deathray Posted December 2, 2015 Share Posted December 2, 2015 And heres some of what Im usually after 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goldbrick Posted December 2, 2015 Share Posted December 2, 2015 Wowsa Ray! Nice relics. Those will put a smile on your face. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norvic Posted December 4, 2015 Share Posted December 4, 2015 Steve, just looking through your pan of non-ferrous targets, there are no brass buttons, are they not present in your fields? Over here in NQ OZ they are probably the most non-ferrous targets after bullets around old workings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Herschbach Posted December 4, 2015 Share Posted December 4, 2015 Alaska is new country, with older mines just over 100 years old, most much less. The majority of workings are bulldozer, dragline, or bucket line dredge tailings. Buttons are a rare find actually though I got a few now and then, but usually WW2 and newer vintage. Bullets and shell casings are by far the most common non-ferrous finds, mostly from the miners living off wild game. 1800's era coins in Alaska are very, very rare. That one with the hole is the only one ever for me in Alaska. Usually I would aspire to 1930s or 1940s as the "old coins". I only ever found a few coins in Alaska 1920s or older. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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