Popular Post NCtoad Posted April 17, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted April 17, 2022 When I don’t feel like driving anywhere I usually go up the hill in the woods by my house. This property is owned by the company I work for so I have free reign of it. Not too long ago I was up there and besides headstamps and bullets I found a harmonica reed. So yesterday I headed up there and found an area where I was getting a lot of iron signals. First thing I dug was an old rusty handsaw blade. Then I found what I think is an iron stirrup. Not sure if that’s what it is, but maybe someone here can give a positive ID. Then I started finding headstamps including only my second 10 gauge headstamp. As I worked my way up a small branch, I noticed a rock spring well! I was detecting as I walked towards it and got a nice sweet high tone well using sensitive FT. It rang up 91-93 and I just knew it was going to be a silver dime. I was hoping for a barber, but it was a ‘34 merc. I rescanned that hole and got a another exact same signal about a foot away and out pops a ‘24 merc! I’m so happy I found this spot because I have another place close to home to go. BTW, there’s another old spring with similar rock work that is closer to my house. I’ve pounded that one and got I think five silvers. Although the rock work is similar the one close to the house uses mortar but the one up the hill looks to be dry stacked. 21 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post NCtoad Posted April 17, 2022 Author Popular Post Share Posted April 17, 2022 Pics of the spring closer to my house. These springs are in my estimation about a quarter mile from each other with the one I just found maybe a 150-200 feet higher in elevation. 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JCR Posted April 17, 2022 Share Posted April 17, 2022 All very nice. That is some pretty rock work on the spring. It is nice that it is in such good shape. That spring was very important long ago & saw a lot of visitors. There almost has to be an old house site associated with each of those springs. I think your "stirrup" is actually a wagon part. There should be some buttons & more old coins there too. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F350Platinum Posted April 17, 2022 Share Posted April 17, 2022 I'm out of likes, but great photos! I can feel the woods. ? Glad you walked out of there with a couple silvers, that's a great day. ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick N. MI Posted April 17, 2022 Share Posted April 17, 2022 That's a cool. Nice hunting. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirtshark Posted April 17, 2022 Share Posted April 17, 2022 Awesome! Love the mercs! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rvpopeye Posted April 18, 2022 Share Posted April 18, 2022 Nice mercs ! I've never seen a spring built like those.The one I have seen is a concrete "bucket" covered with a concrete slab and a chain.......one other spring was just a pipe coming out of a hill. Removed now. like button substitute ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tometusns Posted April 18, 2022 Share Posted April 18, 2022 Nice finds ands cool pics! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deathray Posted April 18, 2022 Share Posted April 18, 2022 Nice. And yep, that looks like a stirrup! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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