New Permission - Old Farmhouse

[JCR]

That 1907 English Penny may very well have been brought back as a souvenir by a returning WW1 soldier. Perhaps the landowner's Grandfather? Each item found has a story.

[F350Platinum]

7 minutes ago, JCR said:

That 1907 English Penny may very well have been brought back as a souvenir by a returning WW1 soldier. Perhaps the landowner's Grandfather? Each item found has a story.

Great thought! I'll have to ask the owner, he says his grandmother is still around, she's 85 so that doesn't add up. She would have been born in 1936. ? Maybe a couple of generations lived there, but I'm not finding older stuff. Or, his grandfather married a MUCH younger woman... ? 

The story is half of the farmhouse/field part of the hobby IMO. Appreciate the suggestion.

[GB_Amateur]

My experience with undetected old homesites is that they run the full spectrum, from those with very few old coins to a couple with dozens, and everything in between.  If I could only detect in one small area I would go for the clotheline every time.  But I even got skunked under one of those (but only once).

Excellent finds!  Yours is one of the threads I just found -- still getting caught up with my reading.  Savor that Walking Liberty Half!

[Cal_Cobra]

Those kind of sites are fun, and you never know what will turn up!

[F350Platinum]

8 hours ago, GB_Amateur said:

My experience with undetected old homesites is that they run the full spectrum, from those with very few old coins to a couple with dozens, and everything in between.  If I could only detect in one small area I would go for the clotheline every time.  But I even got skunked under one of those (but only once).

Excellent finds!  Yours is one of the threads I just found -- still getting caught up with my reading.  Savor that Walking Liberty Half!

Thanks GB. The condition of the half dollar, Mercury Dime, and 1958 D quarter are quite surprising, despite the lack of high value. This was probably the best few days I have had since I started. The British penny looks good thanks to Les Crayons à André, I'm getting pretty good at using them. I only rinsed the silver coins being careful not to scratch them.

This is what it looked like out of the ground, at first I couldn't tell what it was:

[Chase Goldman]

The Walker is awesome.  Still on my personal list.  Looking good Bob - the silver is starting ramp up now - Congrats.

[strick]

Nice hunts.... pretty place....hate to see mother nature swallow the thing up but thats just me...maintenance takes time and money

strick

[F350Platinum]

3 hours ago, Chase Goldman said:

The Walker is awesome.  Still on my personal list.  Looking good Bob - the silver is starting ramp up now - Congrats.

Well as quickly as it ramped up it fell off. ? Still finding clad and modern coins tho. ?

Dug all these in one hole this morning save for a nickel near the hunt club. Second time this has happened here. ?

There is a spot throwing high tones, but I've dug a foot and keep finding brick. Just this one little spot. Going to ask if I can use a bigger shovel there.

One side and the back of the house will be available late winter.

[F350Platinum]

1 hour ago, strick said:

Nice hunts.... pretty place....hate to see mother nature swallow the thing up but thats just me...maintenance takes time and money

strick

That's what the owner said. ? They're going to knock the house down when they can.