Deus Cleaning Up 1800's House Site

[Goldpick]

I have been progressively working a Victorian era house site over the last week or so with the Deus and 9" HF coil, previously it had been detected with my Explorer SE Pro several years back, though obviously not thoroughly enough.  The oldest coin so far off the site was from 1862, though more desirable are the dog registration tags which are considered quite rare and fetch a decent price (not that I would ever sell them).  So far only one silver, an 1884 threepence.

The soil here is also very sandy and drains well, leaving many of the finds in very good condition - some of the dog tags look like they were dropped yesterday and you can achieve some pretty good depths even with the 9" coil fitted.  Hope you enjoy the pics.

 

[kac]

Love those dog tags, here in the USA we have aluminum crap. Amazing the detail they put into them.

[rvpopeye]

Wow ,,,,,,,,,,,

 

[Goldpick]

16 minutes ago, kac said:

Love those dog tags, here in the USA we have aluminum crap. Amazing the detail they put into them.

...and those tag dates are 1892 & 1889, which is even more amazing given the lack of oxidation.  They slowly morphed into aluminium ones and finally the current ones are plastic - a hole on the bottom of the tag denotes a female, whilst the rear of the tag will have the district and dog number. 

[CVISChris]

Great finds!  I just picked up a DEUS myself and it has already proven itself.  

[strick]

The dog tags are wonderful...thanks for sharing.

strick

[Valens Legacy]

Fantastic finds and great work you have done to find them.

Good luck on your next hunt.

[geof_junk]

I liked the necks of the emu are different (Straight and curved) the second one looks like it is looking over it's back.