤣

Sealter’s (?) Gold Nugget.  I can’t find it on the Internet, so I am uncertain exactly what it was for.  There have been some… interesting… suggestions for some similar foil wraps I have found at the same site.

5 minutes ago, F350Platinum said:

Thanks Ghound,

Yeah, last Sunday I fell 8 feet out of my attic onto the ladder on the floor that kicked out, and completely dislocated my left shoulder. The ER doc refused to give up and helped me get the arm back in, an extremely painful experience that even morphine didn't help much 🫤

I was really nervous after a lot of Internet "lawyers" comments about recovery time, but today the doc cleared me for detecting. 🥳

So I had to copy you and get an IHP 😏

Ouch! At least no bones broken.

Now I need to find a $20 gold piece for you to copy…🤪

Yep, any day with an IHP is a good day!😄

Didn’t know you were out of commission, but I’m glad you’re back!

27 minutes ago, F350Platinum said:

Finding an IHP always makes me smile. 🙂 What it means is you're going to find something older eventually. 👍 Nice coin! I'd be happy with that.

I certainly had a big grin when I figured out the date!  😁 I don’t know about anyone else but I would rather find one IHP for a day than a pile of clad.

11 minutes ago, CPT_GhostLight said:

Nice Indian with full date showing, congrats GH, and well done! 😎

Thanks!  I have found wheaties with illegible dates.  So yes, a clearly legible date is certainly welcome!

43 minutes ago, JCR said:

Congratulations. It is in pretty nice condition too.

Thanks!