Popular Post CPT_GhostLight Posted June 26, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted June 26, 2022 A couple of weeks back I made a post about a seeded club hunt I attended. The next day a few of us left-overs went to find a Victorian era picnic ground to detect. While we think we had the right location, the area had been the site of much flooding over the years and was layered with huge amounts of overburden, debris, and modern trash. The only period thing found was a 1913 Wheat penny, so the group then desided to go to an 1800s railroad station site some miles away. When we arrived, the bulk of the group made a bee line to the foundation of the old depot building while I lagged behind. I figured this place had probably been hunted a lot over the years, so I decided to work the road less travelled and headed up an inclined area away from the pack. One of the guys yelled out that there was nothing where I was but trash and the good stuff was at the old depot foundation. I waved and kept scanning where I was. As I moved along I hit a few modern coins, but noticed the trash was getting older. Soon I was in an area with lots of old glass and started finding real old bullet cartidges. Soon after that it happened... I got a clear penny signal on the Deus II and there just under the surface was an old coin. Really old! I couldn't tell what it was at first, but as I gently wiped a century or more of caked dirt off the coin I could see the feathers of a headress. With a little more careful cleaning, I could just barely make out the date 1863. It was an old "Fatty" IHP and my first 1800s coin found in the wild! Needless to say I was ecstatic! I looked up and could see the rest of the gang scurrying around the depot area like ants on a piece of candy so I just stayed in my little area. I didn't find any more coins or even the the caliber of finds normally displayed on the forum, but I did find more old stuff that is cool to me. The guys did make some cool finds at the depot foundation including a Civil War era army coat sleeve button, a baggage tag with the name of the depot engraved, a Woodsmen Union pin, and a 1900s Wheat Penny, but I didn't get any photos of those. I also found this thing that I thought was more modern trash until I noticed It had a name "PAT.A" scratched into it. It could be a baggage tag I guess. My old sun baked IHP was the only 1800s coin found that day. Ironically, I found two 1863 IHPs at the seeded hunt the day before. I guess sometimes good things come in threes. ? 21 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kac Posted June 26, 2022 Share Posted June 26, 2022 Congrats! 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F350Platinum Posted June 26, 2022 Share Posted June 26, 2022 Great hunt Cap'n! Congrats on an old coin. ?I like that copper plate on bottom right, does it have inscription? 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valens Legacy Posted June 27, 2022 Share Posted June 27, 2022 Great story with a nice find for taking the path you took. Sometimes you just have to take a different route to make the good finds. Back in those days people would come from all directions to get to the train stations. Good luck on your next hunt. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rvpopeye Posted June 27, 2022 Share Posted June 27, 2022 Path less followed...... 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPT_GhostLight Posted June 27, 2022 Author Share Posted June 27, 2022 22 hours ago, F350Platinum said: Great hunt Cap'n! Congrats on an old coin. ?I like that copper plate on bottom right, does it have inscription? Thanks! There was no marking that I could see on the copper plate thingy. It has a folded tab on the left side and I assume it had one on the right too, so it may have be the backing for a small photo frame or possibly a pendant of some kind, I don't know at this point. A couple of the more interesting finds for me was the old corroded 45 LC bullet with the lead still in place, it must have been a dropped bullet, and the smaller possibly .38 caliber bullet with the lead carved into a ball shape, which may have been made into a game piece possibly for playing chess. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troy E Posted August 15, 2022 Share Posted August 15, 2022 Found this at a park last month, it’s worn to crap. Looks like a capped bust dime between 1809-1837 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IronDigger Posted August 15, 2022 Share Posted August 15, 2022 After reading your nice story I have decided to take the ole trusted Whites MXT to do some relic hunting. ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick N. MI Posted August 15, 2022 Share Posted August 15, 2022 Now that's a great relic hunt. Good job. That's the kind of stuff I like to find lol. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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