Another Day At The Big Farm With A Friend

[F350Platinum]

Second day of spring was a winner! A bit chilly to start, but it warmed into the 60s. At no point was it really cold because there was no wind, or just enough. Last night I told Chase I was headed to the big old farm today, I've done well there recently and wanted to check out a few more areas as well as go over some of what I already hunted.

I got there fairly early, Chase has a long drive so I decided to go to the top of the largest hill, I only did it once before. The photo doesn't do it justice but it's 141 feet high, yeah not that big by any standard, but a long walk here.

It's almost terraced, but probably all natural. This was shot from the top, I only found a couple of buckles on the way up and behind it.

Saw Chase walking into the field below, and we searched around the farm for quite a while, both of us had the D2 and the 13x11" coil. The bigger the better here. I used my Relic program, changing from 0 reactivity to as high as 1.5 when it got trashy. I tried to go higher but targets disappeared. The 13" has excellent separation for its size.

I ended up walking over 6 miles today, and got only a handful of trash:

All the usual stuff, shotgun shell ends, buck balls and metal bits, very little iron even though it is everywhere.

Here's what I got, I thought it was interesting/amusing enough to post:

An old stamped buckle with decoration, a chrome plated and painted rooster (same reverse), an extremely old spectacle buckle, and a piece of elongated oval lead with no marks.

Next row is a strange copper coin with a center hole, it appears to be either cast or hammered with the sunburst design. Two IHP's, a 1902 and 1904.

Here's the large coin, it's a bit bigger than a large cent:

The side is wavy so I don't think someone used a real coin to make it.

It was an 81 which is a standard cent ID.

The stamped buckle is very decorated.

I'm thinking it was part of the last of its era.

My favorite find is the metal rooster, it is probably chrome plated and painted brass.

It's not painted one the other side but had the same markings.

Chase got some interesting stuff too, it wasn't a spectacular hunt but it was a really nice day for one. 

[Joe D.]

Winner winner, chicken dinner!!🍀👍👍

[F350Platinum]

11 minutes ago, Joe D. said:

Winner winner, chicken dinner!!🍀👍👍

Thanks Joe, it was the last thing I found there near the house.

[JCR]

Could your wavy “coin” be a rowel off a spur?

[JCR]

My wife says it is the wheel of a pastry cutter. She immediately looked it up on Rubylane.com. 1880s English brass pastry cutter. It looks exact. She’s good on IDs.

[CPT_GhostLight]

Well, congrats again, you certainly got something to crow about! 😉

I thought the wavey coin was a spur rowel too for a bit, but it has no pronounced bumps or points on the rim. I have to agree with JCR's wife and go with the wheel from a pastry cutter.

That fancy buckle is very unusual and the other buckle, IHPs, and chicken are awesome as well. Well done again!

[unox]

Well done guys, I love the big open field congrats on the finds. 👌

[F350Platinum]

7 hours ago, JCR said:

Could your wavy “coin” be a rowel off a spur?

Right after posting that occurred to me as well. Might explain why other parts weren't found, like broken spur bits. I looked it up, and only found the pointy ones so I didn't mention it. I have seen that style before, but only on toy spurs. 🙂

[F350Platinum]

8 hours ago, JCR said:

My wife says it is the wheel of a pastry cutter. She immediately looked it up on Rubylane.com. 1880s English brass pastry cutter. It looks exact. She’s good on IDs.

This also explains it, and more accurately I think, as the parts for that sort of tool would be long gone.

Please thank your wife for me! I think she nailed it. 🏆🙂

[F350Platinum]

3 hours ago, CPT_GhostLight said:

Well, congrats again, you certainly got something to crow about! 😉

Thanks Cap'n, no silver this time but I thought the finds interesting and in some cases old enough to post, the stamped buckle is probably 1800s, but the spectacle is much older. The diversity of finds in this farm is incredible, and should be. 👍